You have probably noticed that our carrot season has come to an end. However as we sell out, our farm staff are busy weeding the spring carrots. This is a tricky job involving being on your hands and knees with a knife, cutting the weeds out and being very careful not to cut the small carrot plant. These carrots were planted in late March and early April, to give us an early Spring harvest. The rest of our carrot planting starts in mid August, and we continue planting new beds every few weeks.
For the home organic gardener the following tips may help:
In warmer areas (most of the North Island), carrots can be grown all year round – choose from a range of types and shapes to suit the season.
In cooler districts, carrots are usually sown from spring through to December. For a continuous supply of tasty carrots, sow in succession about every three weeks.
Depending on the variety, the carrots will mature in 10-16 weeks.
We are continuing with onion planting, and our last onion planting date is the beginning of August.
Our blueberry staff are very busy pruning and doing any replanting. Every year we loose a few plants due to disease, we run a nursery block of plants, so we always have plants available.