One Country. Six Spring Climates.
One Living Foundation.
Spring is when gardeners spend money twice.
First on plants. Then on replacements when the heat arrives, the pots dry out, the soil seals over, pests move in or the seedlings simply fail to establish.
The plant gets blamed. The soil beneath it is often the real problem.
Tropical north
Spring is the last practical window before heavier heat and humidity arrive.
Grow okra, snake beans, sweet potato, cucumber, chilli and rosella.
Add basil, lemongrass and garlic chives for the kitchen; turmeric, ginger and tulsi for the medicinal garden; and sunflowers, cosmos and zinnias for bees.
Load up the garden now before the monsoon arrives later in the year.
NOTE: Waterborne compost and manure teas carry temporary, variable waterborne microbial populations; Earthfood’s soil-borne microbes are held in patented suspension, with water used only as the vehicle that returns them to the soil where they belong.
Earthfood living soil microbes will help with the soil structuring and allow the rains coming to move and absorb into the ground and not run off and flood. In regard to Potting Mix add some mushroom compost to that and spray Earthfood over the new potted soil and watch the improvements from there.
Subtropical east coast
Warm days arrive quickly, but dry periods, storms and humidity can all occur within the same season.
Grow tomatoes, beans, zucchini, cucumber, lettuce and strawberries.
Plant basil, parsley, coriander, thyme and mint; calendula, chamomile, lemon balm and aloe vera; with marigolds, nasturtiums, salvia and sunflowers for bees.
Load up the garden beds with a top up of your new soil, or if using potting mix add mushroom compost to the potting mix for depth otherwise the medium dries out in 24 hours. The Earthfood will assist in settling the structure and absorb the water for moisture for plant roots and breath by aeration and peculation.
Temperate southern regions
The soil may still be cold even when the days feel warm.
Start with peas, lettuce, spinach, silverbeet, beetroot and potatoes, holding tomatoes and capsicum until the cold nights pass.
Add parsley, chives, thyme and oregano; chamomile, echinacea and yarrow; with lavender, poppies, calendula and cornflowers for bees.
Load up with garden herbs and greens. Pots can hold so many flowers and looks great as an entry to a house or on the balcony. Earthfood helps to unlock all the minerals in the medium and give the plants a nutrient smorgasbord and holds moisture as the best leverage for you in gardening time. Save your back and just spray - nothing more to do.
Cool and frost-prone country
A bright spring day does not mean frost is finished.
Grow peas, broad beans, kale, cabbage, lettuce and potatoes.
Plant parsley, coriander, chives and thyme; calendula, lemon balm and yarrow; with violas, alyssum, lavender and cornflowers for bees.
Load up on the greens and herbs as preserving of herbs is easy to do and gives you the delicate ones in the hotter months when the sun is too harsh in the summer. Earthfood sprayed on the leaves of everything allowing the microbes to bring down nitrogen and carbon from the air and so that means you have nothing more to do except plant your seedlings.
Mediterranean regions
Spring growth can be strong, but summer heat and drying winds are already on the way.
Grow tomatoes, capsicum, eggplant, beans, cucumber and melons.
Add rosemary, thyme, sage, oregano and basil; lavender, aloe vera, calendula and yarrow; with salvia, sunflowers, cosmos and nasturtiums for bees.
Load up with the Mediterranean foods while you can. The season for these foods mean that you can make your own spaghetti sauces, tomato pastes, and so on as tomatoes seem to be in many other foods even savory muffins - so be generous with the plantings this year. Earthfood makes the plant harvest so impressive.
Inland and dry regions
Young plants face hard ground, hot wind and rapid moisture loss.
Grow pumpkin, beans, silverbeet, capsicum, eggplant and hardy melons.
Plant rosemary, thyme, sage and garlic chives; aloe vera, yarrow and calendula; with sunflowers, marigolds, salvia and native daisies for bees.
Load up on the herbs so the hot winds of later year don't dry them out to extinction. Preserve your herbs in a dehydrator, or hanging in the shed and with Earthfood the red Clay is broken down easily in the ancient soils. Earthfood feeds the soil so the plants can perform.
Balconies, courtyards and pots
Small spaces often fail faster because potting mixes heat up, dry out and lose function quickly.
Grow dwarf tomatoes, chillies, lettuce, strawberries and silverbeet.
Add basil, parsley, thyme, mint and chives; calendula, chamomile, lemon balm and aloe vera; with alyssum, nasturtiums, marigolds and dwarf sunflowers for bees.
Load up your pots with Earthfood and mushroom compost or activated horticultural charcoal (not ash). That gives guts to your potting mix as well as breathing and working for your plants and you.
Why Earthfood before spring planting?
Most spring gardening advice tells you to add compost, manure, seaweed or a brewed tea.
Those products may add some nutrients or plant material, but they are not the same as Earthfood.
Compost and manure teas are water-borne brews. Their biological population can vary and begins changing from the moment the brew is made.
Earthfood is a soil-borne functional microbial system held in a patented suspension. Water is simply the carrier that delivers the microbes back into the soil, where they work with carbon, minerals, plant roots and root exudates.
That matters when:
- sandy soil cannot hold water or nutrients;
- clay seals over and water runs away;
- potting mix dries into lifeless dust;
- plants need constant feeding but still struggle;
- roots remain shallow and vulnerable;
- pests and disease keep returning.
Earthfood supports the soil structure, nutrient cycling, water movement and root development needed to carry plants through the season ahead.
Before the first warm weekend sends everyone rushing to the nursery, make sure the living foundation is already on hand.
Order Earthfood now for spring garden beds, medicinal gardens, kitchen herbs, bee flowers, balconies and potted plants.