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shiny

Raised Bed Three

garden of shiny

Wellington, NZ · raised bed Spring

Growing now

10 plantings

Harvested

5 times this year

Type

raised bed garden type

just north of the feijoa tree

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Growing now

8 weeks until harvest
pea
30%
Jan 2027
by shiny
15 weeks until harvest
18%
Apr 2027
by shiny
3 weeks until harvest
40%
Jan 2027
by shiny
15 weeks until harvest
18%
Apr 2027
by shiny
harvesting now
94%
Nov 2026
by shiny
late finishing harvesting now
100%
Nov 2026
by shiny
5 weeks until harvest
by shiny
harvesting now
79%
Dec 2026
by shiny

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Jobs to do in this garden

Public

Overdue

Harvest borage Planting borage last Thursday

Later

Show 5 jobs coming up
Pick the outer stalks Planting celery Wed 23 Dec
Pick fruit regularly Planting gherkin Fri 1 Jan
Check for first ripe fruit Planting black krim tomato Sun 3 Jan
Pull out finished plants Planting black krim tomato Sun 7 Feb
Pull out finished plants Planting gherkin Fri 12 Feb

Some day

a wishlist, nothing committed
Harvest borage Planting borage

Frost danger has passed for this year

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 43 days ago.

The frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
Usual last frost
29 Aug
has come as late as 1 Oct
Next frost danger starts
23 Jun
as early as 4 Jun, 222 days from now
Frost-free season
295 days
in a typical year

Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These dates are estimates from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so a cold spot can be colder. They may be wrong, so check your national weather service and ask local growers before relying on them.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

Suggested companions

cayenne pepper cayenne pepper cheongyang chili pepper cheongyang chili pepper cherry tomato cherry tomato coriander coriander french breakfast radish french breakfast radish fuji apple fuji apple indian mustard oat oat orange peperoncini peperoncini red cabbage red cabbage red d'anjou pear red d'anjou pear squash squash tangerine

Previously planted in this garden

2025

sunflower sunflower

Finished jobs in garden

Feed with liquid fertiliser

in 1 day

Mulch around the plants

18 days ago

Feed with tomato fertiliser

in 8 days

Pinch out side shoots

in 2 days

Water deeply

20 days ago

About this garden

Owner shiny
Location
Wellington, NZ

Local temperatures from Wikidata: hottest not known, coldest not known.

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