Plan your summer garden before the dry sets in

A free 2-page planner for growing food and flowers through a dry, windy summer in Aotearoa.

A very strong El Niño is expected to peak over this summer. For our part of the country, the forecast leans warmer and drier than normal, with more wind.

This planner is what I'd want on the shed wall going into a season like that.

What's inside

• Soil temperatures by month, so you sow when the soil is actually ready

• 37 crops and flowers: seed to transplant, transplant to harvest, water, sun and spacing

• Succession sowing dates, so you're picking steadily instead of all at once

• Mulching, watering and wind in a dry season

• What's ready to eat and pick each month from December to May