The Adelaide Showground Farmers Market's Kids' Club Edible Garden encourages children to learn firsthand where their food comes from. But we're pretty sure this page has something for everyone!

Planting Tips for the Month of August in Adelaide

: Potting up lettuce

: More potting up

Adelaide is generally a frost-free zone and has mild winters. This provides a great opportunity to keep the vegie garden choc-a-block with home-grown tucker.

It’s a bit late now for most winter vegies so don’t wait any longer and plant seedlings as soon as possible! It’s the perfect time to plant fast growing Asian greens that taste fab in salads and stir-fries.

Clear plastic soft-drink bottles with the bottoms cut off make great mini greenhouses and will help along any new seedlings.

Your August Vegie Garden Planting Guide:

artichokes
asian greens
beetroot
broad beans
cabbages
capsicum
carrots
corn
lettuce
parsnips
peas
potatoes
pumpkin
radish
rhubarb
salad greens
shallots & spring onions
silverbeet & swiss chard
spinach
squash/zucchini
strawberries
tomatoes

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Go Green with Sustainable Gardening

: SA Composters fab organic soil and Amari Tanks corrugated steel raised garden beds!

Welcome the new green force - Amari Tanks and SA Composters - the perfect combo for a successful vegie garden!

Grab your vegie seeds, herbs and seedlings at the Market when you do your weekly shopping. Chat to our green thumb experts for great gardening tips and tricks to keep your vegie garden flourishing.

New Kid’s Club Best Friend Amari Tanks joins the ASFM sponsor team. A South Australian company, Amari Tanks manufactures quality rainwater tanks and raised corrugated steel garden beds. For a 10% Member Discount phone 8281 2555 or email enquiries(at)amari.com.au.

SA Composters specialises in premium organic compost, soils and mulch. It’s these unique elements that assist in creating water-wise gardens. They also sell Amari corrugated steel garden beds and easy-to-use SA Composters' Vegie Garden Kits.

Matt the soil guru at SA Composters is the man to contact for all the right advice when establishing your garden. He’s at the Market on the first Sunday of the month with all the good stuff!

Market members receive a 10% discount on bulk orders of soil, compost and mulch etc, when you place your order with SA Composters.

Dig in here for SA Composters’ 10% Member Discount on bulk orders.

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