Hi folks,
Just in from the garden after weeding and clearing my vegie beds.
Here’s what I found among the weeds,

It’ll be carrots with everything for a while !LOL

nice looking carrots.

orchid40 said:

Hi folks,
Just in from the garden after weeding and clearing my vegie beds.
Here’s what I found among the weeds,





It’ll be carrots with everything for a while !LOL

They look tempting.

orchid40 said:

Hi folks,
Just in from the garden after weeding and clearing my vegie beds.
Here’s what I found among the weeds,





It’ll be carrots with everything for a while !LOL

Well done Orchid. I haven’t done much at all in the garden for ages, but today I did transplant some Hawkesbury Brown onion seeldings, planted another 20 or so garlic, covered them all with the mandatory mulch and then contemplated where to plant my new bay laurel tree. Haven’t made a decision on the bay laurel yet.

Any hints?

Oh, and I did actually plant out 3 punnets of onions that I’d grown from seed. I swore last year that I wouldn’t do it again as All of mine ran to seed after a sudden heat wave. Oh well, here we go again .

Hi folks,
Just in from the garden after weeding and clearing my vegie beds.
Here’s what I found among the weeds,
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go to nz more often – the garden goes well even without you LOL
beetroot is good grated on salads as RB suggested.

Any hints?
Sorry Anne, I don’t know anything about bay laurel.

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go to nz more often – the garden goes well even without you LOL
beetroot is good grated on salads as RB suggested.

Haha ! I’d love to !!!

a small amount of rain has fallen so I’ll be out pulling the odd weed and looking for food the birds haven’t snaffled.

I’ll be planting more beetroot too. ;)

roughbarked said:

a small amount of rain has fallen so I’ll be out pulling the odd weed and looking for food the birds haven’t snaffled.

I’ll be planting more beetroot too. ;)

Actually I was distracted by pricking around 500 leek seedlings out of two billion parsley younguns, so as to give them a new home where they could get more light and water.

Actually I was distracted by pricking around 500 leek seedlings out of two billion parsley younguns, so as to give them a new home where they could get more light and water.
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I’m beginning to see that the self sown plants are extremely valuable at a time when buying the type of seed you want is becoming more difficult. The old adage that you should continually bring in fresh stock to ensure genetic vigour, is countered by the argument that your own seed acclimatise to your local conditions.

pepe said:

Actually I was distracted by pricking around 500 leek seedlings out of two billion parsley younguns, so as to give them a new home where they could get more light and water.
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I’m beginning to see that the self sown plants are extremely valuable at a time when buying the type of seed you want is becoming more difficult. The old adage that you should continually bring in fresh stock to ensure genetic vigour, is countered by the argument that your own seed acclimatise to your local conditions.

genetic vigour should only be replaced when it is missing.

genetic vigour should only be replaced when it is missing.
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and when is that ? – how do you know when self sown seedlings are inbred ?

btw AnneS – bay laurel are VERY slow growing – so put it in a pot until you find a sunny spot for it.
i should be working but fridey afty noons are quiet.