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shiny

The Deck

garden of shiny

Wellington, New zealand · container Spring

Growing now

9 plantings

Harvested

4 times this year

Type

container garden type

2018-02-19 moved all plants to garage to protect from storm

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Growing now

16 weeks until harvest
5%
Jun 2027
by shiny
3 weeks until harvest
45%
Dec 2026
by shiny
late finishing harvesting now
100%
Oct 2026
by shiny
234 weeks until harvest
by shiny

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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

cannabis cannabis collard greens collard greens elderberry green zebra tomato green zebra tomato kiwifruit kumquat pomegranate red russian kale red russian kale turnip turnip

Previously planted in this garden

2024

barley barley
cos lettuce cos lettuce

2021

echinacea

2020

watercress watercress
coriander coriander
basil
common thyme common thyme
coriander coriander
Persian lime
lettuce leaf basil
sunflower sunflower

2019

dill
thyme thyme
mint mint
lettuce lettuce
french marigold
rocket
dill
brandywine tomato brandywine tomato
coriander coriander
coriander coriander
basil
rocket
cucumber
mesclun lettuce mesclun lettuce
bell pepper bell pepper
tomato
Island Bay tomato Island Bay tomato
arugula arugula
buttercrunch lettuce buttercrunch lettuce
Lettuce Tom Thumb Lettuce Tom Thumb
lettuce drunken woman lettuce drunken woman
wild mint wild mint
habanero pepper habanero pepper
capsicum capsicum
eggplant eggplant
sage sage
oregano
chilli pepper chilli pepper
common thyme common thyme
lettuce leaf basil
coriander coriander
watercress watercress
mesclun lettuce mesclun lettuce
lettuce lettuce
thyme thyme

2018

dill
parsley
watercress watercress
coriander coriander
mesclun lettuce mesclun lettuce
mesclun lettuce mesclun lettuce
marigold
dill
marigold
mesclun lettuce mesclun lettuce
coriander coriander
bok choy bok choy
iceberg lettuce iceberg lettuce
spinach spinach
mesclun lettuce mesclun lettuce
coriander coriander
arugula arugula
tabasco pepper tabasco pepper

2017

marigold
banana pepper banana pepper
basil
dill
arugula arugula
mesclun lettuce mesclun lettuce
kale kale
chives chives
coriander coriander
chinese cabbage
mesclun lettuce mesclun lettuce
basil
tomato
sunray tomato sunray tomato
tomato
bell pepper bell pepper
sunray tomato sunray tomato
chives chives
coriander coriander
arugula arugula
endive endive
pea
endive endive
bok choy bok choy
spinach spinach
lemongrass lemongrass
chives chives
lettuce lettuce
parsley
arugula arugula
basil
endive endive
dill
basil

2016

chives chives
tomato
bell pepper bell pepper
arugula arugula
coriander coriander
kale kale

About this garden

Owner shiny
Location
Wellington, New zealand

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