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Garden manual for EON Foundation’s Edible Garden Program
in remote Aboriginal communities of Australia.
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EON Foundation Inc

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ABN: 67 663 634 217

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Phone: +61 (0) 8 9380 8365

Email: admin@eon.org.au
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This material was prepared with funding from Lotterywest.

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EON is also supported by BHP Billiton, Woodside, the Federal Department of Health
and Ageing, WA Regional Development Council and Royalties for Regions, Indigenous
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Telethon Kids Institute, corporate sponsors and private donors.

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Table of Contents
Contact Us............................................................................................................ 1
Acknowledgements............................................................................................. 1
About EON............................................................................................................ 3
Setting Up Your Garden...................................................................................... 4
Tools Checklist..................................................................................................... 5
The Best Place For a Veggie Garden.................................................................. 6
Soil......................................................................................................................... 7
Recipe For Layered Beds..................................................................................... 8
Layered Bed Construction.................................................................................. 9
Filling Up The Beds............................................................................................. 10
Watering Plants................................................................................................... 11
Shadehouse......................................................................................................... 13
Keeping The Shadehouse Clean........................................................................ 14
How To Keep Your Garden Growing................................................................. 15
Crop Rotation...................................................................................................... 16
Crop Rotation Plan.............................................................................................. 17
Fertilising............................................................................................................. 18
When To Pick And Eat....................................................................................... 19
Pruning................................................................................................................. 20
Compost............................................................................................................... 21
How To Use Compost......................................................................................... 22
Pest Control......................................................................................................... 23
Disease Control................................................................................................... 24
Seed Saving.......................................................................................................... 25
Garden Maintenance Plan................................................................................. 26
Inland And Coastal Climates............................................................................. 27
Month By Month Guide For Coastal Kimberley...........................................29 - 36

Month By Month Guide For Inland Kimberley.............................................37 - 44
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About EON
EON Foundation Inc. was created in 2005 • EON Healthy Homes – Hands-on workshops
to provide practical support to improve the to extend food hygiene message to the home to
health and well-being of Aboriginal people in prevent infectious diseases.
remote Indigenous communities. The not-for-
Our vision is to make a lasting contribution in
profit organisation delivers the EON Thriving
remote Aboriginal Communities to the reduction
Communities Program with the main focus being
of preventable disease caused by poor nutrition.
chronic disease prevention by providing access
to fresh food and knowledge of its link to better Our mission is to grow, in partnership with
health and disease prevention. remote Aboriginal communities, edible gardens
and practical healthy eating programs that sow
Australian children in remote Indigenous
the seeds of changing attitudes to nutrition for
communities are more susceptible to life
generations to come.
threatening diseases due to poor health and diet.
In fact, 19% of the gap between Indigenous and EON commits for five years to communities
non-Indigenous health is due to poor nutrition. and develops its program together with the
community and its school. We help build the
The Program started in one location in the
capacity and capabilities of the community,
Kimberley in 2008 and is now a flourishing and
offering training and employment to local
nationally recognised success story that operates
people, to ensure the gardens and healthy eating
in over 14 communities and counting!
programs are sustainable. Many of the gardens
The model for the EON Thriving Communities are school-based and are used as an outdoor
Program is multi-faceted, dynamic, grass roots classroom for the kids – they have fun, get dirty
and innovative. EON Thriving Communities and learn about healthy food. They also get to eat
program consists of: the tucker!
• EON Edible Gardens (EEG) – Growing fresh

fruit, vegetables and bush tucker in large edible
gardens located in or adjacent to remote
community schools.
• EON Healthy Eating – Using the produce from

the gardens to teach children and adults the
nutritional benefits of fruit and vegetables and
how to cook simple and delicious meals.
• EON Education and Training – Formal TAFE and

informal horticultural, nutrition, cooking, hygiene
skills and training.
** EON Foundation Inc. is an independent organisation which is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient under the income Tax Assessment Act
(1997) and is registered as a Certified Charitable Organisation in accordance with the provisions of the Charitable Collections Act (1946).
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SETTING UP
YOUR GARDEN
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TOOLS CHECKLIST
TO MAKE THE JOB OF GARDENING EASIER & ENJOYABLE HERE IS A
LIST OF ESSENTIAL TOOLS TO GET STARTED.
1x
Long Handled 5x Hand trowels
Shovel
2 x Short Handled
Spades 1x Hoe
1x
Short Handled
Shovel
1x Garden Fork
2x Steel Rakes
1x Secateurs
1x Leaf Rake
1x Shears
2x Wheel Barrows with

wide wheel 1x Curved Pruning Saw
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THE BEST PLACE FOR A
VEGGIE GARDEN
• Vegetable gardens need to be in an open • Space rows 60cm apart. This will help
sunny spot away from large trees. with drainage and make it easier to
control weeds. Plants can be placed in a
• Raised beds are good as they allow wet
hole on top of the mound.
season rain to fall away and it‘s easier to
control weeds. • To control weeds, cover the ground
between beds with old carpet or shade
• The best size beds are 3 metres long, 2
cloth covered with beach sand, shell
metres wide and about 40cm high.
or gravel.
• Do not use cardboard or newspaper
• Use a combination of small trees and
as the bottom layer as it will attract
shrubs to protect your vegetable garden.
termites.
• If the garden is fenced grow climbers
• If raised beds are too expensive use soil
such as passion fruit, bush banana,
raised up in a long mound 15cm high
choko, petrea, pyrostegia or jasmine.
and 30cm wide.
• In windy areas, plant a wind break

around 3 sides with local plants.
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SOIL
• Soil in the Kimberley region varies from • The best soil for veggies is one that
red pindan to heavy black clay. drains well, keeps some moisture during
the hot months and does not crack.
• Coastal areas are predominantly pindan,
river sand or loam, but inland it can be • To make veggies grow strong you will
yellow loam, black or brown loam/clay need to mix up a combination of pindan,
and river sand. course river sand and manure.
• When very wet, pindan is soft and mushy, • If you have heavy clay soil you will
when dry it cracks and goes hard. need to add gypsum, coarse river sand,
manure, straw or hay.
• Black and brown clay is very hard and
cracks when dry and goes like cement in • Veggies grow fast so you will need to
the wet season. fertilise them as they grow. You can use
different fertilisers, either pellets, slow
release or liquid fertiliser.
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RECIPE FOR
LAYERED BEDS
FILL YOUR VEGETABLE BEDS WITH THESE LAYERS:
Step 1: Lay old carpet at the bottom of the raised bed.

This will keep out weed sand termites. Water
thoroughly.
Step 2: Add a 5cm layer of well-rotted manure.
Step 3: Create a 10cm layer of straw. At the same

time sprinkle 1 handful of blood and bone per
square metre over the straw. Water this layer
really well.
Step 4: Lay about 10cm of good quality soil such as

pindan or top soil.
Step 5: Add a 5cm layer of manure.
Step 6: Add another 10cm layer of straw, sprinkle with

blood and bone and water thoroughly.
Step 7: Add another 10cm layer of pindan or good soil.
Step 8: Add a final 10cm layer of straw.
Step 9: Water thoroughly so that the bed is wet all the

way through.
Step 10: Let the bed settle for one week before planting.
Step 11: When it is time to plant your seedlings, dig a

small hole in the last layer and place 2 cups full
of potting mix in the bottom of each hole. Plant
the seedlings direct into the potting mix.
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LAYERED BED CONSTRUCTION
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FILLING UP THE BEDS
USING THE BOBCAT TO PREMIX SOIL FOR RAISED BEDS
If you have a bobcat, you can mix together the pindan, river sand, manure and
gypsum with the bobcat bucket and fill the beds. You will need to make the mix
up in these amounts:
If you have pindan soil If you have black clay soil
• 4x bobcat buckets pindan • 2x bobcat buckets clay soil
• 1x bobcat bucket manure • 1x bobcat bucket pindan soil

• ½x bucket river sand • 2x bobcat buckets course river sand
• 2x kitchen bucket blood & bone • 2x kitchen buckets gypsum
• 2x kitchen buckets blood & bone
Then mix it up well and tip into raised beds, top with straw or hay 15cm thick.
Water really well. Leave to settle for a week and plant out with seeds or seedlings.
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WATERING PLANTS
WAYS TO WATER YOUR PLANTS
Watering your plants is simple and there are many ways to do it!
Some of the watering systems are called water irrigation or reticulation.
THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO WATER YOUR PLANTS, INCLUDING:
• Fill a bucket and tip the water into

the garden or watering can.
• Use a hose.
• Run some drippers from a pipe to each

plant and then turn on the tap.
• Have the drippers running for 40

minutes with a tap timer.
• You can also use sprays instead of

drippers.
• Use lawn sprinklers.
• If you go away for some time you can

use a simple timer that will turn on
and off valves.
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TIPS FOR WATERING YOUR PLANTS
• Always make sure the water is getting • Fruit trees will only need watering
to where it is needed - the base and every second or third day. This helps
root system of the plant, otherwise it good deep root growth.
is wasted.
• If you have an automatic watering
• Water early in the morning. system check it at least twice a week
to make sure it is working properly.
• Veggies need watering every day,
especially in the hotter months if it • Plants should not be too wet and not
doesn’t rain. too dry.
• If the plants have drooping leaves it • To make sure the soil is wet, stick your
means they are thirsty. finger into the soil and it should feel
damp all the way through.
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SHADEHOUSE
• A small shadehouse is essential to sow • Keeping the shadehouse clean (good
seeds and raise seedlings. hygiene) is very important to stop the
spread of diseases.
• It should be completely enclosed by wire
and covered in 50% shadecloth. • The floor should be made of grit, cement,
beach sand or pavers so water doesn’t
• Leave a small area in the shade house
lay on the ground and drains away.
with no shadecloth on the roof to harden
up seedlings 1 week before seedlings are • Keep the area weed free.
planted out in the garden beds.
• Bags of soil should never be left on the
• The benches for seedling trays should be ground.
metal and let the water drain through.
• Roof mounted sprayers can be attached

to the roof to water seedlings from
above twice a day in the summer months
and once a day during the dry season.
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KEEPING THE
SHADEHOUSE CLEAN
Every plant you grow will be in the shadehouse at some point. It may be a seed that
grows into a seedling, or a cutting that grows into a tree or bush tucker plants waiting
to go into the ground. It is very important to keep the shadehouse clean so that disease
doesn’t grow and get into the plants.
HERE ARE SOME SIMPLE THINGS TO KEEP YOUR PLANTS

HEALTHY IN THE SHADEHOUSE
• Never leave containers of water inside • If you are reusing pots or seedling trays
the shadehouse – it breeds mosquitoes dip them all in a big plastic garbage
and bacteria. Have buckets and bin filled with water and add 1 cup of
watering cans turned upside-down bleach. Use plastic gloves when washing
so they don’t fill with water when the the trays and pots. The bleach kills any
sprayers come on to water seedlings. disease that might be in the soil.
• Never leave open bags of potting mix • Store your potting mix or seed raising
or compost in the shadehouse. It grows mix in the shed, not the shadehouse.
disease inside the bags.
• Every 6 weeks take all the plants out
• Always keep the benches and tables of the shadehouse and wash all the
clean. Wipe off any soil left on top, and benches and floor with bleach and
make sure the floor doesn’t have any water.
soil that gets wet all the time.
• Make sure the benches that hold the
• Keep all plants off the ground so that seed trays drain all the water away.
they don’t contact the floor. Water should drain onto the floor and
evaporate.
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HOW TO KEEP YOUR
GARDEN GROWING
SEASON TO SEASON
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CROP ROTATION
CHANGING OR ‘ROTATING’ WHAT YOU PUT IN THE GROUND
• It is important to ‘rotate‘ your crops to a • By moving crops around and planting

different bed each year. them among other veggies it lessens the
chance of disease and confuses pests.
• Crop rotation is a really good way of
controlling pest and disease problems. • If you plant marigolds, zinnias and herbs
you will get good insects visiting the
• If you keep planting the same crop in
garden to eat the bad insects that chew
a bed your veggies will develop fungal
your plants.
diseases and the pests will continue
to breed.
Crop 1: Brassicas Crop 2: Root Vegetables Crop 3: Legumes Crop 4: Fruiting Vegetables
Broccoli, cabbage, Carrots, onions, Peas and beans Tomatoes, corn,
cauliflower, lettuce, beetroot, potatoes, eggplant, pumpkin,
kale, khol rabi parsnip, sweet potato capsicum, rockmelon,
mustard, radish and etc watermelon etc
all the Asian greens
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CROP ROTATION PLAN
BELOW IS A BASIC CROP ROTATION PLAN
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After harvesting beans and
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peas plant out with
Tomatoes, chilli,
purple cabbage, broccoli
eggplant, capsicum,
and silver beet
basil, parsley
Sweet potatoes - keep

in beds for 1 year and
rotate with top bed of
peas and beans again.
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Sweet corn,
pumpkin, zucchini,
watermelon, rock
Carrots, Japanese
turnip, beetroot,
melon
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onions, garlic,
spring onions
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FERTILISING
FEEDING YOUR PLANTS SO THEY ARE HEALTHY AND STRONG
• All vegetables need to be fertilised to • Seasol and Powerfeed are good liquid
grow fast. They will need to be liquid fertilisers for everything.
fertilised every 3 weeks and given
• Fruit trees need a slow release
granular fertiliser after every change
fertiliser to be added every 3 months.
of seedling.
• Bush tucker plants should only be
• All fruit trees and bush tucker plants
given native slow release fertiliser like
also need fertilising.
Osmocote for Native Plants.
• Liquid fertiliser can be given to
seedlings when they are first
planted out into beds and then on a
monthly basis.
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WHEN TO PICK AND EAT
• Harvesting depends on the weather, soil • Keep fruit in air conditioning, if possible.
and timing of crops.
• Peas, beans, zucchini, tomato, eggplant,
• Fruit must always be ripe before picking. chilli and capsicum will grow more the
more you pick. Once the harvesting is
• All seed packets have a time for harvest
over, plant out a different crop in that
on each vegetable, but this is only a
area.
guide.
• Harvest in the morning and store

veggies in the fridge.
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PRUNING
PRUNING IS CUTTING BACK PLANTS SO THEY MAKE HEALTHY NEW
GROWTH AND PRODUCE MORE FRUIT.
• Pruning should be done with • Do not prune from December - March

secateurs, long handled pruners or a as this is the hottest time of the year
curved pruning saw. and leaves and bark of trees may get
sunburnt.
• Make sure all your equipment is
sharp and clean. • You can safely prune off 1/3rd of all
plants.
• Fruit trees must be pruned every year
to take out old wood and get bigger • Pruning will encourage new growth
fruit. and most fruit grows on the new
branches.
• Passionfruit and choko vines also
need pruning. • After pruning always fertilise and
water in well.
• The best time to prune anything is
after fruiting finishes.
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COMPOST
HOW TO MAKE GOOD SOIL FROM SCRAP FOOD
• Composting is turning the food scraps, • If you don’t have a bin you can compost
weeds and the veggie garden left overs using bays.
you throw away into great soil.
• The easiest way to compost is to make
• Making your own compost builds up 2 boxes made out of tin so that one
the beds and makes the plants grow compost heap is being filled while the
strong. It recycles all your veggie other is ready to use.
scraps, lawn clippings, old straw and
• The ideal size for quick compost is 1
leaf litter and turns it into beautiful
cubic metre.
soil.
• Any big leaves that come out of the
• Bins that are enclosed keep out rats,
garden need to be broken up into
mice, cockroaches and snakes. It is
smaller pieces. The smaller they are
important to keep the lids tightly
the faster they will compost.
closed and turn it every day.
• Make sure you add a little bit of water

to the compost bin once a week.
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HOW TO USE COMPOST
• When the compost is dark, crumbly outermost leaves. Always cover it up
and looks a bit like soil it is ready to use with mulch so it doesn’t dry out.
in the garden. This takes 6 - 8 weeks.
• The plant roots will search for the
You can use compost on everything.
good soil which helps them they grow
• You can dig it into existing garden outward and the retain moisture in
beds or put it on top and around hot or windy weather.
fruit trees. Compost can also be used
• Wear gardening gloves when handling
around existing plants. Established
compost and wash your hands
shrubs and fruit trees will benefit
afterwards.
from a ring of compost. Fork it in
around where water drips from the
USE A LOT OF: USE A LITTLE OF:
• Newspaper • Manure
• Straw • Fresh grass clippings
• Sorghum • Blood and bones
• Hay • Kitchen scraps
• Fresh leaf litter
• Eggshells
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PEST CONTROL
The wet season is the time for pests to attack just about everything. It is important
to identify the pest or disease before spraying anything.
For pest and disease identification go to the website www.padil.gov.au which has
photos of the most common pests and diseases in WA.
MEALY BUG TERMITES CATERPILLARS GRASSHOPPERS
CONTROLLING YOUR PESTS USING THE GUIDE BELOW
NAME OF PEST NAME OF SOLUTION
‘Pyrethrum’ or ‘Natrasoap’ or
Aphids
‘Eco oil’ or ‘Derris Dust’
Caterpillars ‘Success’ or ‘Dipel’
Termites- Mastermes darwiniensis No control for edible crops
White fly ‘Natrasoap’
Fruit Fly ‘Eco-Naturalure’
Citrus Leaf Miner ‘Pest oil’ or ‘Eco’
Tomato Fruit Worm ‘Success’ or Dipel’
Mites ‘Natrasoap’ or ‘Eco Oil’
Grasshoppers ‘Econeem’ or ‘Eco Oil’
‘Natrasoap’ or ‘Natures Bug Gun’
Thrip
or ‘Pyrethrum’
Scale ‘Pest Oil’ or ‘Eco Oil’
Mealy Bug ‘Eco Oil’ or ‘Pyrethrum’
HOW MUCH SHOULD I SPRAY?
Follow the instructions on the bottle of the spray you choose, as it depends on the pest.
You should only have to spray one. Remember, only choose one spray; don’t mix them!
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DISEASE CONTROL
BLOSSOM END ROT POWDERY MILDEW RUST SOOTY MOULD
CONTROLLING YOUR PESTS USING THE GUIDE BELOW
NAME OF DISEASE NAME OF SOLUTION
Blossom End Rot Apply Dolomite lime to beds

before planting out tomatoes
and capsicums
Rust Copper Oxychloride
Powdery Mildew Eco-Carb
Sooty Mould This is due to scale, white fly or aphids secreting

honeydew. Control the insects (see above table) and
the sooty mould
HOW MUCH SHOULD I SPRAY?
Follow the instructions on the bottle of the spray you choose, as it depends on the pest.
You should only have to spray one. Remember, only choose one spray; don’t mix them!
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SEED SAVING
• Seeds can be expensive, but many • Never store seed in plastic, always
vegetables make their own seeds use either glass jars or paper bags.
that can be harvested and saved.
• Mark the container with the name of
• Always select the strongest plant to the plant, date when collected and
harvest seed from. Lettuce, broccoli when to plant out.
and carrot seeds may need to be
• Seed should be stored in the fridge or
bagged as the seed is very fine and
an air- conditioned room.
will be lost.
• Most seed will store for 4 years.
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Pumpkin, tomato, watermelon,
rockmelon, paw paw, chilli and
eggplant can all be grown from their
own seed.
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GARDEN MAINTENANCE PLAN
 EVERY WEEK
 EVERY MONTH
• Hand water all vegetables beds • Sow new seeds in seed trays in
with hose shadehouse in seed-raising mix
• Hand water all fruit and bush tucker • Sow seeds directly into empty veggie
trees with hose beds (peas, beans, corn, carrot,
zucchini, pumpkin, watermelon,
• Check watering system to rockmelon, onion)
shadehouse, trees and veggie beds
- fix leaks and replace missing • Liquid fertilise fruit trees with
dripper head ‘Powerfeed’ mixed in watering cans. 1
capful per 9 litre can
• Weed between veggie beds, along
fence lines and around trees • When there is no wind, spray ‘Round-
up’ on weeds between veggie beds,
• Check for pests on all veggies and along fence line
fruit trees and spray if necessary:
Aphids: use ‘Pyrethrum’ • DO NOT USE ‘ROUND - UP’ NEAR FRUIT
TREES AND BUSH TUCKER TREES
Caterpillars: use ‘Success’
Grasshoppers: use ‘Eco Neem’
• Check if seedlings in shadehouse

are ready for planting
 EVERY THREE MONTHS
• Fertilise all fruit trees and bush

tucker plants with ‘slow release’
fertiliser - 1 handful per tree and
 EVERY TWO WEEKS water in well with hose
• Fertilise all veggie beds with granular

• Liquid fertilise all veggie beds with: fertiliser - 1 handful per square metre
‘Seasol’ mixed in watering cans and water in well with hose
1 capful per 9 litre can • When veggie crop is finished, rotate

a new crop in the same bed. Top up
• Transplant seedlings when 4cm high veggie beds with cow manure and
from shadehouse to hay and water well before replanting
veggie beds
• Apply dolomite lime to beds every 6
months, 1 handful per square metre
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INLAND AND COASTAL
CLIMATES
Geographically and climatically the EON Edible Gardens are in two very different regions and
would be classified as coastal and semi to arid inland.
They have to be treated differently in terms of plant selection, soil types and timing of plantings.
Refer to plant guides for each area.
COASTAL KIMBERLEY INLAND KIMBERLEY

Coastal Climate Communities: Inland Climate Communities:
For example, One Arm Point, Djarindjin/ For example, Looma, Yungngora
Lombadina, Beagle Bay, Kalamburu and (Noonkanbah), Kadjina, Wangkatjunka,
Milliya Rumurra. Warmun, Woolah (Doon Doon) and Ngalapita
(Koorabye).
In the wet season the coastal climate is very
humid and temperatures very rarely go beyond In the inland regions temperatures can reach
40 degrees with very high humidity. 45 degrees or more, and it is very dry with the
wind coming straight off the desert.
In the dry season the ocean has a moderating
effect of the night time temperatures which Inland regions in the dry can be very cold at
are around 15-20 degrees and 28-30 degrees night. Dry easterly winds during the day may
during the day. Humidity is much higher in give rise to a temperature maximum of perhaps
coastal regions than desert regions. only 20-25 degrees even though it is sunny all
day. At night the temperature can drop to 10
degrees and below
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MONTH BY MONTH
GARDEN GUIDE
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MONTH BY MONTH GARDEN GUIDE
PLANT HARVEST
JANUARY •
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Basil
Chilli
Chives
• Lemon grass
• Snake beans
• Sweet potatoes
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•
Basil
Chives
Lemon grass
• Rosella • Chilli
• Watermelon
PLANT HARVEST
FEBRUARY •
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Basil
Chives
Rosella
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•
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Lemon grass
Eggplant
Snake beans
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•
•
Basil
Chilli
Chives
• Sunflower • Sweet potato • Lemon grass
• Watermelon
• Snake beans
• Peanuts
PLANT HARVEST
MARCH •
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•
Basil
Beans
Chilli
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•
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Watermelon
Zucchini
Shallots
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•
•
Basil
Snake beans
Eggplant
• Chives • Silverbeet • Tomato
• Rosella • Sweet corn • Chilli
• Sunflower • Tomato • Sweet corn
• Pumpkin • Silver beet
• Rockmelon • Parsley
• Peanuts
• Soya beans
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FOR COASTAL KIMBERLEY
PESTS TO DO
• Citrus scale • Fertilise all bush tucker plants.

• Aphids • Cover tomato bushes with shade cloth to prevent sunburn.
• Caterpillars • Keep some fruits of bush tucker plants for new plants.
• Locusts • Take cuttings of strawberry guava bushes.
• Grasshoppers • Spray with ‘Eco Neem’ for grasshoppers, locusts.
• Powdery mildew • Spray with ‘Success’ for caterpillars.
• Spray with ‘Pyrethrum’ for aphids.
• Remove all weeds in vegetable beds and around fruit trees.
PESTS TO DO
• Citrus scale • Prune back mango, star fruit and sapote fruit trees.
• Aphids • Fertilise all fruit trees.
• Caterpillars • Liquid fertilise vegetable beds.
• Locusts • Cover tomato bushes with shade cloth to prevent sunburn.
• Grasshoppers • Keep some fruits of bush tucker plants for new plants.
• Powdery mildew • Take cuttings of strawberry guava bushes.
• Spray with ‘Eco Neem’ for grasshoppers, locusts.
• Cover rockmelon & watermelon fruits with straw to stop sunburn.
• Spray with ‘Success’ for caterpillars.
PESTS TO DO
• Citrus scale • Top up vegetable beds with manure and straw.

• Aphids • Fertilise all vegie beds.
• Caterpillars • Fertilise lawns.
• Take cuttings from flowering shrubs and plant in small bags in
shadehouse.
• Liquid fertilise all vegetables.
• Remove shade cloth on vegetable beds.
• Keep some fruits of bush tucker plants for new plants.
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PLANT HARVEST
• Basil • Pumpkin • Basil • Shallots
APRIL •
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Broccoli
Beans
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Purple cabbage
Rockmelon
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Snake beans
Eggplant
• Sunflower
• Rosella
• Beetroot • Squash • Tomato
• Carrot • Watermelon • Chilli
• Chilli • Zucchini • Sweet corn
• Chives • Shallots • Silver beet
• Lettuce • Silver beet • Parsley
• Rosella • Sweet corn • Beans
• Sunflower • Tomato • Lettuce
• Onion
PLANT HARVEST
• Beetroot • Potato • Broccoli • Chives
MAY •
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Broad beans
Broccoli
Cabbage
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Pumpkin
Radish
Rockmelon
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Eggplant
Radish
Rosella
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Beans
Broad beans
Pumpkin
• Carrot • Squash • Sunflower • Zucchini
• Capsicum • Watermelon • Sweet • Watermelon
• Chilli • Zucchini • Corn
• Chives • Shallots • Tomato
• Cucumber • Silver beet • Capsicum
• Eggplant • Sweet corn • Chilli
• Lettuce • Tomato
• Peas
PLANT HARVEST
JUNE •
•
•
Beetroot
Broad beans
Broccoli
•
•
•
Pea
Potato
Pumpkin
•
•
•
Broccoli
Eggplant
Radish
•
•
•
Chives
Beans
Broad beans
• Cabbage • Purple cabbage • Rosella • Pumpkin
• Carrot • Rockmelon • Sunflower • Watermelon
• Capsicum • Spring onions • Spring onions • Zucchini
• Chilli • Squash • Sweet corn
• Chives • Watermelon • Tomato
• Cucumber • Zucchini • Capsicum
• Eggplant • Shallots • Chilli
• Garlic • Silver beet
• Japanese turnip • Sweet corn
31 • Lettuce • Tomato
PESTS TO DO
• Aphids • Feed mango trees with a complete fertiliser and water in well.
• Caterpillars • Rotate all vegetable crops to avoid diseases. Clean up the beds
and re-mulch with straw.
• Sow dry season vegetables from seed and put in shadehouse.
• Check reticulation to make sure there are no blockages and
water is getting to trees and vegetables.
• Pot up cuttings that have developed a root system into larger
pots to plant out before the wet season.
• Liquid fertilise all trees, shrubs and vegetable beds.
• Put up old CD‘s around tomato crops to keep birds away.
• Cover rockmelon and watermelon with straw to hide the fruit
from the birds.
PESTS TO DO
• Caterpillars • Plant out citrus trees.

• Prune back bush tucker plants and fertilise.
• Fertilise all fruit trees.
• Add dolomite lime to all vegetable beds.
• Apply potash to paw paw trees.
• Lightly prune citrus trees.
PESTS TO DO
• Caterpillars • Liquid fertilise all vegetable beds.
• Sow more vegetable seeds and put in shadehouse.
• Liquid fertilise all cuttings.
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PLANT HARVEST
JULY •
•
Basil
Beetroot
•
•
Parsley
Peas
•
•
Beetroot
Broccoli
•
•
Pumpkin
Rockmelon
• Cabbage • Pumpkin • Cabbage • Watermelon
• Capsicum • Purple cabbage • Carrot • Zucchini
• Carrot • Rockmelon • Capsicum
• Cucumber • Sweet corn • Cucumber
• Beans • Watermelon • Japanese
• Eggplant • Tomato turnip
• Garlic • Zucchini • Lettuce
• Lettuce • Peas
PLANT HARVEST
• Basil • Pumpkin • Beetroot • Pumpkin

AUGUST •
•
Beetroot
Capsicum
•
•
Radish
Rockmelon
•
•
Cabbage
Carrot
•
•
Radish
Rockmelon
• Carrot • Squash • Capsicum • Squash
• Cucumber • Sweet corn • Chilli • Watermelon
• Eggplant • Watermelon • Chives • Zucchini
• Lettuce • Tomato • Cucumber • Shallots
• Parsley • Zucchini • Eggplant • Silver beet
• Lettuce • Sweet corn
• Peas • Tomato
PLANT HARVEST
• Cucumber • Rosella • Carrot • Parsley

SEPTEMBER •
•
Snake beans
Eggplant
•
•
Squash
Sweet corn
•
•
Chilli
Chives
•
•
Pumpkin
Rockmelon
• Lettuce • Sweet potato • Cucumber • Squash
• Parsley • Spring onion • Lettuce • Watermelon
• Pumpkin • Watermelon • Onion • Zucchini
• Radish • Zucchini
• Rockmelon
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PESTS TO DO
• Aphids • Rotate crops in vegetable garden.
• Caterpillars • Put more manure on beds and around fruit trees.
• Liquid fertilise all bush tucker plants.
• Top up vegetable beds with fresh straw.
PESTS TO DO
• Caterpillars • Liquid fertilise all seedlings and vegetable crops.

• Sow more vegetable seeds in shadehouse.
• Plant potted up cuttings and water well.
• Take cuttings from bush tucker plants and put in shadehouse.
PESTS TO DO
• Mites • Sow bush tucker seeds in seed raising trays in shadehouse.
• Fruit fly • Liquid fertilise all vegetable crops and fruit trees.
• Give bush tucker trees a light prune.
• Apply dolomite lime to all vegetable beds.
• Spray with ‘Natrasoap’ for mites.
• Spray soft fruit with ‘Naturalure’ for fruit fly.
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PLANT HARVEST
OCTOBER •
•
Basil
Beetroot
•
•
Parsley
Peas
•
•
Beetroot
Broccoli
• Rockmelon
• Watermelon
• Cabbage • Pumpkin • Cabbage • Zucchini
• Capsicum • Purple cabbage • Carrot
• Carrot • Rockmelon • Capsicum
• Cucumber • Sweet corn • Cucumber
• Beans • Watermelon • Japanese turnip
• Eggplant • Tomato • Lettuce
• Garlic • Zucchini • Peas
• Lettuce • Pumpkin
PLANT HARVEST
• Beetroot • Sunflower • Beetroot • Sweet corn

NOVEMBER •
•
Capsicum
Chilli
•
•
Sweet potato
Tomato
•
•
Capsicum
Eggplant
•
•
Spring onion
Watermelon
• Chives • Watermelon • Rockmelon • Zucchini
• Rosella • Rosella
• Squash
PLANT HARVEST
• Chilli • Peanuts • Capsicum • Spring onion

DECEMBER • Cucumber • Watermelon • Eggplant • Watermelon
• Pumpkin • Rockmelon • Zucchini
• Snake beans • Rosella
• Sunflower • Squash
• Sweet corn • Sweet corn
• Soya beans
• Sweet potato
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PESTS TO DO
PESTS TO DO
• Citrus scale • Prune back shrubs that flowered during the dry and fertilise.
• Aphids • Fertilise all fruit and bush tucker trees.
• Mites • Prune back passionfruit vines and fertilise.
• Give extra water to all plants as it heats up.
• Top up mulch around fruit trees and bush tucker plants.
• Spread dolomite lime on the beds being used for peanut planting
next month.
PESTS TO DO
• Citrus scale • Check shadecloth is secure and tied firmly in shadehouses and
• Aphids around fence lines.
• Caterpillars • Apply a 10cm thick mulch to areas that may become weed
• Locusts infested during the wet.
• Grasshoppers • Spray with ‘Eco Neem’ for grasshoppers, locusts and scale.
• Powdery mildew • Spray with ‘Success’ for caterpillars.
• Plant out all bush tucker trees and tropical fruit trees to make
the most of the wet season.
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PLANT HARVEST
JANUARY •
•
•
Basil
Chilli
Chives
• Sweet potato
• Peanuts
• Chives
• Lemon Grass
• Chilli
• Rosella
PLANT HARVEST
FEBRUARY •
•
•
Chives
Lemon grass
Sweet potato
• Sweet corn •
•
•
Chives
Basil
Lemon grass
• Snake beans • Chilli
• Peanuts
PLANT HARVEST
MARCH •
•
•
Basil
Chilli
Chives
• Silverbeet
• Sweet
• Tomato
•
•
•
Chilli
Snake beans
Silver beet
• Rosella • Parsley
• Sunflower • Peanuts
• Pumpkin
• Zucchini
• Shallots
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FOR INLAND KIMBERLEY
PESTS TO DO
• Caterpillars • Set up shade cloth over tomatoes, chillies and silver beet to
• Locusts prevent sunburn.
• Grasshoppers • Spray with ‘Eco Neem’ for grasshoppers and locusts.
• Sow seeds of tomato, eggplant, parsley, chilli and eggplant and
put in shadehouse.
PESTS TO DO
• Locusts • Liquid fertilise vegetable beds.

• Grasshoppers • Spray with ‘Eco Neem’ for grasshoppers and locusts.
• Remove all weeds in vegetable beds.
PESTS TO DO
• Aphids • Top up vegetable beds with manure and straw.

• Caterpillars • Fertilise all vegetable beds.
• Grasshoppers • Fertilise lawns.
• Take cuttings from flowering shrubs and plant in small bags
in shadehouse.
• Remove shade cloth on vegetable beds.
• Keep some fruits of bush tucker plants for new plants.
• Spray with ‘Success’ for caterpillars
• Spray with ‘Eco Neem’ for grasshoppers, locusts
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PLANT HARVEST
• Basil • Rockmelon • Basil
APRIL •
•
Broccoli
Beetroot
•
•
Squash
Watermelon
•
•
Broccoli
Tomato
• Carrot • Zucchini • Chilli
• Chilli • Shallots • Silverbeet
• Chives • Silver beet • Parsley
• Rosella • Sweet corn • Shallots
• Sunflower • Tomato
• Parsley
• Pumpkin
PLANT HARVEST
• Beetroot • Peas • Broccoli • Beans
MAY •
•
•
Broad beans
Broccoli
Purple cabbage
•
•
•
Sweet potato
Shallots
Silver beet
•
•
•
Eggplant
Sunflower
Sweet corn
•
•
•
Broad beans
Onions
Pumpkin
• Carrot • Tomato • Zucchini
• Chives • Watermelon
PLANT HARVEST
JUNE •
•
•
Beetroot
Broad beans
Broccoli
•
•
•
Onions
Peas
Potato
•
•
•
Broccoli
Sweet corn
Chilli
• Cabbage • Shallots • Chives
• Carrot • Silverbeet • Beans
• Cauliflower • Spring onions • Broad beans
• Garlic • Sweet corn • Pumpkin
39
PESTS TO DO
• Aphids • Clean up the beds and re-mulch with straw.
• Caterpillars • Sow vegetables from seed and put in shadehouse.
• Liquid fertilise all trees, shrubs and vegetable beds.
• Using fishing line hang old CD‘s around tomato crops to keep
birds away.
PESTS TO DO
• Caterpillars • Prune back bush tucker plants and fertilise.

• Add dolomite lime to all vegetable beds.
• Apply potash to paw paw trees.
• Lightly prune citrus trees.
PESTS TO DO
• Sow more vegetable seeds and put in shadehouse.
• Liquid fertilise all cuttings.
40
PLANT HARVEST
JULY •
•
Broccoli
Cabbage
•
•
Onions
Spring onions
•
•
Beetroot
Broccoli
• Beans • Peas • Cabbage
• Garlic • Potatoes • Carrot
• Parsley • Peas
• Peas
PLANT HARVEST
• Basil • Parsley • Beetroot

AUGUST •
•
Beetroot
Broccoli
•
•
Pumpkin
Radish
•
•
Cabbage
Peas
• Capsicum • Rockmelon • Potato
• Carrot • Squash • Onion
• Chilli • Sweet corn • Silver beet
• Cucumber • Watermelon • Spring onions
• Beans • Tomato • Sweet corn
• Eggplant • Zucchini
• Lettuce
PLANT HARVEST
• Beetroot • Rockmelon • Beetroot • Lettuce

SEPTEMBER •
•
Capsicum
Chilli
•
•
Rosella
Squash
•
•
Broad Beans
Carrot
•
•
Onion
Parsley
• Cucumber • Sweet • Cabbage • Pumpkin
• Beans • Corn • Cauliflower • Squash
• Eggplant • Sweet potato • Chilli • Tomato
• Lettuce • Spring onion • Chives • Zucchini
• Parsley • Tomato • Cucumber
• Pumpkin • Watermelon
• Radish • Zucchini
41
PESTS TO DO
PESTS TO DO
• Caterpillars • Liquid fertilized all seedlings and vegetable crops.

• Sow more vegetable seeds in shadehouse.
• Plant out potted up cuttings and water well.
• Take cuttings from bush tucker plants and put in shadehouse.
PESTS TO DO
• Mites • Sow bush tucker seeds in seed raising trays and out in
• Fruit fly shadehouse.
• Liquid fertilise all vegetable crops and fruit trees.
• Give bush tucker trees a light prune.
• Apply dolomite lime to all vegetable beds.
42
PLANT HARVEST
OCTOBER •
•
Beetroot
Cucumber
•
•
Sweet potato
Spring onion
•
•
Beetroot
Broad beans
•
•
Lettuce
Onion
• Parsley • Watermelon • Carrot • Parsley
• Pumpkin • Zucchini • Cabbage • Pumpkin
• Sweet corn • Cauliflower • Tomato
• Chilli • Zucchini
• Chives
• Cucumber
PLANT HARVEST
• Chilli • Tomato • Eggplant • Zucchini

NOVEMBER •
•
Chives
Rosella
• Watermelon •
•
Rockmelon
Rosella
• Squash
• Sunflowers • Watermelon
• Sweet potato • Sweet corn
• Spring onion
PLANT HARVEST
• Chilli • Rockmelon
DECEMBER • Eggplant • Rosella
• Snake beans • Spring
• Sweet potato • Onion
• Peanuts • Watermelon
• Watermelon • Zucchini
43
PESTS TO DO
• Fruit Fly • Take cuttings from frangipani trees. Fruit fly, mites.
• Germinate seeds from Tamarind and Poinciana trees.
• Rotate all vegetable crops and top up with manure and straw.
PESTS TO DO
• Citrus scale • Prune back shrubs that flowered during the dry and fertilise.
• Aphids • Fertilise all fruit and bush tucker trees.
• Mites • Give extra water to all plants as it heats up.
• Top up mulch around fruit trees and bush tucker plants.
• Spread dolomite lime on the beds being used for peanut planting
next month.
PESTS TO DO
• Citrus scale • Let vegetable beds rest over December and January.
• Aphids • Stake all trees in preparation for the wet season.
• Caterpillars • Control weed growth in dormant beds and around trees.
• Locusts • Check shadecloth is secure and tied firmly in shadehouses and
• Grasshoppers around fence lines.
• Powdery mildew • Apply a 10cm thick mulch to areas to protect against the
summer heat.
• Spray with ‘Eco Neem’ for grasshoppers, locusts and scale.
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CONTACT US
PO Box 677
Subiaco WA 6904
Phone: +61 (0) 8 9380 8365
www.eon.org.au

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• EON Edible Gardens (EEG) – Growing fresh

• EON Healthy Eating – Using the produce from

• EON Education and Training – Formal TAFE and

2x Wheel Barrows with

• In windy areas, plant a wind break

Step 1: Lay old carpet at the bottom of the raised bed.

Step 2: Add a 5cm layer of well-rotted manure.

Step 3: Create a 10cm layer of straw. At the same

Step 4: Lay about 10cm of good quality soil such as

Step 5: Add a 5cm layer of manure.

Step 6: Add another 10cm layer of straw, sprinkle with

Step 7: Add another 10cm layer of pindan or good soil.

Step 8: Add a final 10cm layer of straw.

Step 9: Water thoroughly so that the bed is wet all the

Step 11: When it is time to plant your seedlings, dig a

If you have pindan soil If you have black clay soil

• 4x bobcat buckets pindan • 2x bobcat buckets clay soil

• 1x bobcat bucket manure • 1x bobcat bucket pindan soil

• 2x kitchen bucket blood & bone • 2x kitchen buckets gypsum

• 2x kitchen buckets blood & bone

THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO WATER YOUR PLANTS, INCLUDING:

• Fill a bucket and tip the water into

• Run some drippers from a pipe to each

• Have the drippers running for 40

• You can also use sprays instead of

• Use lawn sprinklers.

• If you go away for some time you can

• Roof mounted sprayers can be attached

HERE ARE SOME SIMPLE THINGS TO KEEP YOUR PLANTS

• It is important to ‘rotate‘ your crops to a • By moving crops around and planting

Sweet potatoes - keep

• Harvest in the morning and store

• Pruning should be done with • Do not prune from December - March

• Make sure you add a little bit of water

USE A LOT OF: USE A LITTLE OF:

MEALY BUG TERMITES CATERPILLARS GRASSHOPPERS

CONTROLLING YOUR PESTS USING THE GUIDE BELOW

NAME OF PEST NAME OF SOLUTION

HOW MUCH SHOULD I SPRAY?

BLOSSOM END ROT POWDERY MILDEW RUST SOOTY MOULD

CONTROLLING YOUR PESTS USING THE GUIDE BELOW

NAME OF DISEASE NAME OF SOLUTION

Blossom End Rot Apply Dolomite lime to beds

Rust Copper Oxychloride

Powdery Mildew Eco-Carb

Sooty Mould This is due to scale, white fly or aphids secreting

HOW MUCH SHOULD I SPRAY?

• Check if seedlings in shadehouse

• Fertilise all fruit trees and bush

 EVERY TWO WEEKS water in well with hose

• Fertilise all veggie beds with granular

1 capful per 9 litre can • When veggie crop is ﬁnished, rotate