🦊Mum🐻Dad🐢Ava🚀Liam
Veggie garden guide
Temperate climate · what to plant in November
🍅 Tomato
☀️ Full sun↔ 50 cm🌱 70–90 days
🥒 Zucchini
☀️ Full sun↔ 80 cm🌱 50–60 days
🌿 Basil
☀️ Full sun↔ 25 cm🌱 40–60 days
🥬 Lettuce
☀️ Part shade↔ 25 cm🌱 45–60 days
🫘 Beans
☀️ Full sun↔ 15 cm🌱 55–65 days
🥒 Cucumber
☀️ Full sun↔ 40 cm🌱 50–70 days
Yard jobs for spring
Seasonal maintenance — add any job straight to the family calendar
💧📅 Add to calendar
Test sprinklers and drippers
Run each station, clear blocked nozzles and reset timers before the heat arrives.
🍋📅 Add to calendar
Feed citrus and fruit trees
Scatter organic fertiliser around the drip line and water it in well.
🌱📅 Add to calendar
Aerate and feed the lawn
Fork or core the lawn, then apply a slow-release lawn food.
✂️📅 Add to calendar
Prune frost-damaged growth
Wait until frosts have passed, then trim back dead tips.
Family garden projects
Weekend projects the kids can help with
🪱 Start a worm farm
1–2 hours · About $60–$100
👧 Kids feed the worms scraps each week
♻️ Set up a compost bin
1 hour · About $40–$80
👧 Kids sort the kitchen scraps
🌿 Build a vertical herb planter
Half a day · About $30–$70
👧 Kids choose and plant the herbs
🐝 Make a native bee hotel
1–2 hours · Under $20
👧 A great craft for all ages
🪵 Build a raised garden bed
Half a day · About $100–$250
👧 Kids help fill and plant it
💧 Add drip irrigation
Half a day · About $50–$150
👧 Kids test the drippers