Date: 23/09/2009 15:01:30
From: bluegreen
ID: 64427
Subject: What
Date: 23/09/2009 15:06:55
From: bluegreen
ID: 64428
Subject: re: What
that is…
What’s happening at my place…
a load of brick and concrete to go to the tip
where the new vege bed is going
my tank is full of kale, leeks, peas, spinach and tree onions
some flowers…
unidentified and snail eaten white daff or jonquil – any ideas?
the camellia I got for my birthday
Sparaxis
Kalanchoe pumila – from cuttings from The Estate (thanks Cheryl)
Date: 23/09/2009 15:23:05
From: Rook
ID: 64429
Subject: re: What
Date: 23/09/2009 15:28:12
From: bluegreen
ID: 64430
Subject: re: What
thanks Rook. Just ordered the timber for the new bed (delivery tomorrow), and am picking up a trailer load of aged horse manure on the weekend. So hopefully next week it will be looking even better :)
Date: 23/09/2009 15:49:26
From: Lucky1
ID: 64431
Subject: re: What
Better ask the off siders about this vegie patch business.LOL
Other wise its looking FAB TAB…
Date: 23/09/2009 16:12:37
From: bluegreen
ID: 64432
Subject: re: What
Lucky1 said:
Better ask the off siders about this vegie patch business.LOL
Other wise its looking FAB TAB…
well they have been certainly enjoying the preparation so far – every weed I have pulled and brick upturned has had half a dozen bills and beaks snaffling up the goodies :)
Date: 23/09/2009 16:55:04
From: Lucky1
ID: 64433
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Better ask the off siders about this vegie patch business.LOL
Other wise its looking FAB TAB…
well they have been certainly enjoying the preparation so far – every weed I have pulled and brick upturned has had half a dozen bills and beaks snaffling up the goodies :)
Oh that makes you #1 in their books……. bet they just lurv having you home 24/7…..LOL
Date: 23/09/2009 17:10:41
From: Dinetta
ID: 64434
Subject: re: What
That’s a very, very pretty kalanchoe…
Date: 23/09/2009 17:12:03
From: Dinetta
ID: 64435
Subject: re: What
That is a drop-dead gorgeous kalanchoe…
Date: 23/09/2009 17:14:25
From: bluegreen
ID: 64436
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
That is a drop-dead gorgeous kalanchoe…
:D
Date: 23/09/2009 17:14:44
From: Dinetta
ID: 64437
Subject: re: What
Sadly kalanchoe is related to mother of millions, and it does very well up here…I have got some as groundcover in a couple of beds under trees, more for shape of the garden than any other purpose, and sometimes, if the stars align, these little orange bell flowers look like crystals in the early morning light…doesn’t happen every year and would be difficult to photograph…but it explains why I let them live (under strictly controlled conditions) in my yard…
You’re doing a good job there BlueGreen, hope you are patting yourself on the back for a job well-done?
Date: 23/09/2009 17:17:02
From: bluegreen
ID: 64438
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
You’re doing a good job there BlueGreen, hope you are patting yourself on the back for a job well-done?
thanks Dinetta :)
I am feeling quite proud of myself. Just goes to show what I can achieve when work is not taking the best out of me.
Date: 23/09/2009 17:19:32
From: Dinetta
ID: 64440
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
You’re doing a good job there BlueGreen, hope you are patting yourself on the back for a job well-done?
thanks Dinetta :)
I am feeling quite proud of myself. Just goes to show what I can achieve when work is not taking the best out of me.
It all takes time, BlueGreen…sometimes I do a couple of necessary things in my yard and then I look at the clock and it’s 11 am…I need to get up earlier I know…but the yard stuff is nearly as bad as cooking for using the hours in the day…
Date: 23/09/2009 18:55:49
From: pain master
ID: 64449
Subject: re: What
looks like retired life is easy… ;)
Date: 23/09/2009 19:00:41
From: bluegreen
ID: 64452
Subject: re: What
pain master said:
looks like retired life is easy… ;)
oh it’s great so far :D
Date: 23/09/2009 19:56:56
From: orchid40
ID: 64463
Subject: re: What
All good BG!! I love that Kalanchoe too. Also like the Sparaxis, very bright and cheerful!
It’s great that not working is giving you the energy for the outside play. Maybe you should start a Blog! ?
I’ve just decided to start mine up again after 8 months.
Date: 24/09/2009 06:42:05
From: Dinetta
ID: 64475
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
Sadly kalanchoe is related to mother of millions, and it does very well up here…I have got some as groundcover in a couple of beds under trees, more for shape of the garden than any other purpose, and sometimes, if the stars align, these little orange bell flowers look like crystals in the early morning light…doesn’t happen every year and would be difficult to photograph…but it explains why I let them live (under strictly controlled conditions) in my yard…
You’re doing a good job there BlueGreen, hope you are patting yourself on the back for a job well-done?
Just re-reading this quote in “View full thread” (catching up): I have beds full of kalanchoe, not Mother of Millions… I did have MoM but got rid of them many years ago…
Date: 24/09/2009 07:28:28
From: pomolo
ID: 64486
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
that is…
What’s happening at my place…
a load of brick and concrete to go to the tip
where the new vege bed is going
my tank is full of kale, leeks, peas, spinach and tree onions
some flowers…
unidentified and snail eaten white daff or jonquil – any ideas?
the camellia I got for my birthday
Sparaxis
Kalanchoe pumila – from cuttings from The Estate (thanks Cheryl)
A perfect camellia and some pretty flowers too. Where are the ducks and chooks going to forage if you put a garden in?
Date: 24/09/2009 07:29:45
From: pomolo
ID: 64487
Subject: re: What
Lucky1 said:
Better ask the off siders about this vegie patch business.LOL
Other wise its looking FAB TAB…
My thoughts exactly.
Date: 24/09/2009 07:34:21
From: bluegreen
ID: 64489
Subject: re: What
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:
Better ask the off siders about this vegie patch business.LOL
Other wise its looking FAB TAB…
My thoughts exactly.
good morning pomolo.
plenty more places for the chooks and ducks to wander in, and it will mean more vege scraps for them too…
Date: 24/09/2009 07:37:41
From: pomolo
ID: 64490
Subject: re: What
pain master said:
looks like retired life is easy… ;)
Not easy but a pleasure none the less.
Date: 24/09/2009 08:41:27
From: pepe
ID: 64496
Subject: re: What
fantastic BG.
a great, sunny, flat spot without trees to vegetate on. has it been a garden before?
good looking flowers and mini plot in the tank.
start your own progress story as OC said.
Date: 24/09/2009 08:47:21
From: bluegreen
ID: 64498
Subject: re: What
pepe said:
fantastic BG.
a great, sunny, flat spot without trees to vegetate on. has it been a garden before?
good looking flowers and mini plot in the tank.
start your own progress story as OC said.
thanks pepe. the lumber has just arrived for the edging :)
The spot used to have a sickly Tamarillo and my fig tree. I decided the area could be put to better use growing veges. Especially as the we want to put a decking where the veges are currently!
Date: 24/09/2009 11:53:31
From: bluegreen
ID: 64506
Subject: re: What
Lumber for the edging, one stump out, one stump to go
the timber is not CCA or even ACQ but EcoWood which is better than either of them as the preservative does not contain Arsenic or Ammonia)
Date: 24/09/2009 13:03:11
From: Dinetta
ID: 64507
Subject: re: What
Is this the front of your place?
Date: 24/09/2009 13:12:50
From: bluegreen
ID: 64508
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
Is this the front of your place?
no, it’s around the back.
Date: 24/09/2009 13:14:30
From: Dinetta
ID: 64509
Subject: re: What
Help me here: the photo I was commenting on is the one with curved macadam…
Date: 24/09/2009 13:20:53
From: bluegreen
ID: 64511
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
Help me here: the photo I was commenting on is the one with curved macadam…
the sleeper picture? that is at the front atm, but the garden will be around the back.
Date: 24/09/2009 13:25:56
From: Dinetta
ID: 64512
Subject: re: What
Ah OK, thanks BlueGreen…
Carry on…
Date: 24/09/2009 19:25:46
From: pain master
ID: 64519
Subject: re: What
pomolo said:
pain master said:
looks like retired life is easy… ;)
Not easy but a pleasure none the less.
Gives me something to look forward to… I’m currently finding working life a pleasure.
Date: 28/09/2009 15:39:43
From: bluegreen
ID: 65084
Subject: re: What
cold wet weather has delayed my project a bit, but today I have been able to get back into it.
Some good shit of the horse variety, the second stump out, and a third I had overlooked. The chooks have been keen supervisors making sure every worm unturned didn’t get away.
Date: 28/09/2009 15:41:44
From: Dinetta
ID: 65086
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
The chooks have been keen supervisors making sure every worm unturned didn’t get away.
Hope they leave some! LOL
Date: 28/09/2009 15:45:42
From: bluegreen
ID: 65088
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
The chooks have been keen supervisors making sure every worm unturned didn’t get away.
Hope they leave some! LOL
there will be plenty more where they came from :D
besides, good protein for eggs and the chooks will leave other deposits behind.
Date: 28/09/2009 15:49:14
From: Dinetta
ID: 65092
Subject: re: What
True, true: I forgot that what goes in eventually comes out…and the worms will definitely improve the nutrition of the cackleberries…
Date: 28/09/2009 15:52:44
From: Dinetta
ID: 65095
Subject: re: What
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/blue_green/Forum%20Photos/DSCF0001-10.jpg
Nice load of HP there: productive scene in general…(Hope the right pic turns up…)
Date: 28/09/2009 15:55:36
From: Dinetta
ID: 65098
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
See how this goes…same comment as in post immediately previous…
Date: 28/09/2009 16:29:30
From: Lucky1
ID: 65101
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
cold wet weather has delayed my project a bit, but today I have been able to get back into it.
Some good shit of the horse variety, the second stump out, and a third I had overlooked. The chooks have been keen supervisors making sure every worm unturned didn’t get away.
I can’t wait to see each area growing foods and I am sure the chooks & ducks will be happy to see you each day out there keeping them company too:D
Date: 28/09/2009 20:21:31
From: kimmysmum
ID: 65114
Subject: re: What
Date: 28/09/2009 20:28:12
From: bluegreen
ID: 65119
Subject: re: What
Date: 28/09/2009 20:31:19
From: kimmysmum
ID: 65123
Subject: re: What
Thank you will investigate
Date: 1/10/2009 14:42:04
From: bluegreen
ID: 65330
Subject: re: What
was driving past Flower Power this morning so dropped in and treated myself to some new plants for my garden. I’m wondering if I might have to harden them off a bit though as the growth is quite soft and sappy on some of them.
Corsican Hellebore (Helleborus argutifolius), dwarf lavender ‘Bella Blue’, Salvia ‘Heatwave Glimmer’, Euphorbia ‘Copton Ash’, Cerastium ‘Snow in Summer’
Date: 1/10/2009 17:11:52
From: pomolo
ID: 65342
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
was driving past Flower Power this morning so dropped in and treated myself to some new plants for my garden. I’m wondering if I might have to harden them off a bit though as the growth is quite soft and sappy on some of them.
Corsican Hellebore (Helleborus argutifolius), dwarf lavender ‘Bella Blue’, Salvia ‘Heatwave Glimmer’, Euphorbia ‘Copton Ash’, Cerastium ‘Snow in Summer’
Onya BG. I haven’t bought a new plant for…………………..at least a fortnight. Just you wait till it rains again.
Date: 3/10/2009 15:43:23
From: bluegreen
ID: 65442
Subject: re: What
went to the GA Expo today. Didn’t worry about the presentations, just enjoyed a browse around the stalls. Disappointingly no display or demonstration gardens just retail booths so didn’t take any pictures. Bought myself some more plants though.
Albany Daisy (Actinodium), native Thyme (Prostranthera incisa), White Lavender, reverse variagated Indian Rope Hoya (cream on edges of leaf.)
Date: 3/10/2009 16:08:09
From: veg gardener
ID: 65443
Subject: re: What
Date: 3/10/2009 17:53:45
From: orchid40
ID: 65451
Subject: re: What
Date: 4/10/2009 20:51:02
From: pomolo
ID: 65477
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
went to the GA Expo today. Didn’t worry about the presentations, just enjoyed a browse around the stalls. Disappointingly no display or demonstration gardens just retail booths so didn’t take any pictures. Bought myself some more plants though.
Albany Daisy (Actinodium), native Thyme (Prostranthera incisa), White Lavender, reverse variagated Indian Rope Hoya (cream on edges of leaf.)
Interesting plants there. Does the lavender smell like lavender?
Date: 4/10/2009 21:01:58
From: bluegreen
ID: 65479
Subject: re: What
pomolo said:
Does the lavender smell like lavender?
yes :) it is only the “wings” that are white and the true flowers are blue but very tiny on the flower head itself.
Date: 4/10/2009 21:30:21
From: pomolo
ID: 65480
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
pomolo said:
Does the lavender smell like lavender?
yes :) it is only the “wings” that are white and the true flowers are blue but very tiny on the flower head itself.
I think I like it.
Date: 9/10/2009 13:52:33
From: bluegreen
ID: 65634
Subject: re: What
Date: 9/10/2009 14:10:50
From: Lucky1
ID: 65635
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
some flowers…
bromeliad, Cistus x skanbergii, Cistus x skanbergii close up, flowering cherry
unknown cutting (ID anyone?), unknown bulb (ID anyone?), (Californian?) poppy, succulent (ID anyone?)
Dunno, but gee they are pretty.
Date: 9/10/2009 14:17:10
From: pepe
ID: 65637
Subject: re: What
certainly some nice flowers there BG.
must be spring.
Date: 9/10/2009 14:22:40
From: bluegreen
ID: 65639
Subject: re: What
pepe said:
certainly some nice flowers there BG.
must be spring.
at least the plants think so, even if it doesn’t feel like it to me!!
Date: 9/10/2009 15:16:44
From: orchid40
ID: 65644
Subject: re: What
Very pretty BG, and no, I don’t know! Except I agree on the Californian Poppy. Now I also know what I have 2 biggish bushes of – Cistus X Skanbergii. Thanks to you! They’re very decorative :)
Date: 9/10/2009 21:36:52
From: pomolo
ID: 65663
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
some flowers…
bromeliad, Cistus x skanbergii, Cistus x skanbergii close up, flowering cherry
unknown cutting (ID anyone?), unknown bulb (ID anyone?), (Californian?) poppy, succulent (ID anyone?)
My contribution…No1, possibly verbena. I don’t even know if verbena grows in Melbourne. Don’t know the lily or the poppy but No4 could be Kalanchoe. Don’t know if that grows there either. Not much help really. Sorry
Date: 22/10/2009 18:54:27
From: bluegreen
ID: 67939
Subject: re: What
look what I built!!
Date: 22/10/2009 20:07:42
From: Dinetta
ID: 67941
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
look what I built!!
Congratulations!
Jubilations!
May I ask the depth / height of the borders?
Date: 22/10/2009 20:11:01
From: bluegreen
ID: 67943
Subject: re: What
each sleeper is 200mm, so 400mm deep. I have only used one sleeper at the top due to a slight slope and will dig down instead.
Date: 22/10/2009 20:18:00
From: Dinetta
ID: 67944
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
each sleeper is 200mm, so 400mm deep. I have only used one sleeper at the top due to a slight slope and will dig down instead.
surely those aren’t railway sleepers?
Date: 22/10/2009 20:21:25
From: bluegreen
ID: 67945
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
each sleeper is 200mm, so 400mm deep. I have only used one sleeper at the top due to a slight slope and will dig down instead.
surely those aren’t railway sleepers?
no. they are Ecowood treated pine (no arsenic or ammonia.)
Date: 22/10/2009 20:29:19
From: Longy
ID: 67948
Subject: re: What
Wow Beej. I’m impressed. Goodonya!
Date: 22/10/2009 20:31:02
From: bluegreen
ID: 67951
Subject: re: What
Longy said:
Wow Beej. I’m impressed. Goodonya!
thanks Longy. I’m pretty chuffed with it myself :)
Date: 22/10/2009 20:32:02
From: Longy
ID: 67952
Subject: re: What
thanks Longy. I’m pretty chuffed with it myself :)
+++++++++++++
Whatcha fillin it with?
Date: 22/10/2009 20:32:32
From: Lucky1
ID: 67953
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
look what I built!!
Wow that is so cool:) Got an idea what your going to grow in there first??
Date: 22/10/2009 20:37:49
From: bluegreen
ID: 67954
Subject: re: What
Longy said:
thanks Longy. I’m pretty chuffed with it myself :)
+++++++++++++
Whatcha fillin it with?
I have a trailer full of horse poo, and some of my own compost, and what soil I can salvage from my old beds when I demolish them to make room for some decking.
Date: 22/10/2009 20:39:32
From: Dinetta
ID: 67955
Subject: re: What
I was thinking, (just a thought) that if you go “no dig”, BlueGreen, just fill it up in layers like the permaculture book says, you wouldn’t need to dig away at the slope…it doesn’t look like clay?
Date: 22/10/2009 20:40:46
From: bluegreen
ID: 67956
Subject: re: What
Lucky1 said:
Got an idea what your going to grow in there first??
I have tomato seedlings coming up, some eggplant and some celery, a zucchini and hopefully some capsicum but they haven’t come up yet. Oh yeah, beetroot, basil and lots of lettuce seedlings. Might put some spuds in that have sprouted too.
Date: 22/10/2009 20:42:10
From: bluegreen
ID: 67957
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
I was thinking, (just a thought) that if you go “no dig”, BlueGreen, just fill it up in layers like the permaculture book says, you wouldn’t need to dig away at the slope…it doesn’t look like clay?
just want to loosen the soil enough to give an even depth then I will be fiiling it up with goodies.
Date: 22/10/2009 20:42:10
From: Longy
ID: 67958
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
Longy said:
thanks Longy. I’m pretty chuffed with it myself :)
+++++++++++++
Whatcha fillin it with?
I have a trailer full of horse poo, and some of my own compost, and what soil I can salvage from my old beds when I demolish them to make room for some decking.
Sounds good. You won’t believe how much easier it is to maintain the beds with them at that height. It’s great.
Date: 22/10/2009 20:43:04
From: Lucky1
ID: 67959
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Got an idea what your going to grow in there first??
I have tomato seedlings coming up, some eggplant and some celery, a zucchini and hopefully some capsicum but they haven’t come up yet. Oh yeah, beetroot, basil and lots of lettuce seedlings. Might put some spuds in that have sprouted too.
Oh how egg-citing. Speaking of eggs…..how are the supervisors find it?????LOL
Boy I’m so happy that your enjoying (playing harder) you retirement.
Date: 22/10/2009 20:46:15
From: Dinetta
ID: 67960
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
each sleeper is 200mm, so 400mm deep. I have only used one sleeper at the top due to a slight slope and will dig down instead.
So that’s…15 inches…a good depth…
:)
Date: 22/10/2009 20:46:25
From: bluegreen
ID: 67961
Subject: re: What
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Got an idea what your going to grow in there first??
I have tomato seedlings coming up, some eggplant and some celery, a zucchini and hopefully some capsicum but they haven’t come up yet. Oh yeah, beetroot, basil and lots of lettuce seedlings. Might put some spuds in that have sprouted too.
Oh how egg-citing. Speaking of eggs…..how are the supervisors find it?????LOL
Boy I’m so happy that your enjoying (playing harder) you retirement.
being getting plenty of supervision. one hen had a near miss when one side fell down before I got to stabilise it.
Date: 22/10/2009 21:10:33
From: pomolo
ID: 67963
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
look what I built!!
You’re so clever BG. That looks great. Mr Cundal would be impressed.
Date: 22/10/2009 22:17:14
From: orchid40
ID: 67967
Subject: re: What
Brilliant!! Well done BG, it looks good and a very useful size too.
Date: 22/10/2009 23:32:14
From: bon008
ID: 67969
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
look what I built!!
Ooh, beautiful!! Good work!
Date: 23/10/2009 10:18:05
From: bluegreen
ID: 68021
Subject: re: What
might be overcast today but still worked up a good sweat digging over the patch. The base dirt is now loosened up and distributed more evenly over the site. Next I am going to muck out the duck pen and lay that down, when I have stopped dripping!
Date: 23/10/2009 11:36:57
From: bluegreen
ID: 68035
Subject: re: What
some flowers…
leptospermum, Leucospermum – Carnival® Yellow, succulent, some daisy, african violet
Date: 23/10/2009 11:51:06
From: roughbarked
ID: 68037
Subject: re: What
:)
thanks .. I love it when a woman gives me flowers ;)
Date: 23/10/2009 12:49:28
From: bluegreen
ID: 68041
Subject: re: What
roughbarked said:
:)
thanks .. I love it when a woman gives me flowers ;)
:D
been turning out the compost into the new bed. the chooks are having a feast on all the worms and other bugs that have been happily breeding in there. They are all going to be stuffed tonight! lol!
Date: 23/10/2009 13:01:35
From: Dinetta
ID: 68044
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:
:)
thanks .. I love it when a woman gives me flowers ;)
:D
been turning out the compost into the new bed. the chooks are having a feast on all the worms and other bugs that have been happily breeding in there. They are all going to be stuffed tonight! lol!
some lovely eggs coming up!
Date: 23/10/2009 13:03:39
From: bluegreen
ID: 68045
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:
:)
thanks .. I love it when a woman gives me flowers ;)
:D
been turning out the compost into the new bed. the chooks are having a feast on all the worms and other bugs that have been happily breeding in there. They are all going to be stuffed tonight! lol!
some lovely eggs coming up!
I was thinking that too :D
Date: 23/10/2009 13:05:58
From: Dinetta
ID: 68046
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
:D
been turning out the compost into the new bed. the chooks are having a feast on all the worms and other bugs that have been happily breeding in there. They are all going to be stuffed tonight! lol!
some lovely eggs coming up!
I was thinking that too :D
I’ve got visions of the poultry, crops totally stuffed, pushing said crops along the ground in an effort to get to bed, and then deciding to sleep on the hen house floor as they can’t haul themselves up the roost…
:D
Date: 23/10/2009 13:07:30
From: bluegreen
ID: 68048
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
I’ve got visions of the poultry, crops totally stuffed, pushing said crops along the ground in an effort to get to bed, and then deciding to sleep on the hen house floor as they can’t haul themselves up the roost…
:D
lol!
Date: 23/10/2009 13:20:23
From: Lucky1
ID: 68049
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
:D
been turning out the compost into the new bed. the chooks are having a feast on all the worms and other bugs that have been happily breeding in there. They are all going to be stuffed tonight! lol!
some lovely eggs coming up!
I was thinking that too :D
The chooks will need a late morning get up tomorrow….lol
Date: 23/10/2009 13:20:46
From: Lucky1
ID: 68050
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
some lovely eggs coming up!
I was thinking that too :D
I’ve got visions of the poultry, crops totally stuffed, pushing said crops along the ground in an effort to get to bed, and then deciding to sleep on the hen house floor as they can’t haul themselves up the roost…
:D
LOL….very good.
Date: 23/10/2009 16:11:54
From: pepe
ID: 68056
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Got an idea what your going to grow in there first??
I have tomato seedlings coming up, some eggplant and some celery, a zucchini and hopefully some capsicum but they haven’t come up yet. Oh yeah, beetroot, basil and lots of lettuce seedlings. Might put some spuds in that have sprouted too.
sounds like a fair start – nice work. it is getting hotter – so your timing looks good.
Date: 24/10/2009 00:46:19
From: CollieWA
ID: 68111
Subject: re: What
>I love it when a woman gives me flowers ;)
I’m happy with the time of day!
Date: 24/10/2009 07:46:17
From: pomolo
ID: 68118
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
some flowers…
leptospermum, Leucospermum – Carnival® Yellow, succulent, some daisy, african violet
Are they growing your garden BG? I have just purchased that Lepto. It’s about 6” high now. Have some Leucos in too. About the same height as the Lepto. Have also got the Calanchoe (spelling of all these plants ain’t too good) Great for drought tolerant gardens. I’ve got red, yellow and orange. They put on a good show every year. No help from me either.
Date: 24/10/2009 10:10:51
From: bluegreen
ID: 68135
Subject: re: What
pomolo said:
Are they growing your garden BG?
more or less. the succulent is in a barrow and the a/v is indoors!
Date: 24/10/2009 12:44:17
From: Dinetta
ID: 68168
Subject: re: What
BlueGreen, just looking in the Mitre10 this AM…I think your “mystery” succulent is indeed a member of the kalanchoe family…just comparing the leaf structure…
Date: 24/10/2009 12:49:32
From: bluegreen
ID: 68172
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
BlueGreen, just looking in the Mitre10 this AM…I think your “mystery” succulent is indeed a member of the kalanchoe family…just comparing the leaf structure…
OK. The pictures I have seen have thinner but larger leaves, but that might mean I just haven’t seen the right picture yet!! Otherwise it does seem like a kalanchoe.
Date: 24/10/2009 15:35:25
From: pomolo
ID: 68204
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
pomolo said:
Are they growing your garden BG?
more or less. the succulent is in a barrow and the a/v is indoors!
That means they are definately in your gardens then. Hope my Leucos do as well as yours.
Pssttttt! Don’t tell anyone. I’m on a puter at the centre.
Date: 24/10/2009 16:03:29
From: pepe
ID: 68222
Subject: re: What
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
some flowers…
leptospermum, Leucospermum – Carnival® Yellow, succulent, some daisy, african violet
hey BG – is that leptospernum the same as my teatree?
Date: 24/10/2009 16:04:56
From: bluegreen
ID: 68223
Subject: re: What
pepe said:
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
some flowers…
leptospermum, Leucospermum – Carnival® Yellow, succulent, some daisy, african violet
hey BG – is that leptospernum the same as my teatree?
I think it might be pepe :)
Date: 24/10/2009 20:35:57
From: pomolo
ID: 68267
Subject: re: What
pepe said:
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
some flowers…
leptospermum, Leucospermum – Carnival® Yellow, succulent, some daisy, african violet
hey BG – is that leptospernum the same as my teatree?
Mine is L. scoparium I think. Ain’t it purty.
Date: 25/10/2009 13:17:59
From: bluegreen
ID: 68389
Subject: re: What
my irisis…
Date: 25/10/2009 13:25:44
From: Dinetta
ID: 68392
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
my irisis…
Lovely shade of purple…close to heliotrope (art colours not my “thing”)
Date: 25/10/2009 22:07:08
From: pomolo
ID: 68504
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
my irisis…
Which iris are they? I have Lousianna Iris that grow and flower well but GE sent us some Dutch iris bulbs as an apology for plants they couldn’t supply and they grew leaves and died. Obviously not for our hot north. They sent Muscari as well. They have grown and are well in leaf but I’m sure they are only a Southern bulb as well. No flowers forth coming at all.
Date: 25/10/2009 22:16:36
From: bluegreen
ID: 68506
Subject: re: What
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
my irisis…
Which iris are they? I have Lousianna Iris that grow and flower well but GE sent us some Dutch iris bulbs as an apology for plants they couldn’t supply and they grew leaves and died. Obviously not for our hot north. They sent Muscari as well. They have grown and are well in leaf but I’m sure they are only a Southern bulb as well. No flowers forth coming at all.
It’s a bearded iris, someone on GE says it looks like Iris Germanica.
Date: 25/10/2009 22:50:58
From: pomolo
ID: 68517
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
my irisis…
Which iris are they? I have Lousianna Iris that grow and flower well but GE sent us some Dutch iris bulbs as an apology for plants they couldn’t supply and they grew leaves and died. Obviously not for our hot north. They sent Muscari as well. They have grown and are well in leaf but I’m sure they are only a Southern bulb as well. No flowers forth coming at all.
It’s a bearded iris, someone on GE says it looks like Iris Germanica.
No matter which one it is. It’s beautiful.
Date: 16/11/2009 13:09:01
From: bluegreen
ID: 71151
Subject: re: What
made my first plantings in the new vege bed. a few barrow loads of soil dug out from an old vege patch that had been lying fallow for a while topped up enough of one end of the new bed to start planting. The old bed was riddled with couch so the runners and other weeds had to be removed first. The soil was bone dry but due to previous working over in it was not too hard to dig. On the other hand the horse manure in the new bed, although looking dry and crusty on top, I was pleased to note was holding moisture nicely even though I had not watered it and it had not rained and it has been very hot. This bodes well for vege growing with minimal water usage.
First picture shows a couple of old painters trestles surrounded by makeshift fences made from old security doors (to keep the ducks and chooks out.) I have planted a couple of Lebanese cucumber plants I got at Thee’s Cup Day party, from o40 I think, and sowed some climbing bean seeds as well. These will climb up one of the trestles. I will be planting out some tomato seedlings in the rest of that section, once they get big enough to put in.
Second picture the Lebanese cucumber plants, already in flower.
Date: 16/11/2009 15:57:58
From: Dinetta
ID: 71156
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
Second picture the Lebanese cucumber plants, already in flower.
Good reading there BlueGreen…looks like it’s all starting to fall together…my cucumbers had flowers, but I pinched them out as they have only been planted out for 1 week…gone are the days when I treasured every flower…
Date: 16/11/2009 16:29:46
From: bluegreen
ID: 71160
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
…my cucumbers had flowers, but I pinched them out as they have only been planted out for 1 week…gone are the days when I treasured every flower…
do you think I should remove these flowers? Will they set the plants back?
Date: 16/11/2009 18:07:57
From: Dinetta
ID: 71168
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
…my cucumbers had flowers, but I pinched them out as they have only been planted out for 1 week…gone are the days when I treasured every flower…
do you think I should remove these flowers? Will they set the plants back?
BlueGreen, when I bought these they were trying to climb out of their pot…they nearly died in the 24 hours before I planted them out (heat and dehydration)…so when they put out a flower after being planted out for 1 week, I said ““uh oh, no no Nanette, you are still in the recovery phase…nil bebes for you for at least 3 weeks…”
It was just a very personal judgement call, and I mentioned the fact that I have been hard-hearted with the flowers on the transplants based on local conditions and my opinion as to whether or not the plant would struggle with fruit if allowed to flower just at that point in time…
In the past, all flowers were welcomed but now I know that sometimes if the conditions aren’t right it’s OK to pinch out the flowers…
Date: 16/11/2009 18:11:31
From: Dinetta
ID: 71169
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
…my cucumbers had flowers, but I pinched them out as they have only been planted out for 1 week…gone are the days when I treasured every flower…
do you think I should remove these flowers? Will they set the plants back?
BlueGreen, when I bought these they were trying to climb out of their pot…they nearly died in the 24 hours before I planted them out (heat and dehydration)…so when they put out a flower after being planted out for 1 week, I said ““uh oh, no no Nanette, you are still in the recovery phase…nil bebes for you for at least 3 weeks…”
It was just a very personal judgement call, and I mentioned the fact that I have been hard-hearted with the flowers on the transplants based on local conditions and my opinion as to whether or not the plant would struggle with fruit if allowed to flower just at that point in time…
In the past, all flowers were welcomed but now I know that sometimes if the conditions aren’t right it’s OK to pinch out the flowers…
That was a weird post…think my brian is fried…
Date: 16/11/2009 18:13:03
From: bluegreen
ID: 71170
Subject: re: What
Dinetta said:
That was a weird post…think my brian is fried…
made sense to me :)
Date: 16/11/2009 18:21:58
From: Dinetta
ID: 71171
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
That was a weird post…think my brian is fried…
made sense to me :)
LOL! Awww, you’re just being kind, BlueGreen!
It is getting hot, tho’, not sure what the temps are, but the magpies are actively searching out the sprinklers…because it’s just MrD and me at the office, we open all the windows and operate without airconditioners, but when the breeze drops I just about drop as well…my brain goes into panic mode “don’t think, don’t think” (hence the weird posts)…on the upside, it’s possible to do the laundry just after dark and bring it in before bedtime…isn’t there a Monty Python song “always look on the bright side”? but I digress (as well as hijacking your thread…)
Date: 17/11/2009 23:15:39
From: CollieWA
ID: 71242
Subject: re: What
>That was a weird post…think my brian is fried…
Nothing worse than a fried brian.. ;^)
Date: 17/11/2009 23:18:18
From: bon008
ID: 71244
Subject: re: What
CollieWA said:
>That was a weird post…think my brian is fried…
Nothing worse than a fried brian.. ;^)
He’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy! :D
Date: 15/12/2009 10:39:02
From: bluegreen
ID: 73425
Subject: re: What
the new vege bed is finished and planted out, tomatoes, parsley, cucumber and dwarf beans one end, silverbeet and beetroot sown in the middle and lettuce, eggplant and zucchini seed planted at the other end.
Date: 15/12/2009 10:41:04
From: bluegreen
ID: 73426
Subject: re: What
pepino, bromeliads under the ornamental cherry, a barrow sowed with mixed annual flower seeds
Date: 15/12/2009 10:43:28
From: bluegreen
ID: 73427
Subject: re: What
Salvia ‘Heatwave Glimmer’, close up, Scaevola (Fan flower)
Date: 15/12/2009 10:46:17
From: Rook
ID: 73428
Subject: re: What
You have been very busy BG, time to sit back and reap the rewards
Rook
Date: 15/12/2009 10:47:59
From: bluegreen
ID: 73429
Subject: re: What
Rook said:
You have been very busy BG, time to sit back and reap the rewards
Rook
hi Rook. Still plenty to do, but getting there (not that you ever arrive!!)
Date: 15/12/2009 10:54:39
From: pepe
ID: 73430
Subject: re: What
i do luv those trellises – old ladders or whatever – that height will look great with things climbing up it.
gotta luv the last shot where the rooster is eying off the plants.
keep going bg – from now on everything gets bigger .
Date: 15/12/2009 11:30:28
From: orchid40
ID: 73431
Subject: re: What
That all looks great BG! You have been busy haven’t you ? You’ll be eating well when it all matures. (not that you don’t already!)
Date: 15/12/2009 15:44:17
From: pomolo
ID: 73440
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
the new vege bed is finished and planted out, tomatoes, parsley, cucumber and dwarf beans one end, silverbeet and beetroot sown in the middle and lettuce, eggplant and zucchini seed planted at the other end.
Well done BG. Chooks look a bit disappointed though.
Date: 15/12/2009 15:46:35
From: pomolo
ID: 73441
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
Salvia ‘Heatwave Glimmer’, close up, Scaevola (Fan flower)
I have that scavola too. Good plant to fill a space. Flowers non-stop here.
Date: 15/12/2009 18:52:12
From: Happy Potter
ID: 73452
Subject: re: What
Well done you too BG! Looking great
Date: 15/12/2009 23:19:12
From: hortfurball
ID: 73482
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
the new vege bed is finished and planted out, tomatoes, parsley, cucumber and dwarf beans one end, silverbeet and beetroot sown in the middle and lettuce, eggplant and zucchini seed planted at the other end.
Looking good. I take it the fences are to keep the chooks out…looks like the fence we had to keep the dogs out of our nursery at the old house, those old doors are handy aren’t they!
Date: 15/12/2009 23:49:24
From: bluegreen
ID: 73488
Subject: re: What
hortfurball said:
bluegreen said:
the new vege bed is finished and planted out, tomatoes, parsley, cucumber and dwarf beans one end, silverbeet and beetroot sown in the middle and lettuce, eggplant and zucchini seed planted at the other end.
Looking good. I take it the fences are to keep the chooks out…looks like the fence we had to keep the dogs out of our nursery at the old house, those old doors are handy aren’t they!
that’s right. duck and chook proofing!
Date: 16/12/2009 00:07:45
From: hortfurball
ID: 73490
Subject: re: What
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
Salvia ‘Heatwave Glimmer’, close up, Scaevola (Fan flower)
I have that scavola too. Good plant to fill a space. Flowers non-stop here.
Flowers non stop almost everywhere! Stunning little plant! Short lived but worth every penny for the mass of lasting colour. Why buy a petunia for $5 that will last one season and die, when you can buy scaevola for $5 and have non stop flowers for two or three years before they die. You can take cuttings too so once you buy your first one you’re set for life if you remember to take the cuttings every year.
I miss the ones we had in the old garden. Sadly I forgot to take cuttings at one point but I will get another at some stage. The purple carpet on the right of this shot is all scaevola…
Date: 16/12/2009 10:39:25
From: bluegreen
ID: 73510
Subject: re: What
hortfurball said:
Flowers non stop almost everywhere! Stunning little plant! Short lived but worth every penny for the mass of lasting colour. Why buy a petunia for $5 that will last one season and die, when you can buy scaevola for $5 and have non stop flowers for two or three years before they die. You can take cuttings too so once you buy your first one you’re set for life if you remember to take the cuttings every year.
just what I want to hear. I wanted a tough attractive ground cover and it sounds like it will do the trick. It is certainly managing well atm.
Date: 16/12/2009 21:28:05
From: pain master
ID: 73560
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
hortfurball said:
Flowers non stop almost everywhere! Stunning little plant! Short lived but worth every penny for the mass of lasting colour. Why buy a petunia for $5 that will last one season and die, when you can buy scaevola for $5 and have non stop flowers for two or three years before they die. You can take cuttings too so once you buy your first one you’re set for life if you remember to take the cuttings every year.
just what I want to hear. I wanted a tough attractive ground cover and it sounds like it will do the trick. It is certainly managing well atm.
the toughest is Erigeron karvinskianus
Date: 16/12/2009 21:30:11
From: bluegreen
ID: 73561
Subject: re: What
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
hortfurball said:
Flowers non stop almost everywhere! Stunning little plant! Short lived but worth every penny for the mass of lasting colour. Why buy a petunia for $5 that will last one season and die, when you can buy scaevola for $5 and have non stop flowers for two or three years before they die. You can take cuttings too so once you buy your first one you’re set for life if you remember to take the cuttings every year.
just what I want to hear. I wanted a tough attractive ground cover and it sounds like it will do the trick. It is certainly managing well atm.
the toughest is Erigeron karvinskianus
oh yeah, but the scaevola is prettier, and a native!
Date: 17/12/2009 02:44:07
From: hortfurball
ID: 73581
Subject: re: What
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
hortfurball said:
Flowers non stop almost everywhere! Stunning little plant! Short lived but worth every penny for the mass of lasting colour. Why buy a petunia for $5 that will last one season and die, when you can buy scaevola for $5 and have non stop flowers for two or three years before they die. You can take cuttings too so once you buy your first one you’re set for life if you remember to take the cuttings every year.
just what I want to hear. I wanted a tough attractive ground cover and it sounds like it will do the trick. It is certainly managing well atm.
the toughest is Erigeron karvinskianus
cough…Weed…cough
Date: 8/01/2010 11:01:39
From: bluegreen
ID: 76849
Subject: re: What
harvested today for tonight’s dinner, freckles lettuce, Lebanese cucumber…
harvesting soon, plums (a competition between the correct stage of ripeness, the birds and the brown rot)…
Date: 8/01/2010 12:55:49
From: orchid40
ID: 76897
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
harvested today for tonight’s dinner, freckles lettuce, Lebanese cucumber…
harvesting soon, plums (a competition between the correct stage of ripeness, the birds and the brown rot)…
Yum, BG! The plums look great, good luck with the birds!
Date: 8/01/2010 13:09:44
From: roughbarked
ID: 76898
Subject: re: What
orchid40 said:
bluegreen said:
harvested today for tonight’s dinner, freckles lettuce, Lebanese cucumber…
harvesting soon, plums (a competition between the correct stage of ripeness, the birds and the brown rot)…
Yum, BG! The plums look great, good luck with the birds!
Watch the brown rot.. it could be fruit fly.
Date: 8/01/2010 13:16:39
From: bluegreen
ID: 76899
Subject: re: What
Not so likely in Melbourne
Date: 8/01/2010 13:16:41
From: bluegreen
ID: 76900
Subject: re: What
Not so likely in Melbourne
Date: 8/01/2010 13:57:31
From: pomolo
ID: 76902
Subject: re: What
orchid40 said:
bluegreen said:
harvested today for tonight’s dinner, freckles lettuce, Lebanese cucumber…
harvesting soon, plums (a competition between the correct stage of ripeness, the birds and the brown rot)…
Yum, BG! The plums look great, good luck with the birds!
I could test the plums for ya. huh! huh! huh!
Date: 6/02/2010 12:14:46
From: bluegreen
ID: 81030
Subject: re: What
Date: 6/02/2010 12:32:33
From: Lucky1
ID: 81031
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
A bin find from Thee has given plants off my kitchen bench a new home.
Views of the Vege Patch:
-harvesting zucchini and silverbeet, leek seedlings
-harvesting mizuna and lebanese cucumbers, fennel coming along
-basil, broccoli seedlings, beets, silverbeet and capsicum
-capsicum
Gosh they are great pics there BG:D
Garden looks FAB TAB.
Date: 6/02/2010 13:01:58
From: bluegreen
ID: 81032
Subject: re: What
thanks Lucky. There have been a couple of disappointments. The tomatoes and eggplant have not like the soil but everything else seems to be doing well.
Date: 6/02/2010 13:20:55
From: pepe
ID: 81033
Subject: re: What
that’s coming along well – Beaut Garden BG.
i see you have good parsley too – i’m short on parsley this season – forgot to plant lots.
what’s mizuna?
are you going to eat the fennel?
Date: 6/02/2010 13:36:20
From: Lucky1
ID: 81034
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
thanks Lucky. There have been a couple of disappointments. The tomatoes and eggplant have not like the soil but everything else seems to be doing well.
We have no tomatoes this summer at all:( so your doing better than us.
Date: 6/02/2010 14:39:46
From: Happy Potter
ID: 81036
Subject: re: What
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
thanks Lucky. There have been a couple of disappointments. The tomatoes and eggplant have not like the soil but everything else seems to be doing well.
We have no tomatoes this summer at all:( so your doing better than us.
The veges look great BG :)
well done on the caps, mine don’t have any fruit yet.
Date: 6/02/2010 16:17:29
From: orchid40
ID: 81039
Subject: re: What
Looks great BG! You’ve obviously put your retirement to good use!
Date: 6/02/2010 16:21:13
From: bluegreen
ID: 81040
Subject: re: What
pepe said:
that’s coming along well – Beaut Garden BG.
i see you have good parsley too – i’m short on parsley this season – forgot to plant lots.
what’s mizuna?
are you going to eat the fennel?
thanks pepe. yes, I forgot to mention the parsley. I always like to have some growing.
mizuna is also called japanese greens and is one of the mustard greens. you can use it in salads, soups and stir fries and yes, the fennel will be for eating.
Date: 6/02/2010 16:21:55
From: bluegreen
ID: 81041
Subject: re: What
Happy Potter said:
The veges look great BG :)
well done on the caps, mine don’t have any fruit yet.
thanks HP. It was bought as an advanced plant, so I cheated a bit :)
Date: 6/02/2010 16:34:57
From: AnneS
ID: 81043
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
A bin find from Thee has given plants off my kitchen bench a new home.
Never ceases to amaze me what some people throw out
Date: 6/02/2010 21:21:56
From: pomolo
ID: 81067
Subject: re: What
bluegreen said:
A bin find from Thee has given plants off my kitchen bench a new home.
Views of the Vege Patch:
-harvesting zucchini and silverbeet, leek seedlings
-harvesting mizuna and lebanese cucumbers, fennel coming along
-basil, broccoli seedlings, beets, silverbeet and capsicum
-capsicum
Garden looks good BG. It certainly looks full. I like the planter stand too. Now who do I know that has access to skip bins.
Date: 6/02/2010 21:24:25
From: pomolo
ID: 81069
Subject: re: What
AnneS said:
bluegreen said:
A bin find from Thee has given plants off my kitchen bench a new home.
Never ceases to amaze me what some people throw out
Me three.
Date: 6/02/2010 21:32:50
From: bubba louie
ID: 81072
Subject: re: What
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
A bin find from Thee has given plants off my kitchen bench a new home.
Views of the Vege Patch:
-harvesting zucchini and silverbeet, leek seedlings
-harvesting mizuna and lebanese cucumbers, fennel coming along
-basil, broccoli seedlings, beets, silverbeet and capsicum
-capsicum
Garden looks good BG. It certainly looks full. I like the planter stand too. Now who do I know that has access to skip bins.
I liberated a heap of largish black pots a while back. Too many for me. Want some?
Date: 6/02/2010 21:41:48
From: pomolo
ID: 81075
Subject: re: What
bubba louie said:
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
A bin find from Thee has given plants off my kitchen bench a new home.
Views of the Vege Patch:
-harvesting zucchini and silverbeet, leek seedlings
-harvesting mizuna and lebanese cucumbers, fennel coming along
-basil, broccoli seedlings, beets, silverbeet and capsicum
-capsicum
Garden looks good BG. It certainly looks full. I like the planter stand too. Now who do I know that has access to skip bins.
I liberated a heap of largish black pots a while back. Too many for me. Want some?
You talking to me or what? If so, what sort of pots are you talking about.
Date: 6/02/2010 22:28:37
From: bubba louie
ID: 81079
Subject: re: What
pomolo said:
bubba louie said:
pomolo said:
Garden looks good BG. It certainly looks full. I like the planter stand too. Now who do I know that has access to skip bins.
I liberated a heap of largish black pots a while back. Too many for me. Want some?
You talking to me or what? If so, what sort of pots are you talking about.
Yes you. Just black plastic.
Date: 7/02/2010 09:17:59
From: The Estate
ID: 81094
Subject: re: What
Yes amazes me stil after 8 years, but I get a lot of pleasure sharing my booty around with my friends !!!
