10/06/2026
Veggie Garden Tasks For June
Seedlings of kale, bok choi and marjoram can still be planted out in summer-rainfall areas.
Cover tender veggies with frost cloth in the late afternoon and remove it the next morning.
Cover carrots, beetroots, parsnips and turnips that are still in
the ground with a thick mulch in order to protect them from cold.
You can still plant a last crop of garlic.
Stake broad beans and Brussels sprouts, earth up around cabbages and cauliflowers.
Feed brassicas once a month with a nitrogen-rich fertiliser.
Check for aphids, especially on brassicas, and spray with an organic insect spray. Cabbage is spoilt if aphids get into the head.
Correct yellowing leaves with a microelement mixture.
Have frost cloth ready for protecting tender veggies.
Prepare planting beds for permanent crops such as asparagus, rhubarb, chives and globe artichokes by adding lots of compost and well-rotted kraal manure. Add a dressing of balanced organic fertiliser before planting.
Cut back overgrown herbs and add fresh compost around their bases.
In subtropical climates you can feed paw-paw trees. Water them well before and afterwards.
Lemon trees should also be given a feed (one should feed garden citrus trees four times a year, in September, January, April and in June or July, and those in pots more regularly with a foliar fertiliser).
In frosty areas, protect lettuce with frost cloth when icy weather is predicted.
Deeply water fruit trees, berries and vines once every three weeks
