First, we are talking about extending the shoulders of the season, not about growing out of season – the plants grow naturally, organically and have an awesome flavour. We start by germinating the seeds early, usually around the beginning of August. YOTAM KAY / NZ GARDENER Cloches covering rows of vegetable plants for early summer crops. We like installing drip irrigation on top of the soil, because these summer plants don't like water on their leaves, and it makes it easy to water them. We sometimes leave the film half open, so the plants don't overheat on the sunny days, but we can pull them down to protect them on those rainy days.

Source: Stuff September 29, 2019 15:00 UTC