Maybe better do mine here

AnneS said:

Maybe better do mine here

good idea – someone will hijack it tho’.
whoops!

pepe said:

AnneS said:

Maybe better do mine here

good idea – someone will hijack it tho’.
whoops!

Someone might! Anyway here are few photos of the patch. Sorry about the quality; I used my video camera
which is only 2 mega pxls for stills so the colour looks a bit washed out.

Amish Paste tomatoes with English Spinach and newly sown carrots

Green leafed beetroot is red globe; red leafed is bull’s blood.
I direct sowed the bull’s blood as an experiment and I am quite happy with the results. Will continue direct sowing instead of sowing into punnets I think.

A good crop of pears coming on. Will have to net it so the rosellas don’t get the fruit.

1. 1 son said he read somewhere that placing a bowl of water under the tree stops the
   birds from raiding the tree. Might try that.

Purple King beans. Cranberry Red and Nicola potatoes planted on either side yesterday. I have never grown
potatoes and beans together before. Will be interesting to see how they go.

Redland Pioneer Beans. Haven’t grown this variety before.

King Edward and Spunta potatoes

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White muscat grape transplanted from my Mum’s place about 2 years ago.

Wow, impressive!!

That’s inspiring actually – we have a bunch of scrap sheets of corrugated iron in the car port, and we do need some more raised beds.. will have to have a think about that :D

Fantastic Anne. Love the big vege beds!

wow anne that’s a serious sized patch.
looks great
superb carrots – great beetroot – superior spuds – only one thing lacking – no weeds!

pepe said:

wow anne that’s a serious sized patch.
looks great
superb carrots – great beetroot – superior spuds – only one thing lacking – no weeds!

Think you’d better take a closer look…they are there, mainly chickweed, but the mulch helps heaps….notice too that I have only photographed the good looking beds :)

AnneS said:

Today’s harvest:

Finally thinned out the carrots and got this surprise.

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Decided to pick some beetroot while I was at it

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Sorry about the big picture with the carrots..can’t seem to get it go smaller, even though the dimensions are exactly the same as the beetroot. Bizarre!

whooaa – nice thinnings – now to cook.

did you know that fresh organic carrot juice tastes better than drambuie?

pepe said:

whooaa – nice thinnings – now to cook.

did you know that fresh organic carrot juice tastes better than drambuie?

not a fan of carrot juice. Lightly steamed though…heaven. Remember the trouble I was having last year with my carrots….all your good advice must have helped!

>did you know that fresh organic carrot juice tastes better than drambuie?

That’s a very big call…..

But you feel better in the morning after a night on the tiles drinking organic carrot juice…

AnneS said:

pepe said:

whooaa – nice thinnings – now to cook.

did you know that fresh organic carrot juice tastes better than drambuie?

not a fan of carrot juice. Lightly steamed though…heaven. Remember the trouble I was having last year with my carrots….all your good advice must have helped!

ummmmm carrot juice will turn your skin yellow..take it from one who knows lol

AnneS said:

AnneS said:

Today’s harvest:

Finally thinned out the carrots and got this surprise.

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Decided to pick some beetroot while I was at it

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Sorry about the big picture with the carrots..can’t seem to get it go smaller, even though the dimensions are exactly the same as the beetroot. Bizarre!

They look exactly the same to me. Nice pickings anyway, big or small.

pomolo said:

They look exactly the same to me. Nice pickings anyway, big or small.

Bizarre! The carrots photo comes up really big on my screen

pepe said:

whooaa – nice thinnings – now to cook.

did you know that fresh organic carrot juice tastes better than drambuie?

I very much doubt it…but then I haven’t drunk carrot juice LOL!

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

whooaa – nice thinnings – now to cook.

did you know that fresh organic carrot juice tastes better than drambuie?

I very much doubt it…but then I haven’t drunk carrot juice LOL!

We have made carrot juice here and I love it. I’d much rather drink carrots than eat them. To each his own I suppose.

ummmmm carrot juice will turn your skin yellow..take it from one who knows lol
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‘better than drambuie’ recipe -
one glass of fresh carrot juice every two days mixed with fresh picked granny smith apples. its best to pick the carrots just before juicing to get the temperature of the soil in your glass.

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

whooaa – nice thinnings – now to cook.

did you know that fresh organic carrot juice tastes better than drambuie?

I very much doubt it…but then I haven’t drunk carrot juice LOL!

We have made carrot juice here and I love it. I’d much rather drink carrots than eat them. To each his own I suppose.

Yes, but have you drunk Drambruie? Every time I have a dram (which hasn’t been for years now) I think I really must see if there’s a family kilt in the background…

obviously it’s been a long time since I ate a fresh carrot…say 40 years…no fresh apples up here but I do remember the cartons of apples we used to have entrained up, direct from the grower, all those years ago…

Dinetta said:

obviously it’s been a long time since I ate a fresh carrot…say 40 years…no fresh apples up here but I do remember the cartons of apples we used to have entrained up, direct from the grower, all those years ago…

youse guys up north have got the sweetest, bestest fruit there for the picking. mangoes, custard apples – lots more – the options of fresh fruit cocktails are mind boggling.

i’ve nothing against drambruie but fresh juices are underestimated.

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

I very much doubt it…but then I haven’t drunk carrot juice LOL!

We have made carrot juice here and I love it. I’d much rather drink carrots than eat them. To each his own I suppose.

Yes, but have you drunk Drambruie? Every time I have a dram (which hasn’t been for years now) I think I really must see if there’s a family kilt in the background…

I wouldn’t compare liqueur to carrot juice in a fit. There is no comparison. The you wouldn’t be sipping Drambruie for breakfast would you?

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

We have made carrot juice here and I love it. I’d much rather drink carrots than eat them. To each his own I suppose.

Yes, but have you drunk Drambruie? Every time I have a dram (which hasn’t been for years now) I think I really must see if there’s a family kilt in the background…

I wouldn’t compare liqueur to carrot juice in a fit. There is no comparison. The you wouldn’t be sipping Drambruie for breakfast would you?

Not sipping no…

you wouldn’t be sipping Drambruie for breakfast would you?

Not sipping no…

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8^)

Now to reclaim this thread:

You might remember that after my visit to my Mum in August I brought back 15 of her roses to plant in my garden try to salvage them for her. My brother, who lives with her, dug them up and put them in pots a couple of years so he could turn the area over to lawn and manage it easier (he is not a gardener by any stretch of the imagination).

However I have no experience with roses so it quite a challenge for me. Anyway I finally got them 14 of them into the garden.
When I first got them:

Now in the bed:

And some of the flowers:

success
i presume those mounds are due to poor soil drainage.

pepe said:

success
i presume those mounds are due to poor soil drainage.

Yes pepe we have fairly heavy clay soil

Oh well done Anne! I can smell that dark red one from here!

well done on the roses Anne. They certainly seem happy in their new home :)

Dinetta said:

Oh well done Anne! I can smell that dark red one from here!

Thanks Dinetta. I’m quite pleased considering I’m more of a vegie gardener than anything. Also for Mum’s sake I want them to survive. Once they get re-established I’ll take some cuttings and take some back home to her

bluegreen said:

well done on the roses Anne. They certainly seem happy in their new home :)

Thanks bluegreen…I certainly hope so, although it’s still early days

There is only one rose I’d like to cultivate.. that is one old variety called nightingale.. I think.. dark red enough to almost be classed as black and is the most perfumed rose I ever smelled. Found it in a farmouse yard I used to rent.. brought it here when I left there.. but .. it died to neglect since my style of gardening is not really suited to roses. Though the ginger Meggs by my compost bin.. seems to enjoy that spot untended. So If anyone has Nightingale.. think of me when you are doing the pruning. I’d like a cutting.

roughbarked said:

There is only one rose I’d like to cultivate.. that is one old variety called nightingale.. I think.. dark red enough to almost be classed as black and is the most perfumed rose I ever smelled. Found it in a farmouse yard I used to rent.. brought it here when I left there.. but .. it died to neglect since my style of gardening is not really suited to roses. Though the ginger Meggs by my compost bin.. seems to enjoy that spot untended. So If anyone has Nightingale.. think of me when you are doing the pruning. I’d like a cutting.

Are you sure it’s called nightingaleand that it’s an old variety rb? Black Beauty is like you describe but it is a hybrid tea rose. I asked a couple of people if they new what it was and they don’t know of it.

Here is a photo of Black Beauty

AnneS said:

roughbarked said:

There is only one rose I’d like to cultivate.. that is one old variety called nightingale.. I think.. dark red enough to almost be classed as black and is the most perfumed rose I ever smelled. Found it in a farmouse yard I used to rent.. brought it here when I left there.. but .. it died to neglect since my style of gardening is not really suited to roses. Though the ginger Meggs by my compost bin.. seems to enjoy that spot untended. So If anyone has Nightingale.. think of me when you are doing the pruning. I’d like a cutting.

Are you sure it’s called nightingaleand that it’s an old variety rb? Black Beauty is like you describe but it is a hybrid tea rose. I asked a couple of people if they new what it was and they don’t know of it.

Here is a photo of Black Beauty

a far older variety than Black Beauty..
thanks for trying

roughbarked said:

AnneS said:

roughbarked said:

There is only one rose I’d like to cultivate.. that is one old variety called nightingale.. I think.. dark red enough to almost be classed as black and is the most perfumed rose I ever smelled. Found it in a farmouse yard I used to rent.. brought it here when I left there.. but .. it died to neglect since my style of gardening is not really suited to roses. Though the ginger Meggs by my compost bin.. seems to enjoy that spot untended. So If anyone has Nightingale.. think of me when you are doing the pruning. I’d like a cutting.

Are you sure it’s called nightingaleand that it’s an old variety rb? Black Beauty is like you describe but it is a hybrid tea rose. I asked a couple of people if they new what it was and they don’t know of it.

Here is a photo of Black Beauty

a far older variety than Black Beauty..
thanks for trying

My pleasure.

I also did a bit of Googling and the only nightingale rose I came up with was a pink variety

AnneS said:

roughbarked said:

AnneS said:

Are you sure it’s called nightingaleand that it’s an old variety rb? Black Beauty is like you describe but it is a hybrid tea rose. I asked a couple of people if they new what it was and they don’t know of it.

Here is a photo of Black Beauty

a far older variety than Black Beauty..
thanks for trying

My pleasure.

I also did a bit of Googling and the only nightingale rose I came up with was a pink variety

Nightingale was a name that Arthur Weare came up with upon my description.. many people may not be aware that Weare’s nursery supplied many other names.

Yesterday’s harvest:

I ended up freezing 26 cobs of corn. I blanched half of them and froze the rest unblanched. It will be interesting to compare them. These are amongst the last of the carrots from that particular sowing and gee we’ve had a good crop from them. I have more coming on that are interplanted with Amish Paste tomatoes, silverbeet and weeds in another bed. Yesterday I sowed some more, Nantes and Manchester table. I am luckly that I can grow carrots pretty much all year around here. Need to buy some more seed and eventually try to save my own. I haven’t saved carrot seed before.

The purple king beans are going crazy. I can’t seem to pick them fast enough. They are beautiful if picked small, but like Scarlet Runners are not as nice if you let them get too big.

The cherry tomatoes are Cherry Cerise (not an heirloom, but my daughter bought the seed for me to raise her seedlings). Also there is a Black Russian and the first two Amish Paste (oh and a ring-in leb cucumber)

AnneS said:

Yesterday’s harvest:

I ended up freezing 26 cobs of corn. I blanched half of them and froze the rest unblanched. It will be interesting to compare them. These are amongst the last of the carrots from that particular sowing and gee we’ve had a good crop from them. I have more coming on that are interplanted with Amish Paste tomatoes, silverbeet and weeds in another bed. Yesterday I sowed some more, Nantes and Manchester table. I am luckly that I can grow carrots pretty much all year around here. Need to buy some more seed and eventually try to save my own. I haven’t saved carrot seed before.

The purple king beans are going crazy. I can’t seem to pick them fast enough. They are beautiful if picked small, but like Scarlet Runners are not as nice if you let them get too big.

The cherry tomatoes are Cherry Cerise (not an heirloom, but my daughter bought the seed for me to raise her seedlings). Also there is a Black Russian and the first two Amish Paste (oh and a ring-in leb cucumber)

What a great harvest there Anne:)

Have you tried to save your own carrot seeds??? I do and its easy as. Only need a couple of carrots to flower and left to seed:)

Lucky1 said:

AnneS said:

Yesterday’s harvest:

I ended up freezing 26 cobs of corn. I blanched half of them and froze the rest unblanched. It will be interesting to compare them. These are amongst the last of the carrots from that particular sowing and gee we’ve had a good crop from them. I have more coming on that are interplanted with Amish Paste tomatoes, silverbeet and weeds in another bed. Yesterday I sowed some more, Nantes and Manchester table. I am luckly that I can grow carrots pretty much all year around here. Need to buy some more seed and eventually try to save my own. I haven’t saved carrot seed before.

The purple king beans are going crazy. I can’t seem to pick them fast enough. They are beautiful if picked small, but like Scarlet Runners are not as nice if you let them get too big.

The cherry tomatoes are Cherry Cerise (not an heirloom, but my daughter bought the seed for me to raise her seedlings). Also there is a Black Russian and the first two Amish Paste (oh and a ring-in leb cucumber)

What a great harvest there Anne:)

Have you tried to save your own carrot seeds??? I do and its easy as. Only need a couple of carrots to flower and left to seed:)

As I said, no I haven’t saved the seed yet, but I plan to. Saved a heap of beetroot seed from my previous crop! Will sow some in the next few days.

AnneS said:

Yesterday’s harvest:

I ended up freezing 26 cobs of corn. I blanched half of them and froze the rest unblanched. It will be interesting to compare them. These are amongst the last of the carrots from that particular sowing and gee we’ve had a good crop from them. I have more coming on that are interplanted with Amish Paste tomatoes, silverbeet and weeds in another bed. Yesterday I sowed some more, Nantes and Manchester table. I am luckly that I can grow carrots pretty much all year around here. Need to buy some more seed and eventually try to save my own. I haven’t saved carrot seed before.

The purple king beans are going crazy. I can’t seem to pick them fast enough. They are beautiful if picked small, but like Scarlet Runners are not as nice if you let them get too big.

The cherry tomatoes are Cherry Cerise (not an heirloom, but my daughter bought the seed for me to raise her seedlings). Also there is a Black Russian and the first two Amish Paste (oh and a ring-in leb cucumber)

Woooooooow! That is so impressive Anne!

Can I ask – can you estimate on average how much time you spend in your garden every day or week?

Just curious :)

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

Yesterday’s harvest:

I ended up freezing 26 cobs of corn. I blanched half of them and froze the rest unblanched. It will be interesting to compare them. These are amongst the last of the carrots from that particular sowing and gee we’ve had a good crop from them. I have more coming on that are interplanted with Amish Paste tomatoes, silverbeet and weeds in another bed. Yesterday I sowed some more, Nantes and Manchester table. I am luckly that I can grow carrots pretty much all year around here. Need to buy some more seed and eventually try to save my own. I haven’t saved carrot seed before.

The purple king beans are going crazy. I can’t seem to pick them fast enough. They are beautiful if picked small, but like Scarlet Runners are not as nice if you let them get too big.

The cherry tomatoes are Cherry Cerise (not an heirloom, but my daughter bought the seed for me to raise her seedlings). Also there is a Black Russian and the first two Amish Paste (oh and a ring-in leb cucumber)

Woooooooow! That is so impressive Anne!

Can I ask – can you estimate on average how much time you spend in your garden every day or week?

Just curious :)

Not nearly enough…When I am watering it takes at least 2 hours…just for the vegies. Everything else survives on rainfall only. Unless it is particularly hot I don’t water every day. Other than watering I probably only spend 2 or 3 extra hours a week (if that) as the amount of weeds in my garden testify….I might get game and take a photo to show you. I did spend 2 hours in the garden this morning, but that is unusual for me on a week day. I tend to do most of my gardening when MrS is around. For two reasons: 1) it is much nicer having the shared pastime 2) because our land is so uneven, I’m wary in case I fall when I’m on my own and my back goes out because I wouldn’t be able to move and would be stuck out there for many hours (picture a beached whale!)

At this time of year I spend more time because I don’t have any Girl Guides or Progress Association commitments claiming my time. In a couple of weeks time though I will be go to Sydney more often to look after my granddaughter, so the garden will probably suffer in the coming months. MrS does all the mowing and looking after fruit trees (exceot when #1 son is home to do it).

AnneS said:

Not nearly enough…When I am watering it takes at least 2 hours…just for the vegies. Everything else survives on rainfall only. Unless it is particularly hot I don’t water every day. Other than watering I probably only spend 2 or 3 extra hours a week (if that) as the amount of weeds in my garden testify….I might get game and take a photo to show you. I did spend 2 hours in the garden this morning, but that is unusual for me on a week day. I tend to do most of my gardening when MrS is around. For two reasons: 1) it is much nicer having the shared pastime 2) because our land is so uneven, I’m wary in case I fall when I’m on my own and my back goes out because I wouldn’t be able to move and would be stuck out there for many hours (picture a beached whale!)

At this time of year I spend more time because I don’t have any Girl Guides or Progress Association commitments claiming my time. In a couple of weeks time though I will be go to Sydney more often to look after my granddaughter, so the garden will probably suffer in the coming months. MrS does all the mowing and looking after fruit trees (exceot when #1 son is home to do it).

That’s so impressive, considering the amount of time you have for gardening. I know exactly what you mean re MrS – on the rare, rare occasion that Mr Bon helps out in the garden, it’s such a different feeling. It turns it into a pastime, instead of a chore. I think I would find the whole thing much easier if I could just get him more interested in it =/ But then he would probably say the same thing about me and cooking!! ‘least I do the washing up :D

Oh wow AnneS! Look at all those goodies :D Well done girl!

What do you do with the passionfruit ?

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

Not nearly enough…When I am watering it takes at least 2 hours…just for the vegies. Everything else survives on rainfall only. Unless it is particularly hot I don’t water every day. Other than watering I probably only spend 2 or 3 extra hours a week (if that) as the amount of weeds in my garden testify….I might get game and take a photo to show you. I did spend 2 hours in the garden this morning, but that is unusual for me on a week day. I tend to do most of my gardening when MrS is around. For two reasons: 1) it is much nicer having the shared pastime 2) because our land is so uneven, I’m wary in case I fall when I’m on my own and my back goes out because I wouldn’t be able to move and would be stuck out there for many hours (picture a beached whale!)

At this time of year I spend more time because I don’t have any Girl Guides or Progress Association commitments claiming my time. In a couple of weeks time though I will be go to Sydney more often to look after my granddaughter, so the garden will probably suffer in the coming months. MrS does all the mowing and looking after fruit trees (exceot when #1 son is home to do it).

That’s so impressive, considering the amount of time you have for gardening. I know exactly what you mean re MrS – on the rare, rare occasion that Mr Bon helps out in the garden, it’s such a different feeling. It turns it into a pastime, instead of a chore. I think I would find the whole thing much easier if I could just get him more interested in it =/ But then he would probably say the same thing about me and cooking!! ‘least I do the washing up :D

MrS loves pottering in the garden…he just also loves, Scouts, Fire Brigade etc etc :D
He got home from the jamboree on Fri and has been pottering around in the garden all weekend (mowing the grass which went beserk while he was away) as well as doing his roster at Fire Brigade on Sat morning. Next weekend though, he won’t get much chance cause we will be back up to Sydney to finish building daughter’s chook house…the chickens have outgrown the temporary structure

Happy Potter said:

Oh wow AnneS! Look at all those goodies :D Well done girl!

What do you do with the passionfruit ?

Scoop it out and eat it or freeze it for when the kids come home..rarely gets used for cooking! Year before last I had some in the freezer which I meant to take with me when I went to my Mum’s to prepare for her 80th birthday party. Rang up #1 son who had just arrived home 1/2 hour beforehand and asked him to bring it with him when he and his father headed up to Mum’s. His answer was “ You mean the passionfruit that I’m eating now?”. It was a margarine container full and he ate the lot in one sitting;

Enough said??? :D

AnneS said:

MrS loves pottering in the garden…he just also loves, Scouts, Fire Brigade etc etc :D
He got home from the jamboree on Fri and has been pottering around in the garden all weekend (mowing the grass which went beserk while he was away) as well as doing his roster at Fire Brigade on Sat morning. Next weekend though, he won’t get much chance cause we will be back up to Sydney to finish building daughter’s chook house…the chickens have outgrown the temporary structure

Can’t complain I guess.. when I hooked up with Mr Bon, neither of us were into gardening! :D And he wasn’t into cooking, so I lucked out there now that he is!!

AnneS said:

Happy Potter said:

Oh wow AnneS! Look at all those goodies :D Well done girl!

What do you do with the passionfruit ?

Scoop it out and eat it or freeze it for when the kids come home..rarely gets used for cooking! Year before last I had some in the freezer which I meant to take with me when I went to my Mum’s to prepare for her 80th birthday party. Rang up #1 son who had just arrived home 1/2 hour beforehand and asked him to bring it with him when he and his father headed up to Mum’s. His answer was “ You mean the passionfruit that I’m eating now?”. It was a margarine container full and he ate the lot in one sitting;

Enough said??? :D

lol! I would have eaten it too :P

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

MrS loves pottering in the garden…he just also loves, Scouts, Fire Brigade etc etc :D
He got home from the jamboree on Fri and has been pottering around in the garden all weekend (mowing the grass which went beserk while he was away) as well as doing his roster at Fire Brigade on Sat morning. Next weekend though, he won’t get much chance cause we will be back up to Sydney to finish building daughter’s chook house…the chickens have outgrown the temporary structure

Can’t complain I guess.. when I hooked up with Mr Bon, neither of us were into gardening! :D And he wasn’t into cooking, so I lucked out there now that he is!!

complain. If I was more diligent in the garden, like HP, Lucky pepe et al, I’d probably have brilliant garden and massive harvests, considering the size of our vegie patch. As it is I only get average harvests most of the time and probably only about as much as HP gets in a much smaller garden :(

A wonderful harvest Anne! Well done indeed!

A wonderful harvest Anne! Well done indeed!

A wonderful harvest Anne! Well done indeed!

AnneS said:

complain. If I was more diligent in the garden, like HP, Lucky pepe et al, I’d probably have brilliant garden and massive harvests, considering the size of our vegie patch. As it is I only get average harvests most of the time and probably only about as much as HP gets in a much smaller garden :(

Well your harvest looks huge and amazing to me!!! :)

orchid40 said:

A wonderful harvest Anne! Well done indeed!

I can’t believe I did a triple post – or is it quadruple now? LOL!

orchid40 said:

orchid40 said:

A wonderful harvest Anne! Well done indeed!

I can’t believe I did a triple post – or is it quadruple now? LOL!

Forum is still playing up terribly for me =/ It no longer updates the LHC by itself, I have to keep clicking on “By Time” to get all the latest ones, and then it takes ages to load.

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

complain. If I was more diligent in the garden, like HP, Lucky pepe et al, I’d probably have brilliant garden and massive harvests, considering the size of our vegie patch. As it is I only get average harvests most of the time and probably only about as much as HP gets in a much smaller garden :(

Well your harvest looks huge and amazing to me!!! :)

Aww shucks! coy smile Ta! :)

orchid40 said:

orchid40 said:

A wonderful harvest Anne! Well done indeed!

I can’t believe I did a triple post – or is it quadruple now? LOL!

I think I nearly did too….the pages were loading so slowly I wasn’t sure if they went though or not! lol

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

complain. If I was more diligent in the garden, like HP, Lucky pepe et al, I’d probably have brilliant garden and massive harvests, considering the size of our vegie patch. As it is I only get average harvests most of the time and probably only about as much as HP gets in a much smaller garden :(

Well your harvest looks huge and amazing to me!!! :)

Aww shucks! coy smile Ta! :)

That it does! Most of the things I grow do well, some don’t, but I’ve never seen those amounts before, grown in one lot!

AnneS said:

Yesterday’s harvest:

I ended up freezing 26 cobs of corn. I blanched half of them and froze the rest unblanched. It will be interesting to compare them. These are amongst the last of the carrots from that particular sowing and gee we’ve had a good crop from them. I have more coming on that are interplanted with Amish Paste tomatoes, silverbeet and weeds in another bed. Yesterday I sowed some more, Nantes and Manchester table. I am luckly that I can grow carrots pretty much all year around here. Need to buy some more seed and eventually try to save my own. I haven’t saved carrot seed before.

The purple king beans are going crazy. I can’t seem to pick them fast enough. They are beautiful if picked small, but like Scarlet Runners are not as nice if you let them get too big.

The cherry tomatoes are Cherry Cerise (not an heirloom, but my daughter bought the seed for me to raise her seedlings). Also there is a Black Russian and the first two Amish Paste (oh and a ring-in leb cucumber)

Nice one Anne! we’re looking forward to harvests like that! Yummo!

I ended up freezing 26 cobs of corn. I blanched half of them and froze the rest unblanched. It will be interesting to compare them. These are amongst the last of the carrots from that particular sowing and gee we’ve had a good crop from them. I have more coming on that are interplanted with Amish Paste tomatoes, silverbeet and weeds in another bed. Yesterday I sowed some more, Nantes and Manchester table. I am luckly that I can grow carrots pretty much all year around here. Need to buy some more seed and eventually try to save my own. I haven’t saved carrot seed before.
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hubba hubba – great harvest anne.
i have my winter carrots up.

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

MrS loves pottering in the garden…he just also loves, Scouts, Fire Brigade etc etc :D
He got home from the jamboree on Fri and has been pottering around in the garden all weekend (mowing the grass which went beserk while he was away) as well as doing his roster at Fire Brigade on Sat morning. Next weekend though, he won’t get much chance cause we will be back up to Sydney to finish building daughter’s chook house…the chickens have outgrown the temporary structure

Can’t complain I guess.. when I hooked up with Mr Bon, neither of us were into gardening! :D And he wasn’t into cooking, so I lucked out there now that he is!!

complain. If I was more diligent in the garden, like HP, Lucky pepe et al, I’d probably have brilliant garden and massive harvests, considering the size of our vegie patch. As it is I only get average harvests most of the time and probably only about as much as HP gets in a much smaller garden :(

Anne, The same thing happens to me I have a large garden and dont get much from it, think i keep stuffing up some where.

veg gardener said:

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

Can’t complain I guess.. when I hooked up with Mr Bon, neither of us were into gardening! :D And he wasn’t into cooking, so I lucked out there now that he is!!

complain. If I was more diligent in the garden, like HP, Lucky pepe et al, I’d probably have brilliant garden and massive harvests, considering the size of our vegie patch. As it is I only get average harvests most of the time and probably only about as much as HP gets in a much smaller garden :(

Anne, The same thing happens to me I have a large garden and dont get much from it, think i keep stuffing up some where.

Don’t get me wrong…we do get a lot from our garden, it’s just not as productive as it has the potential to be.

AnneS said:

Don’t get me wrong…we do get a lot from our garden, it’s just not as productive as it has the potential to be.

I figure as long as you get something, that’s good. Hey?

bluegreen said:

AnneS said:

Don’t get me wrong…we do get a lot from our garden, it’s just not as productive as it has the potential to be.

I figure as long as you get something, that’s good. Hey?

Most definitely, bluegreen, and I still get that sense of satisfaction that “I grew that” even though it might not be as good or as much as it could be

Just been giving a few beds a dose of seasol and fish emulsion as well as some of the fruit trees. Got a surprise to find a few lemons on the bush lemon tree. I thought we’d lost all the fruit in the heat during January, but some must have survived. That’s a bonus. I also transplanted a few lettuce and basil seedlings. I potted up some acacia longifolia that I sowed a few weeks back from seed I’d saved from my tree. Ultimately they’ll be part of the windbreak. Got some hakea salicifolia and casuarina coming on too, but they aren’t big enough to pot up yet.

Also potted up one of the apricot seedlings into a bigger pot to tide it over because I still don’t have a place prepared for it. The other other seedling apricot and nectarine are going great guns. They probably won’t ever be as good as grafted tree, but they are a hell of a lot cheaper!

The pak choi and broccoli are coming along ok, and some of the last sowing of carrots are poking their heads through. Most of the vegie beds are an absolute mess with loads of weeds (paspalum etc). Oh well such is life!

The pak choi and broccoli are coming along ok, and some of the last sowing of carrots are poking their heads through. Most of the vegie beds are an absolute mess with loads of weeds (paspalum etc). Oh well such is life!
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the late summer garden is overgrown. monet’s ‘giverney’ had nastursiums all over the paths and that is just the way it is. purslane/waterweed/neverdie/portulacea and prickly lettuce, amaranthus and milk thistles are covering many parts here. i like it tho’ – everything is big – lots of shade with small creature habitats. skinks and bluetongues are breeding – juveniles spotted.

Just having a cuppa then have to go and do some harvesting to take with me to Canberra…seeing as #1 son did a lot of the work for the vegie gardens (not to mention buying all the fruit trees) he deserves some of the bounty.

Will be harvesting:
pepino (still a bit green but should be ok)
beetroot
tomatoes
rockmelon
watermelon
pears
capsicum
carrots
red cabbage

and also taking him a doz eggs

AnneS said:

Just having a cuppa then have to go and do some harvesting to take with me to Canberra…seeing as #1 son did a lot of the work for the vegie gardens (not to mention buying all the fruit trees) he deserves some of the bounty.

Will be harvesting:
pepino (still a bit green but should be ok)
beetroot
tomatoes
rockmelon
watermelon
pears
capsicum
carrots
red cabbage

and also taking him a doz eggs

Nice harvest. That should keep him happy :)

bluegreen said:

AnneS said:

Just having a cuppa then have to go and do some harvesting to take with me to Canberra…seeing as #1 son did a lot of the work for the vegie gardens (not to mention buying all the fruit trees) he deserves some of the bounty.

Will be harvesting:
pepino (still a bit green but should be ok)
beetroot
tomatoes
rockmelon
watermelon
pears
capsicum
carrots
red cabbage

and also taking him a doz eggs

Nice harvest. That should keep him happy :)

mmm…some are bit long in the tooth though…eg cabbage, but we’ll give them a go

AnneS said:

bluegreen said:

AnneS said:

Just having a cuppa then have to go and do some harvesting to take with me to Canberra…seeing as #1 son did a lot of the work for the vegie gardens (not to mention buying all the fruit trees) he deserves some of the bounty.

Will be harvesting:
pepino (still a bit green but should be ok)
beetroot
tomatoes
rockmelon
watermelon
pears
capsicum
carrots
red cabbage

and also taking him a doz eggs

Nice harvest. That should keep him happy :)

mmm…some are bit long in the tooth though…eg cabbage, but we’ll give them a go

Speaking of cabbage….Can I use your thread to ask a guestion please AnneS? Thanks. I knew you would let me ask on here. I just wondered when and how does a cabbage produce flowers. We have one in the veg garden that never matured with the others. It has now and is very small. I’ve left it to see what happens but nothing so far. Just small cabbage forming round the base of the plant. Couldn’t possibly eat it but every bug and grub doesn’t seem to mind it.

pomolo said:

Speaking of cabbage….Can I use your thread to ask a guestion please AnneS? Thanks. I knew you would let me ask on here. I just wondered when and how does a cabbage produce flowers. We have one in the veg garden that never matured with the others. It has now and is very small. I’ve left it to see what happens but nothing so far. Just small cabbage forming round the base of the plant. Couldn’t possibly eat it but every bug and grub doesn’t seem to mind it.

it will grow a flower spike pushing up through the top of the head. Same as lettuce.

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

Speaking of cabbage….Can I use your thread to ask a guestion please AnneS? Thanks. I knew you would let me ask on here. I just wondered when and how does a cabbage produce flowers. We have one in the veg garden that never matured with the others. It has now and is very small. I’ve left it to see what happens but nothing so far. Just small cabbage forming round the base of the plant. Couldn’t possibly eat it but every bug and grub doesn’t seem to mind it.

it will grow a flower spike pushing up through the top of the head. Same as lettuce.

No it won’t. I was telling MrP that I had asked the question about our left over cabbage and he said he pulled it out this morning. Wahhhhh. Thanks anyway BG.

Did a few minutes weeding today and took a few photos as well.

Green manure ready to dig in. Boy I could do with a scythe I think! Started chopping it down with hedge cutters :) Boy my arms were sore afterwards!

Still got heaps of weeding to do because I haven’t been out in the garden much lately, and as I am going away again on the weekend it will be a while before I get back there :(

In amongst the weeds I found that a few of the Warrigal greens germinated after all; I was beginning to doubt that they would :)

The Italian spinach from the seeds sent to me by Pom are up; going a little slowly, but I gave them a dose of seasol and fish emulsion to day so that my give them a boost. Did the same for the caulis, broccoli, pak choi and lettuces

As you can seethere are still plenty of weeds to get rid of!!!

AnneS said:

As you can seethere are still plenty of weeds to get rid of!!!

There’s always weeds. But it all looks great AnneS! :D

Ok pepe. I hang my head in shame because of all the weeds and unmown grass, but here they are:

And some more including some of our latest chicken hatchings…they are just over 3 weeks old

Impressive shots Anne, and I will take another look later… gotta dash.

pain master said:

Impressive shots Anne, and I will take another look later… gotta dash.

Not really my point and click camera and a poor operator don’t do them justice :(

AnneS said:

Ok pepe. I hang my head in shame because of all the weeds and unmown grass, but here they are:

wow – you’re a hard working genius anneS
first prize to spuds and rhubarb..

what’s that high ferny stuff in photo 2? not asparagus?

AnneS said:

And some more including some of our latest chicken hatchings…they are just over 3 weeks old

luv it – plenty of aerobic exercise there.

pepe said:

AnneS said:

Ok pepe. I hang my head in shame because of all the weeds and unmown grass, but here they are:

wow – you’re a hard working genius anneS
first prize to spuds and rhubarb..

what’s that high ferny stuff in photo 2? not asparagus?

AnneS said:

And some more including some of our latest chicken hatchings…they are just over 3 weeks old

Lovely veges AnneS! and the space! I’m very envious :) Weeds aren’t a problem until the council orders you to remove them LOL

pepe said:

AnneS said:

Ok pepe. I hang my head in shame because of all the weeds and unmown grass, but here they are:

wow – you’re a hard working genius anneS
first prize to spuds and rhubarb..

what’s that high ferny stuff in photo 2? not asparagus?

Oops! Pressed the submit button by mistake there. Yes that is asparagus. Planted last year as 2yo crowns. At the beginning of September MrS divided the rhubarb and the plants were all but sans leaves but with a good feed and the great spring rains it’s gone bonkers. We’ve already had a couple of feeds from them

pepe said:

AnneS said:

Ok pepe. I hang my head in shame because of all the weeds and unmown grass, but here they are:

wow – you’re a hard working genius anneS
first prize to spuds and rhubarb..

what’s that high ferny stuff in photo 2? not asparagus?

Oops! Pressed the submit button by mistake there. Yes that is asparagus. Planted last year as 2yo crowns. At the beginning of September MrS divided the rhubarb and the plants were all but sans leaves but with a good feed and the great spring rains it’s gone bonkers. We’ve already had a couple of feeds from them

I’m nowhere near so well organised.

AnneS said:

pepe said:

AnneS said:

Ok pepe. I hang my head in shame because of all the weeds and unmown grass, but here they are:

wow – you’re a hard working genius anneS
first prize to spuds and rhubarb..

what’s that high ferny stuff in photo 2? not asparagus?

Oops! Pressed the submit button by mistake there. Yes that is asparagus. Planted last year as 2yo crowns. At the beginning of September MrS divided the rhubarb and the plants were all but sans leaves but with a good feed and the great spring rains it’s gone bonkers. We’ve already had a couple of feeds from them

Wow, fantastic stuff, even upon closer inspection it still looks great, and dont worry about camera, equipment or style, we want blood and guts and honesty here. Just wysiwyg.

AnneS said:

Ok pepe. I hang my head in shame because of all the weeds and unmown grass, but here they are:

Hard-core vegie porn, cor!!!!!

Even looking at those photos at not-much-bigger-than-thumbnail-size on the phantasztic phone, I’m impressed by those raised beds. Can’t wait till cuppa time at work tomorrow so I can open the photos on a full-size screean.

Oops! Pressed the submit button by mistake there. Yes that is asparagus. Planted last year as 2yo crowns. At the beginning of September MrS divided the rhubarb and the plants were all but sans leaves but with a good feed and the great spring rains it’s gone bonkers. We’ve already had a couple of feeds from them
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you and mr S have a superb garden there. that asparagus is high-rise asparagus.
after seeing lucky’s asparagus and now yours my own patch is looking pretty ordinary.

are you able to successfully sell any produce?
or are the roads too flooded LOL?

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

Ok pepe. I hang my head in shame because of all the weeds and unmown grass, but here they are:

Hard-core vegie porn, cor!!!!!

Even looking at those photos at not-much-bigger-than-thumbnail-size on the phantasztic phone, I’m impressed by those raised beds. Can’t wait till cuppa time at work tomorrow so I can open the photos on a full-size screean.

and everyone… Yeehah did type PORN.

AnneS said:

And some more including some of our latest chicken hatchings…they are just over 3 weeks old

Nice healthy vegies there Ann. Nectarines too. Cutie chicks.

pain master said:

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

Ok pepe. I hang my head in shame because of all the weeds and unmown grass, but here they are:

Hard-core vegie porn, cor!!!!!

Even looking at those photos at not-much-bigger-than-thumbnail-size on the phantasztic phone, I’m impressed by those raised beds. Can’t wait till cuppa time at work tomorrow so I can open the photos on a full-size screean.

and everyone… Yeehah did type PORN.

he-he

pepe said:

wow – you’re a hard working genius anneS
first prize to spuds and rhubarb..

I can’t claim much of the credit; about all I’ve done is mulch the spuds!

AnneS said:

pepe said:

wow – you’re a hard working genius anneS
first prize to spuds and rhubarb..

I can’t claim much of the credit; about all I’ve done is mulch the spuds!

I still haven’t done that

roughbarked said:

AnneS said:

pepe said:

wow – you’re a hard working genius anneS
first prize to spuds and rhubarb..

I can’t claim much of the credit; about all I’ve done is mulch the spuds!

I still haven’t done that

:)

pepe said:

you and mr S have a superb garden there. that asparagus is high-rise asparagus.
after seeing lucky’s asparagus and now yours my own patch is looking pretty ordinary.

are you able to successfully sell any produce?
or are the roads too flooded LOL?

Thanks pepe. It’s getting better all the time. We haven’t tried to sell any of the produce yet. Have given a fair bit away, but generally it’s not consistent enough quality to sell

AnneS said:

pepe said:

you and mr S have a superb garden there. that asparagus is high-rise asparagus.
after seeing lucky’s asparagus and now yours my own patch is looking pretty ordinary.

are you able to successfully sell any produce?
or are the roads too flooded LOL?

Thanks pepe. It’s getting better all the time. We haven’t tried to sell any of the produce yet. Have given a fair bit away, but generally it’s not consistent enough quality to sell

i used to sell corn and strawbs by the roadside on a sunday. it works because people will stop for those crops. mind you we had 10,000 strawbs and 300+ corn – so quality was achieved thru quantity.

pepe said:

AnneS said:

pepe said:

you and mr S have a superb garden there. that asparagus is high-rise asparagus.
after seeing lucky’s asparagus and now yours my own patch is looking pretty ordinary.

are you able to successfully sell any produce?
or are the roads too flooded LOL?

Thanks pepe. It’s getting better all the time. We haven’t tried to sell any of the produce yet. Have given a fair bit away, but generally it’s not consistent enough quality to sell

i used to sell corn and strawbs by the roadside on a sunday. it works because people will stop for those crops. mind you we had 10,000 strawbs and 300+ corn – so quality was achieved thru quantity.

Our road isn’t very busy….suppose I could take them up to the highway. Might try it this year if we get a big enough glut.

Crikey!! I forgot how big your patch is, Anne. Must be a full time job looking after all of that?? (RB will probably laugh at me here, but compared to my patch that is huuuuuuuuge :D )

bon008 said:

Crikey!! I forgot how big your patch is, Anne. Must be a full time job looking after all of that?? (RB will probably laugh at me here, but compared to my patch that is huuuuuuuuge :D )

To look after it properly and do it justice would be a full-time job I suppose. But life has a habit of getting in the way and we don’t spend near as much time out there as we would like :(

bon008 said:

Crikey!! I forgot how big your patch is, Anne. Must be a full time job looking after all of that?? (RB will probably laugh at me here, but compared to my patch that is huuuuuuuuge :D )

only laugh with people .. never at them. ;)

roughbarked said:

bon008 said:

Crikey!! I forgot how big your patch is, Anne. Must be a full time job looking after all of that?? (RB will probably laugh at me here, but compared to my patch that is huuuuuuuuge :D )

only laugh with people .. never at them. ;)

That’s a good philosophy, RB :)

Our road isn’t very busy….suppose I could take them up to the highway. Might try it this year if we get a big enough glut.
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or home delivery of organic produce – that is new and in my roadside days organic didn’t sell more or attract a higher price.

Chickens are cute Anne, garden still Looks good Under those weeds.

1. son arrived home a couple hours ago, ready and raring to get out in the garden tomorrow, but was not impressed when I told him that it might be too wet to work the soil :(

AnneS said:

1. son arrived home a couple hours ago, ready and raring to get out in the garden tomorrow, but was not impressed when I told him that it might be too wet to work the soil :(
   

Ah, g’arn, let ‘im get muddy mum!

Hose ‘im down afore y’let ‘im in the ‘ouse, but, eh!?

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

1. son arrived home a couple hours ago, ready and raring to get out in the garden tomorrow, but was not impressed when I told him that it might be too wet to work the soil :(
   

Ah, g’arn, let ‘im get muddy mum!

Hose ‘im down afore y’let ‘im in the ‘ouse, but, eh!?

I’m more worried about wrecking the soil structure!

AnneS said:

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

1. son arrived home a couple hours ago, ready and raring to get out in the garden tomorrow, but was not impressed when I told him that it might be too wet to work the soil :(
   

Ah, g’arn, let ‘im get muddy mum!

Hose ‘im down afore y’let ‘im in the ‘ouse, but, eh!?

I’m more worried about wrecking the soil structure!

My position as well stay out of the garden when it is wet.

roughbarked said:

AnneS said:

Yeehah said:

Ah, g’arn, let ‘im get muddy mum!

Hose ‘im down afore y’let ‘im in the ‘ouse, but, eh!?

I’m more worried about wrecking the soil structure!

My position as well stay out of the garden when it is wet.

That’s my prob atm. the rain never lets me get a good run at it.

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

AnneS said:

I’m more worried about wrecking the soil structure!

My position as well stay out of the garden when it is wet.

That’s my prob atm. the rain never lets me get a good run at it.

Maybe you should be thankful. We are getting to be in real need of a shower or two.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

My position as well stay out of the garden when it is wet.

That’s my prob atm. the rain never lets me get a good run at it.

Maybe you should be thankful. We are getting to be in real need of a shower or two.

Yes I’m praying for rain at the moment.

While #1 son was home on the weekend we went to the local markets and a wholesale nursery that had a jumbo sale on. Came home with a Davidson plum. The boy has wanted one for ages; not sure how it will go, but hey worth a try. Will plant where the ice cream bean which went to God was (I was slack with watering in it’s early stages). Also got a Mountain pepper. He’s gradually building up his supply of bush tucker plants. What he really wants though is a Kunzea….maybe a bit further down the track.

We also got another avocado, variety unknown but we suspect it’s a Hass and a walnut tree to replace the one that the landlord’s cows demolished early this year. He bought a curry leaf tree, but we decided it’s a bit too risky to grow it here because we are so close to the state forest, so he took it home with him and he will grow it in pot…

I also bought some florence fennel which I have neither grown nor eaten, but guys talk about it so oftern that I thought I would give it a try.

We planted a couple of more tomatoes in pots (haven’t got enough beds spare at present for them!!). The tomatoes that we deep planted the previous fortnight are coming on ok. Spuds are going ballistic.

It’s amazing though how quickly the beds dry out….we are back to watering even though only a couple of weeks ago they were absolutely sodden. Suppose it goes to show that MrS did a good job of the raised beds and all the OM we have been adding over the last few years is paying off and the clay is not so heavy now :)

Also harvested a heap of onions and garlic..unfortunately haven’t got around to storing them properly yet. They are all just laying on the verandah.

Just went out to get some lettuce, but alas all gone to seed…no doubt there will be some self-sown soon, but that doesn’t help tonight’s dinner.

:(

Did get a couple of handfuls of raspberries though :D and 2 zucchini..yum

AnneS said:

While #1 son was home on the weekend we went to the local markets and a wholesale nursery that had a jumbo sale on. Came home with a Davidson plum. The boy has wanted one for ages; not sure how it will go, but hey worth a try. Will plant where the ice cream bean which went to God was (I was slack with watering in it’s early stages). Also got a Mountain pepper. He’s gradually building up his supply of bush tucker plants. What he really wants though is a Kunzea….maybe a bit further down the track.

We also got another avocado, variety unknown but we suspect it’s a Hass and a walnut tree to replace the one that the landlord’s cows demolished early this year. He bought a curry leaf tree, but we decided it’s a bit too risky to grow it here because we are so close to the state forest, so he took it home with him and he will grow it in pot…

I also bought some florence fennel which I have neither grown nor eaten, but guys talk about it so oftern that I thought I would give it a try.

We planted a couple of more tomatoes in pots (haven’t got enough beds spare at present for them!!). The tomatoes that we deep planted the previous fortnight are coming on ok. Spuds are going ballistic.

It’s amazing though how quickly the beds dry out….we are back to watering even though only a couple of weeks ago they were absolutely sodden. Suppose it goes to show that MrS did a good job of the raised beds and all the OM we have been adding over the last few years is paying off and the clay is not so heavy now :)

just don’t let the curry leaf go to seed. If it is only one plant, you should be able to do that easily. And you will get more leafs.

pain master said:

AnneS said:

While #1 son was home on the weekend we went to the local markets and a wholesale nursery that had a jumbo sale on. Came home with a Davidson plum. The boy has wanted one for ages; not sure how it will go, but hey worth a try. Will plant where the ice cream bean which went to God was (I was slack with watering in it’s early stages). Also got a Mountain pepper. He’s gradually building up his supply of bush tucker plants. What he really wants though is a Kunzea….maybe a bit further down the track.

We also got another avocado, variety unknown but we suspect it’s a Hass and a walnut tree to replace the one that the landlord’s cows demolished early this year. He bought a curry leaf tree, but we decided it’s a bit too risky to grow it here because we are so close to the state forest, so he took it home with him and he will grow it in pot…

I also bought some florence fennel which I have neither grown nor eaten, but guys talk about it so oftern that I thought I would give it a try.

We planted a couple of more tomatoes in pots (haven’t got enough beds spare at present for them!!). The tomatoes that we deep planted the previous fortnight are coming on ok. Spuds are going ballistic.

It’s amazing though how quickly the beds dry out….we are back to watering even though only a couple of weeks ago they were absolutely sodden. Suppose it goes to show that MrS did a good job of the raised beds and all the OM we have been adding over the last few years is paying off and the clay is not so heavy now :)

just don’t let the curry leaf go to seed. If it is only one plant, you should be able to do that easily. And you will get more leafs.

Yeah that’s why I didn’t want it here. I remembered JCW on GA said that you have to be really careful and not let it go to seed. In a pot in Canberra #1 son has a better chance of controlling it.

AnneS said:

pain master said:

AnneS said:

While #1 son was home on the weekend we went to the local markets and a wholesale nursery that had a jumbo sale on. Came home with a Davidson plum. The boy has wanted one for ages; not sure how it will go, but hey worth a try. Will plant where the ice cream bean which went to God was (I was slack with watering in it’s early stages). Also got a Mountain pepper. He’s gradually building up his supply of bush tucker plants. What he really wants though is a Kunzea….maybe a bit further down the track.

We also got another avocado, variety unknown but we suspect it’s a Hass and a walnut tree to replace the one that the landlord’s cows demolished early this year. He bought a curry leaf tree, but we decided it’s a bit too risky to grow it here because we are so close to the state forest, so he took it home with him and he will grow it in pot…

I also bought some florence fennel which I have neither grown nor eaten, but guys talk about it so oftern that I thought I would give it a try.

We planted a couple of more tomatoes in pots (haven’t got enough beds spare at present for them!!). The tomatoes that we deep planted the previous fortnight are coming on ok. Spuds are going ballistic.

It’s amazing though how quickly the beds dry out….we are back to watering even though only a couple of weeks ago they were absolutely sodden. Suppose it goes to show that MrS did a good job of the raised beds and all the OM we have been adding over the last few years is paying off and the clay is not so heavy now :)

just don’t let the curry leaf go to seed. If it is only one plant, you should be able to do that easily. And you will get more leafs.

Yeah that’s why I didn’t want it here. I remembered JCW on GA said that you have to be really careful and not let it go to seed. In a pot in Canberra #1 son has a better chance of controlling it.

they are quite easy to stop from going to seed. Especially if you use the leafs as much as we do. It is said to stop wasting energy on seed production and put all that effort into tasty leaves, then simply removing all flower heads will encourage stronger leaf growth. If you are using the leaves in the kitchen on a weekly basis, your plant should never go to seed.

AnneS said:

While #1 son was home on the weekend we went to the local markets and a wholesale nursery that had a jumbo sale on. Came home with a Davidson plum. The boy has wanted one for ages; not sure how it will go, but hey worth a try. Will plant where the ice cream bean which went to God was (I was slack with watering in it’s early stages). Also got a Mountain pepper. He’s gradually building up his supply of bush tucker plants. What he really wants though is a Kunzea….maybe a bit further down the track. We also got another avocado, variety unknown but we suspect it’s a Hass and a walnut tree to replace the one that the landlord’s cows demolished early this year. He bought a curry leaf tree, but we decided it’s a bit too risky to grow it here because we are so close to the state forest, so he took it home with him and he will grow it in pot…I also bought some florence fennel which I have neither grown nor eaten, but guys talk about it so oftern that I thought I would give it a try.
We planted a couple of more tomatoes in pots (haven’t got enough beds spare at present for them!!). The tomatoes that we deep planted the previous fortnight are coming on ok. Spuds are going ballistic.
It’s amazing though how quickly the beds dry out….we are back to watering even though only a couple of weeks ago they were absolutely sodden. Suppose it goes to show that MrS did a good job of the raised beds and all the OM we have been adding over the last few years is paying off and the clay is not so heavy now :)

good reading there thanks anne
i have – lemon myrtle – muntries and quandong growing in the native food department. i haven’t picked any yet but my collection is growing. don’t know kunzea so must check it out.

the rest is sounding great – florence fennel is one i’ve got growing and look forward to cooking with.

AnneS said:

pain master said:

AnneS said:

While #1 son was home on the weekend we went to the local markets and a wholesale nursery that had a jumbo sale on. Came home with a Davidson plum. The boy has wanted one for ages; not sure how it will go, but hey worth a try. Will plant where the ice cream bean which went to God was (I was slack with watering in it’s early stages). Also got a Mountain pepper. He’s gradually building up his supply of bush tucker plants. What he really wants though is a Kunzea….maybe a bit further down the track.

We also got another avocado, variety unknown but we suspect it’s a Hass and a walnut tree to replace the one that the landlord’s cows demolished early this year. He bought a curry leaf tree, but we decided it’s a bit too risky to grow it here because we are so close to the state forest, so he took it home with him and he will grow it in pot…

I also bought some florence fennel which I have neither grown nor eaten, but guys talk about it so oftern that I thought I would give it a try.

We planted a couple of more tomatoes in pots (haven’t got enough beds spare at present for them!!). The tomatoes that we deep planted the previous fortnight are coming on ok. Spuds are going ballistic.

It’s amazing though how quickly the beds dry out….we are back to watering even though only a couple of weeks ago they were absolutely sodden. Suppose it goes to show that MrS did a good job of the raised beds and all the OM we have been adding over the last few years is paying off and the clay is not so heavy now :)

just don’t let the curry leaf go to seed. If it is only one plant, you should be able to do that easily. And you will get more leafs.

Yeah that’s why I didn’t want it here. I remembered JCW on GA said that you have to be really careful and not let it go to seed. In a pot in Canberra #1 son has a better chance of controlling it.

Not to mention the fact that the leaves smell like something you’d expect to find in the lower circles of Hell.. :D

A friend has agreed to take my curry tree – just waiting for him to finish his renos and move house so it can move out! I’ve told him he needs to pinch off the flowers before seeds form.

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AnneS said:

pain master said:

just don’t let the curry leaf go to seed. If it is only one plant, you should be able to do that easily. And you will get more leafs.

Yeah that’s why I didn’t want it here. I remembered JCW on GA said that you have to be really careful and not let it go to seed. In a pot in Canberra #1 son has a better chance of controlling it.

Not to mention the fact that the leaves smell like something you’d expect to find in the lower circles of Hell.. :D

A friend has agreed to take my curry tree – just waiting for him to finish his renos and move house so it can move out! I’ve told him he needs to pinch off the flowers before seeds form.

Arvo…I wouldn’t have done much cooking with it because we don’t have a lot of curries, but #1 son’s flatmate is Sri Lankan and she regularly buys curry leaf, so she is extactic that he took it to their place. The Canberra winters might be a bit of a limiting factor though

I’ve planted some scarlet runner beans, blue lake beans and St Valery Carrots this morning. Also had another lovely feed of raspberries. YUM YUM

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

Yeah that’s why I didn’t want it here. I remembered JCW on GA said that you have to be really careful and not let it go to seed. In a pot in Canberra #1 son has a better chance of controlling it.

Not to mention the fact that the leaves smell like something you’d expect to find in the lower circles of Hell.. :D

A friend has agreed to take my curry tree – just waiting for him to finish his renos and move house so it can move out! I’ve told him he needs to pinch off the flowers before seeds form.

Arvo…I wouldn’t have done much cooking with it because we don’t have a lot of curries, but #1 son’s flatmate is Sri Lankan and she regularly buys curry leaf, so she is extactic that he took it to their place. The Canberra winters might be a bit of a limiting factor though

well now the full story evolves. Excellent news that your son’s SL flatmate will make full use of the curry leaf tree. If it remains in a pot, they could always move it around the place to avoid the cold spots, during winter. Even inside if necessary, although I doubt bon would ever visit.

pain master said:

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

Not to mention the fact that the leaves smell like something you’d expect to find in the lower circles of Hell.. :D

A friend has agreed to take my curry tree – just waiting for him to finish his renos and move house so it can move out! I’ve told him he needs to pinch off the flowers before seeds form.

Arvo…I wouldn’t have done much cooking with it because we don’t have a lot of curries, but #1 son’s flatmate is Sri Lankan and she regularly buys curry leaf, so she is extactic that he took it to their place. The Canberra winters might be a bit of a limiting factor though

well now the full story evolves. Excellent news that your son’s SL flatmate will make full use of the curry leaf tree. If it remains in a pot, they could always move it around the place to avoid the cold spots, during winter. Even inside if necessary, although I doubt bon would ever visit.

Morning. Not sure what planet I was on when I tried to spell ecstatic!! LOL. #1 son plans to make a cloche or else buy a mini glasshouse for winter

Just harvested a heap of onions that really should have been pulled a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to all the rain the tops are all really soft and spongy so I guess they won’t store well. Some of them are huge! Mostly white onions…can’t remember the variety but they were seedlings from the nursery. Most of my brown ones I grew from seed and they aren’t quite as big.

Also pulled the rest of the garlic, but they are only small bulbs…I think that might be typical of the variety, because I have never managed to get big ones from them, but the supermarket bulb that I planted cloves from has produced huge beautiful plants and good bulbs. The little ones were originally from bulbs my Mum gave me a few years ago.

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Just harvested a heap of onions that really should have been pulled a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to all the rain the tops are all really soft and spongy so I guess they won’t store well. Some of them are huge! Mostly white onions…can’t remember the variety but they were seedlings from the nursery. Most of my brown ones I grew from seed and they aren’t quite as big.

Also pulled the rest of the garlic, but they are only small bulbs…I think that might be typical of the variety, because I have never managed to get big ones from them, but the supermarket bulb that I planted cloves from has produced huge beautiful plants and good bulbs. The little ones were originally from bulbs my Mum gave me a few years ago.

my winter onions were disappointing. they went to seed without forming large bulbs. too many weeds?

i think if you plant the garlic bubs this autumn they might acclimatise and give you improved results.

Roast dinner tonight with vegies from my garden: onions, spuds, zucchini, carrots, beans and corn. Pumpkin from neighbour :)

AnneS said:

Roast dinner tonight with vegies from my garden: onions, spuds, zucchini, carrots, beans and corn. Pumpkin from neighbour :)

Yum :)

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

Roast dinner tonight with vegies from my garden: onions, spuds, zucchini, carrots, beans and corn. Pumpkin from neighbour :)

Yum :)

It was but I am oh so full now :) no room for the fruit salad and custard I had planned

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Roast dinner tonight with vegies from my garden: onions, spuds, zucchini, carrots, beans and corn. Pumpkin from neighbour :)

I can vouch for the potatoes they were deeeelicious :)

MrBL has offered to pay for a rehearsal room but the closest one is fully booked so we’re still looking. LOL

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

Roast dinner tonight with vegies from my garden: onions, spuds, zucchini, carrots, beans and corn. Pumpkin from neighbour :)

I can vouch for the potatoes they were deeeelicious :)

Aww gee thanks Yeehah :)

Was just in the kitchen making a cuppa and looked up to see this on the dining room window (right where Yeehah was sitting the other day). Didn’t realise they were good climbers :(

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Gone under the house now and hopefully will disappear later. Looks like I’m definitely staying inside now.

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Was just in the kitchen making a cuppa and looked up to see this on the dining room window (right where Yeehah was sitting the other day). Didn’t realise they were good climbers :(

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Gone under the house now and hopefully will disappear later. Looks like I’m definitely staying inside now.

beats my snakeskin shot.
have a beer i won’t tell anyone LOL.

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Was just in the kitchen making a cuppa and looked up to see this on the dining room window (right where Yeehah was sitting the other day). Didn’t realise they were good climbers :(

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Gone under the house now and hopefully will disappear later. Looks like I’m definitely staying inside now.

I’d have gone out the opposite window! Yikes…

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AnneS said:

Was just in the kitchen making a cuppa and looked up to see this on the dining room window (right where Yeehah was sitting the other day). Didn’t realise they were good climbers :(

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Gone under the house now and hopefully will disappear later. Looks like I’m definitely staying inside now.

I’d have gone out the opposite window! Yikes…

Glad he was on the outside, I have to say :)
POMOLO…don’t look!!!! LOL

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Was just in the kitchen making a cuppa and looked up to see this on the dining room window (right where Yeehah was sitting the other day). Didn’t realise they were good climbers :(

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Gone under the house now and hopefully will disappear later. Looks like I’m definitely staying inside now.

you’ve done well to keep a steady hand there Anne!

Yesterday I harvested half a stock feed bag of spuds, a mixture of King Edward and Kennebecs. Didn’t weigh them though. Unfortunately in the kennebec bed there were a lot of rotten ones. I think that maybe I had a bit too much mulch on them and the beds got a bit too wet. :(

I also planted out another 7 tomato plants, but not sure of the varieties because I the id tags were removed accidentally. Probably amish paste and brandywine I think.

Today I have pricked out another 10 tomato plants into pots for the late planting crop. I sowed some casuarina seeds a few weeks ago (to add to my windbreak) and 6 have germinated so I potted them up today as well. Also some of the kiwi fruit cuttings that I took from Mum’s have struck, so I potted them up as well.

In between showers today MrS has been moving the fence. He and the landlord dug the post holes yesterday. The aim is to prevent the landlord’s cows from coming into our rented part of the property cause they keep munching on my fruit trees.

The exisiting fence is actually on the boundary of our 5 acres and neither will the new one, but it’s a bit closer. The actual boundary runs through the middle of the dam. Apparently the bloke who dug the dam put it in the wrong place :(

AnneS said:

Yesterday I harvested half a stock feed bag of spuds, a mixture of King Edward and Kennebecs. Didn’t weigh them though. Unfortunately in the kennebec bed there were a lot of rotten ones. I think that maybe I had a bit too much mulch on them and the beds got a bit too wet. :(

I also planted out another 7 tomato plants, but not sure of the varieties because I the id tags were removed accidentally. Probably amish paste and brandywine I think.

Today I have pricked out another 10 tomato plants into pots for the late planting crop. I sowed some casuarina seeds a few weeks ago (to add to my windbreak) and 6 have germinated so I potted them up today as well. Also some of the kiwi fruit cuttings that I took from Mum’s have struck, so I potted them up as well.

Gee your strike rate is pretty good there Anne.

pomolo said:

AnneS said:

Yesterday I harvested half a stock feed bag of spuds, a mixture of King Edward and Kennebecs. Didn’t weigh them though. Unfortunately in the kennebec bed there were a lot of rotten ones. I think that maybe I had a bit too much mulch on them and the beds got a bit too wet. :(

I also planted out another 7 tomato plants, but not sure of the varieties because I the id tags were removed accidentally. Probably amish paste and brandywine I think.

Today I have pricked out another 10 tomato plants into pots for the late planting crop. I sowed some casuarina seeds a few weeks ago (to add to my windbreak) and 6 have germinated so I potted them up today as well. Also some of the kiwi fruit cuttings that I took from Mum’s have struck, so I potted them up as well.

Gee your strike rate is pretty good there Anne.

Thanks Pom. So far out of the 50 or so kiwi fruit cuttings, only 3 had roots to enable me to pot them up, but I’m not giving up on the others just yet. All I have to hope is that at least one of them will pollinate the female Hayward vine that I aready have :)
If not I’ll jsut have to buy a male Hayward. No biggie

AnneS said:

pomolo said:

AnneS said:

Yesterday I harvested half a stock feed bag of spuds, a mixture of King Edward and Kennebecs. Didn’t weigh them though. Unfortunately in the kennebec bed there were a lot of rotten ones. I think that maybe I had a bit too much mulch on them and the beds got a bit too wet. :(

I also planted out another 7 tomato plants, but not sure of the varieties because I the id tags were removed accidentally. Probably amish paste and brandywine I think.

Today I have pricked out another 10 tomato plants into pots for the late planting crop. I sowed some casuarina seeds a few weeks ago (to add to my windbreak) and 6 have germinated so I potted them up today as well. Also some of the kiwi fruit cuttings that I took from Mum’s have struck, so I potted them up as well.

Gee your strike rate is pretty good there Anne.

Thanks Pom. So far out of the 50 or so kiwi fruit cuttings, only 3 had roots to enable me to pot them up, but I’m not giving up on the others just yet. All I have to hope is that at least one of them will pollinate the female Hayward vine that I aready have :)
If not I’ll jsut have to buy a male Hayward. No biggie

How do you find the Casuarina’s take to transplanting? Back in my reveg days, we would place the seed in tubestock and then straight out into the ground once they were big enough. It was always a bit of a concern transplanting natives to larger pots…

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How do you find the Casuarina’s take to transplanting? Back in my reveg days, we would place the seed in tubestock and then straight out into the ground once they were big enough. It was always a bit of a concern transplanting natives to larger pots…

I don’t know yet PM. I sowed the seed in newspaper pots and today put the whole thing holus bolus into another pot. The plants are barely past cotyledon stage but I have been having a few probs keeping the newspaper pots moist enough so I thought it best to get them into the bigger pot. I soaked them in a bucket of water first and then put them in the bigger pot with potting mix. So theoretically at this point theres no root disturbance and when they get to a reasonable size they will go straight into the ground.

I had good success with Acacia longifolia grown from seed , potted up and then transplanted out last year (all the transplants, about 10 or so have survived). I figure I’ve got nothing to lose and the seed was collected from trees on the property.

AnneS said:

pain master said:

How do you find the Casuarina’s take to transplanting? Back in my reveg days, we would place the seed in tubestock and then straight out into the ground once they were big enough. It was always a bit of a concern transplanting natives to larger pots…

I don’t know yet PM. I sowed the seed in newspaper pots and today put the whole thing holus bolus into another pot. The plants are barely past cotyledon stage but I have been having a few probs keeping the newspaper pots moist enough so I thought it best to get them into the bigger pot. I soaked them in a bucket of water first and then put them in the bigger pot with potting mix. So theoretically at this point theres no root disturbance and when they get to a reasonable size they will go straight into the ground.

I had good success with Acacia longifolia grown from seed , potted up and then transplanted out last year (all the transplants, about 10 or so have survived). I figure I’ve got nothing to lose and the seed was collected from trees on the property.

sounds fair enough, also sounds like it just might work…

AnneS said:

Yesterday I harvested half a stock feed bag of spuds, a mixture of King Edward and Kennebecs. Didn’t weigh them though. Unfortunately in the kennebec bed there were a lot of rotten ones. I think that maybe I had a bit too much mulch on them and the beds got a bit too wet. :(

I also planted out another 7 tomato plants, but not sure of the varieties because I the id tags were removed accidentally. Probably amish paste and brandywine I think.

Today I have pricked out another 10 tomato plants into pots for the late planting crop. I sowed some casuarina seeds a few weeks ago (to add to my windbreak) and 6 have germinated so I potted them up today as well. Also some of the kiwi fruit cuttings that I took from Mum’s have struck, so I potted them up as well.

Gee you’re going great guns there! When do you reckon would be a good time for me to come back and check on progress, lol?!?

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

Yesterday I harvested half a stock feed bag of spuds, a mixture of King Edward and Kennebecs. Didn’t weigh them though. Unfortunately in the kennebec bed there were a lot of rotten ones. I think that maybe I had a bit too much mulch on them and the beds got a bit too wet. :(

I also planted out another 7 tomato plants, but not sure of the varieties because I the id tags were removed accidentally. Probably amish paste and brandywine I think.

Today I have pricked out another 10 tomato plants into pots for the late planting crop. I sowed some casuarina seeds a few weeks ago (to add to my windbreak) and 6 have germinated so I potted them up today as well. Also some of the kiwi fruit cuttings that I took from Mum’s have struck, so I potted them up as well.

Gee you’re going great guns there! When do you reckon would be a good time for me to come back and check on progress, lol?!?

Anytime you want to. lol. Took some photos today. Might uplod some so you can check lol

AnneS said:

Yeehah said:

Gee you’re going great guns there! When do you reckon would be a good time for me to come back and check on progress, lol?!?

Anytime you want to. lol. Took some photos today. Might uplod some so you can check lol

Are uplods related to clods?

:)

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

Yeehah said:

Gee you’re going great guns there! When do you reckon would be a good time for me to come back and check on progress, lol?!?

Anytime you want to. lol. Took some photos today. Might uplod some so you can check lol

Are uplods related to clods?

:)

Probably. I’m falling asleep at here so anythings is possible!

A few less weeds than when Yeehah was here last week, but still plenty to go :(

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My sweet potato not as good as PM’s, but then again was planted fairly late. Am thinking I should try to create another bed for sweet potato and plant a few cuttings from these ones.

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A few less weeds than when Yeehah was here last week, but still plenty to go :(

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My sweet potato not as good as PM’s, but then again was planted fairly late. Am thinking I should try to create another bed for sweet potato and plant a few cuttings from these ones.

impressive anne and mrS.
trellises, tripods and staking are natural eh but?

your corn has reached a decent height too.
i haven’t planted my sweet spud yet. thanks for the reminder.

Veggies look good and there’s a tree in flower :)

Veg gardener said:

Veggies look good and there’s a tree in flower :)

Thanks veg. Black wattle near the dam is in flower as is a turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera) further down the paddock.

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

Yeehah said:

Gee you’re going great guns there! When do you reckon would be a good time for me to come back and check on progress, lol?!?

Anytime you want to. lol. Took some photos today. Might uplod some so you can check lol

Are uplods related to clods?

:)

sometimes they are… sometimes they are.

AnneS said:

A few less weeds than when Yeehah was here last week, but still plenty to go :(

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My sweet potato not as good as PM’s, but then again was planted fairly late. Am thinking I should try to create another bed for sweet potato and plant a few cuttings from these ones.

That sweet potato is on the go! Remember if you cut off the ends of the runners, then they will produce too, if you jam ‘em straight back into the soil!

pain master said:

AnneS said:

A few less weeds than when Yeehah was here last week, but still plenty to go :(

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My sweet potato not as good as PM’s, but then again was planted fairly late. Am thinking I should try to create another bed for sweet potato and plant a few cuttings from these ones.

That sweet potato is on the go! Remember if you cut off the ends of the runners, then they will produce too, if you jam ‘em straight back into the soil!

Yep #1 son keeps reminding me of that fact….just gotta work out where to put it though

AnneS said:

pain master said:

AnneS said:

A few less weeds than when Yeehah was here last week, but still plenty to go :(

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My sweet potato not as good as PM’s, but then again was planted fairly late. Am thinking I should try to create another bed for sweet potato and plant a few cuttings from these ones.

That sweet potato is on the go! Remember if you cut off the ends of the runners, then they will produce too, if you jam ‘em straight back into the soil!

Yep #1 son keeps reminding me of that fact….just gotta work out where to put it though

back right into the same patch! Load ‘em up Anne!

pain master said:

AnneS said:

pain master said:

That sweet potato is on the go! Remember if you cut off the ends of the runners, then they will produce too, if you jam ‘em straight back into the soil!

Yep #1 son keeps reminding me of that fact….just gotta work out where to put it though

back right into the same patch! Load ‘em up Anne!

That bed actually has 6 or so plants already. LOL.

AnneS said:

pain master said:

AnneS said:

Yep #1 son keeps reminding me of that fact….just gotta work out where to put it though

back right into the same patch! Load ‘em up Anne!

That bed actually has 6 or so plants already. LOL.

that’s not many at all… pack ‘em in there Anne!

I have been back through this thread Anne and what a great load of photos and I so love the snake ones.

The latest photos are just so wonderful…..well done on the vegie growing.

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What happens when you have a wet season, live near the coast and don’t get around to spraying in time :(

Well I stuffed that up didn’t I? LOL

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I assume these little buggers are fruit fly?

Bugger dammit! I’ll have to preview better!!! I was sure I deleted the previous photos from the code :(

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Yesterday and today’s harvest, plus a some still on the vine.They are Black Krim and oh so tasty :)

your beans and toms would feed an army – great growing.

i cut my beans before blanching and freezing – otherwise you would have to defrost them before cutting?

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I assume these little buggers are fruit fly?

i hope not – i reckon i’ve seen them hovering here.

i’m hoping they are hover flies – fingers crossed – because their larvae eat all the nasties.

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Vegie porn ;)

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Photo 1 Davidson Plum, bought in Nov I think
Photo 2 Rough or Bush lemon (or whatever it’s called)…needs a feed but will have to wait a while :)
Photo 3 The self sown passionfruit on the western wall in October
Photo 4 Same passionfuit today
Photo 5 Tamarillo…first time for fruit. Every year it get’s cut back by the frost, but seems to come back ok

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i hope not – i reckon i’ve seen them hovering here.

i’m hoping they are hover flies – fingers crossed – because their larvae eat all the nasties.

Well I hope so too!!!!

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Photo 2 Rough or Bush lemon (or whatever it’s called)…needs a feed but will have to wait a while :)
Photo 3 The self sown passionfruit on the western wall in October
Photo 4 Same passionfuit today
Photo 5 Tamarillo…first time for fruit. Every year it get’s cut back by the frost, but seems to come back ok

Oohh, and now fruit porn … gee whiz, Anne, I’m gettin’ a bit excited, better not get too carried away with those photos, lol!

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Photo 1 Davidson Plum, bought in Nov I think
Photo 2 Rough or Bush lemon (or whatever it’s called)…needs a feed but will have to wait a while :)
Photo 3 The self sown passionfruit on the western wall in October
Photo 4 Same passionfuit today
Photo 5 Tamarillo…first time for fruit. Every year it get’s cut back by the frost, but seems to come back ok

Oohh, and now fruit porn … gee whiz, Anne, I’m gettin’ a bit excited, better not get too carried away with those photos, lol!

Bit better than when you were here eh?

AnneS said:

Yeehah said:

Oohh, and now fruit porn … gee whiz, Anne, I’m gettin’ a bit excited, better not get too carried away with those photos, lol!

Bit better than when you were here eh?

It was good then, looks lush now! All that rain …

Oh, and you’ve done a bit of weeding n stuff too, s’pose that helps ;)

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Photos 3 & 4 Sunflowers I grew around the vegie beds perimeter (well 2 sides of it) to act as a windbreak, not realising that the seed I was using was a dwarf variety. Oh well, they are pretty. I had the seed left over from a Girl Guides activity so it was no loss

AnneS said:

Photos 1 & 2 Hibiscus we salvaged from #1 daughter’s garden a few years ago when she was creating her vegie patch. It gets cut back each by the frost but then comes back as good as gold.
Photos 3 & 4 Sunflowers I grew around the vegie beds perimeter (well 2 sides of it) to act as a windbreak, not realising that the seed I was using was a dwarf variety. Oh well, they are pretty. I had the seed left over from a Girl Guides activity so it was no loss

Oh no, I can’t stand it … flower porn … aaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s all too much!!

Help!!

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Photo 1 Moon and Stars watermelon….flowers at last. Now all I have to do is encourage some female flowers :)
Photo 2 #1 son planted 2 capsicum bushes among the watermelon and rockies. A nice looking cap coming on
Photo 3 Sugar baby watermelon. Only 4 melons from 2 plants but c’est la vie. Probably too many plants in the one bed…2 watermelon and 2 rockmelon….#1 son planted them. I’ll blame him seeing as he isn’t here to defend himself

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

Photos 1 & 2 Hibiscus we salvaged from #1 daughter’s garden a few years ago when she was creating her vegie patch. It gets cut back each by the frost but then comes back as good as gold.
Photos 3 & 4 Sunflowers I grew around the vegie beds perimeter (well 2 sides of it) to act as a windbreak, not realising that the seed I was using was a dwarf variety. Oh well, they are pretty. I had the seed left over from a Girl Guides activity so it was no loss

Oh no, I can’t stand it … flower porn … aaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s all too much!!

Help!!

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Photo 1 Moon and Stars watermelon….flowers at last. Now all I have to do is encourage some female flowers :)
Photo 2 #1 son planted 2 capsicum bushes among the watermelon and rockies. A nice looking cap coming on
Photo 3 Sugar baby watermelon. Only 4 melons from 2 plants but c’est la vie. Probably too many plants in the one bed…2 watermelon and 2 rockmelon….#1 son planted them. I’ll blame him seeing as he isn’t here to defend himself

I’m exhausted.

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

Photos 1 & 2 Hibiscus we salvaged from #1 daughter’s garden a few years ago when she was creating her vegie patch. It gets cut back each by the frost but then comes back as good as gold.
Photos 3 & 4 Sunflowers I grew around the vegie beds perimeter (well 2 sides of it) to act as a windbreak, not realising that the seed I was using was a dwarf variety. Oh well, they are pretty. I had the seed left over from a Girl Guides activity so it was no loss

Oh no, I can’t stand it … flower porn … aaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s all too much!!

Help!!

LOL Yeehah.
get some pots and make a mobile garden? one you can take with you to the next place (whenever that happens)

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AnneS said:

Photo 1 Moon and Stars watermelon….flowers at last. Now all I have to do is encourage some female flowers :)
Photo 2 #1 son planted 2 capsicum bushes among the watermelon and rockies. A nice looking cap coming on
Photo 3 Sugar baby watermelon. Only 4 melons from 2 plants but c’est la vie. Probably too many plants in the one bed…2 watermelon and 2 rockmelon….#1 son planted them. I’ll blame him seeing as he isn’t here to defend himself

I’m exhausted.

That’s it for now unless you want me to upload the photos of the chooks. LOL!

All terrific pics AnneS! Thank for sharing :D

My grape looks like yours, moth eaten.

Happy Potter said:

All terrific pics AnneS! Thank for sharing :D

My grape looks like yours, moth eaten.

Mine is covered in mould :(

AnneS said:

Happy Potter said:

All terrific pics AnneS! Thank for sharing :D

My grape looks like yours, moth eaten.

Mine is covered in mould :(

Mine is too, but then it’s not every year we get 5 inches of rain in a few days. Last year it was perfect.

Looks good Anne.

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i hope not – i reckon i’ve seen them hovering here.

i’m hoping they are hover flies – fingers crossed – because their larvae eat all the nasties.

If it helps, that’s nothing like my fruit fly look like. But Ours are Mediterranean, different from the Qld ones.

Veg gardener said:

Looks good Anne.

Thanks veg

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I assume these little buggers are fruit fly?

i hope not – i reckon i’ve seen them hovering here.

i’m hoping they are hover flies – fingers crossed – because their larvae eat all the nasties.

If it helps, that’s nothing like my fruit fly look like. But Ours are Mediterranean, different from the Qld ones.

pepe thinks it’s a hover fly…in which case it can stay LOL

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I assume these little buggers are fruit fly?

Nope.

The closest I come to having a garden room LOL

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Oh I forgot….the sweet potato

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Oh I forgot….the sweet potato

Looking lush…

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Photos 1 & 2 Hibiscus we salvaged from #1 daughter’s garden a few years ago when she was creating her vegie patch. It gets cut back each by the frost but then comes back as good as gold.
Photos 3 & 4 Sunflowers I grew around the vegie beds perimeter (well 2 sides of it) to act as a windbreak, not realising that the seed I was using was a dwarf variety. Oh well, they are pretty. I had the seed left over from a Girl Guides activity so it was no loss

lovely and bright!

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Oh I forgot….the sweet potato

Gorgeous!

Didn’t stay outside for long did I??
This little cutie was hatched out yesterday or the day before. Mum had 6 eggs but only one hatched. MrS let them into the main pen this morning.

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Mum is very protective. Whenever any of the others get too close she very quickly puts them in there place. No our success rate the chick is guaranteed to be a rooster

AnneS said:

Didn’t stay outside for long did I??
This little cutie was hatched out yesterday or the day before. Mum had 6 eggs but only one hatched. MrS let them into the main pen this morning.

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Mum is very protective. Whenever any of the others get too close she very quickly puts them in there place. No our success rate the chick is guaranteed to be a rooster

their place I mean!

AnneS said:

Didn’t stay outside for long did I??
This little cutie was hatched out yesterday or the day before. Mum had 6 eggs but only one hatched. MrS let them into the main pen this morning.

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Mum is very protective. Whenever any of the others get too close she very quickly puts them in there place. No our success rate the chick is guaranteed to be a rooster

hopefully its a little pullet.

Veg gardener said:

AnneS said:

Didn’t stay outside for long did I??
This little cutie was hatched out yesterday or the day before. Mum had 6 eggs but only one hatched. MrS let them into the main pen this morning.

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Mum is very protective. Whenever any of the others get too close she very quickly puts them in there place. No our success rate the chick is guaranteed to be a rooster

hopefully its a little pullet.

Would be nice

AnneS said:

Didn’t stay outside for long did I??
This little cutie was hatched out yesterday or the day before. Mum had 6 eggs but only one hatched. MrS let them into the main pen this morning.

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Mum is very protective. Whenever any of the others get too close she very quickly puts them in there place. No our success rate the chick is guaranteed to be a rooster

nice bunch of rhode island reds (?) there.

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The 4 toms in the bottom left hand corner of picture 4 were picked a couple of days ago.
The others this morning. I noticed while I was outside hanging out the washing
that they were getting sunburnt so decided I’d better pick them. 4 or 5 didn’t make it inside. I had to give them to the chooks; fruit fly and grub attack. They were a good size too :(

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The 4 toms in the bottom left hand corner of picture 4 were picked a couple of days ago.
The others this morning. I noticed while I was outside hanging out the washing
that they were getting sunburnt so decided I’d better pick them. 4 or 5 didn’t make it inside. I had to give them to the chooks; fruit fly and grub attack. They were a good size too :(

yeah i’ve thrown away a couple with sunburn – and a few more with blossum end rot – but my question is -
that puckering around the stem attachment – is that natural or a fault of some sort?
my brandywines didn’t have it and my friends black russians were smooth there.

what variety tomatoes do you have in those pictures AnneS ?

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The 4 toms in the bottom left hand corner of picture 4 were picked a couple of days ago.
The others this morning. I noticed while I was outside hanging out the washing
that they were getting sunburnt so decided I’d better pick them. 4 or 5 didn’t make it inside. I had to give them to the chooks; fruit fly and grub attack. They were a good size too :(

Tomato pron at its best:)

trichome said:

what variety tomatoes do you have in those pictures AnneS ?

she was waxing lyrical about her ‘black krim’ – saying they were better than blck russians. i presume these are her black krim – and they do look good.

pepe said:

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The 4 toms in the bottom left hand corner of picture 4 were picked a couple of days ago.
The others this morning. I noticed while I was outside hanging out the washing
that they were getting sunburnt so decided I’d better pick them. 4 or 5 didn’t make it inside. I had to give them to the chooks; fruit fly and grub attack. They were a good size too :(

yeah i’ve thrown away a couple with sunburn – and a few more with blossum end rot – but my question is -
that puckering around the stem attachment – is that natural or a fault of some sort?
my brandywines didn’t have it and my friends black russians were smooth there.

Can’t answer that, pepe. Maybe some varieties are more prone to it. Perhaps because they are such big tomatoes crowding on the bush causes it too happen? As good a theory as any???

trichome said:

what variety tomatoes do you have in those pictures AnneS ?

Sorry forgot to say..they are Black Krim….absolutely delicious…quite a sweet tomato

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The 4 toms in the bottom left hand corner of picture 4 were picked a couple of days ago.
The others this morning. I noticed while I was outside hanging out the washing
that they were getting sunburnt so decided I’d better pick them. 4 or 5 didn’t make it inside. I had to give them to the chooks; fruit fly and grub attack. They were a good size too :(

Tomato pron at its best:)

pron or porn, Lucky? Is Yeehah going to go off??? LOL

Decent tomatoes there, has turned out to be a alright season with tomatoes for me up here.

pepe said:

trichome said:

what variety tomatoes do you have in those pictures AnneS ?

she was waxing lyrical about her ‘black krim’ – saying they were better than blck russians. i presume these are her black krim – and they do look good.

Ans that they are pepe

AnneS said:

Lucky1 said:

Tomato pron at its best:)

pron or porn, Lucky? Is Yeehah going to go off??? LOL

Oh dear I’m getting too predictable, obviously!

(I’m ignoring the possible subtext btw)

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

Lucky1 said:

Tomato pron at its best:)

pron or porn, Lucky? Is Yeehah going to go off??? LOL

Oh dear I’m getting too predictable, obviously!

(I’m ignoring the possible subtext btw)

ROFL….sorry no innuendo intended

Veg gardener said:

Decent tomatoes there, has turned out to be a alright season with tomatoes for me up here.

Ditto here too.

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

Lucky1 said:

Tomato pron at its best:)

pron or porn, Lucky? Is Yeehah going to go off??? LOL

Oh dear I’m getting too predictable, obviously!

(I’m ignoring the possible subtext btw)

I was told not to say the “P” word as it’ll attract those sorts of people here…so I said Pron instead:)

Lucky1 said:

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

pron or porn, Lucky? Is Yeehah going to go off??? LOL

Oh dear I’m getting too predictable, obviously!

(I’m ignoring the possible subtext btw)

I was told not to say the “P” word as it’ll attract those sorts of people here…so I said Pron instead:)

Ah, I missed that instruction. I remember hearing that the wrong people messed things up for the forum a while back. My bad.

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The 4 toms in the bottom left hand corner of picture 4 were picked a couple of days ago.
The others this morning. I noticed while I was outside hanging out the washing
that they were getting sunburnt so decided I’d better pick them. 4 or 5 didn’t make it inside. I had to give them to the chooks; fruit fly and grub attack. They were a good size too :(

Still a good picking there Anne. they look good enough to eat.

pepe said:

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The 4 toms in the bottom left hand corner of picture 4 were picked a couple of days ago.
The others this morning. I noticed while I was outside hanging out the washing
that they were getting sunburnt so decided I’d better pick them. 4 or 5 didn’t make it inside. I had to give them to the chooks; fruit fly and grub attack. They were a good size too :(

yeah i’ve thrown away a couple with sunburn – and a few more with blossum end rot – but my question is -
that puckering around the stem attachment – is that natural or a fault of some sort?
my brandywines didn’t have it and my friends black russians were smooth there.

For a very unqualifies answer. Some have it and others are smooth. Ox heart are notorious for it. Sometimes they seem to have almost turned inside out.

pomolo said:

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The 4 toms in the bottom left hand corner of picture 4 were picked a couple of days ago.
The others this morning. I noticed while I was outside hanging out the washing
that they were getting sunburnt so decided I’d better pick them. 4 or 5 didn’t make it inside. I had to give them to the chooks; fruit fly and grub attack. They were a good size too :(

Still a good picking there Anne. they look good enough to eat.

I know I sound like a broken record, but they do have the most amazing flavour.

AnneS said:

pomolo said:

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The 4 toms in the bottom left hand corner of picture 4 were picked a couple of days ago.
The others this morning. I noticed while I was outside hanging out the washing
that they were getting sunburnt so decided I’d better pick them. 4 or 5 didn’t make it inside. I had to give them to the chooks; fruit fly and grub attack. They were a good size too :(

Still a good picking there Anne. they look good enough to eat.

I know I sound like a broken record, but they do have the most amazing flavour.

You have nearly talked me into it.

pomolo said:

AnneS said:

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Still a good picking there Anne. they look good enough to eat.

I know I sound like a broken record, but they do have the most amazing flavour.

You have nearly talked me into it.

I think Lucky grew them this year….I wonder what she thought of them?

AnneS said:

pomolo said:

AnneS said:

I know I sound like a broken record, but they do have the most amazing flavour.

You have nearly talked me into it.

I think Lucky grew them this year….I wonder what she thought of them?

She had piccies of hers either yesterday or the day before if I remember correctly.

pomolo said:

AnneS said:

pomolo said:

You have nearly talked me into it.

I think Lucky grew them this year….I wonder what she thought of them?

She had piccies of hers either yesterday or the day before if I remember correctly.

Black Russians????? Best tom out in my books:)

Lucky1 said:

pomolo said:

AnneS said:

I think Lucky grew them this year….I wonder what she thought of them?

She had piccies of hers either yesterday or the day before if I remember correctly.

Black Russians????? Best tom out in my books:)

OH. I thought you had Black Krim as well. No worries

pomolo said:

AnneS said:

pomolo said:

Still a good picking there Anne. they look good enough to eat.

I know I sound like a broken record, but they do have the most amazing flavour.

You have nearly talked me into it.

talked me into growing some different time this year.

AnneS said:

Lucky1 said:

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The 4 toms in the bottom left hand corner of picture 4 were picked a couple of days ago.
The others this morning. I noticed while I was outside hanging out the washing
that they were getting sunburnt so decided I’d better pick them. 4 or 5 didn’t make it inside. I had to give them to the chooks; fruit fly and grub attack. They were a good size too :(

Tomato pron at its best:)

pron or porn, Lucky? Is Yeehah going to go off??? LOL

I will back Lucky up and say on the ABC fora it is spelt pron. To avoid the concerns of moderators I believe…

Part of my patch today. As usual, still a mile of work to do. Been blowing a gale here today.
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Part of my patch today. As usual, still a mile of work to do. Been blowing a gale here today.
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Part of my patch today. As usual, still a mile of work to do. Been blowing a gale here today.

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not getting any smaller is it?
it looks productive and well organised.
are the broad beans picking yet?…. and is that a bed of carrots in the middle of photo 3 ?

justin said:

AnneS said:

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not getting any smaller is it?
it looks productive and well organised.
are the broad beans picking yet?…. and is that a bed of carrots in the middle of photo 3 ?

Definitely not getting smaller…
Unfortunately doesn’t live up to its productive potential because I don’t get out into it enough (the vegie patch is pretty much my domain, MrS and #1 look after the fruit trees and everything else. MrS does help with the weeding from time to time, because that is what I find makes my dodgy back hurt the most). No the broad beans aren’t ready yet…suffered from being late planted and not being watered consistently enough during dry spells… my bad.

Yes that is half a bed of carrots…I stuck them in the end of the peas bed….they were also planted too late and not watered enough…I am trying to get my act more in to gear though…

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I’m so envious of all that space.

bubba louie said:

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I’m so envious of all that space.

Yeah, but at least you own yours :)

bubba louie said:

AnneS said:

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I’m so envious of all that space.

So am I

Happy Potter said:

bubba louie said:

AnneS said:

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I’m so envious of all that space.

So am I

You’d probably use it more efficiently too :D

AnneS said:

Happy Potter said:

bubba louie said:

I’m so envious of all that space.

So am I

You’d probably use it more efficiently too :D

I planted some marigolds today…ready for when I plant out my tomatoes in a few weeks. Am trying the late planting trick again this year to see if I get better results

>>Am trying the late planting trick again this year to see if I get better results<<

Interesting concept to us down here in Victoria….where you don’t plant your tomatoes before Melbourne Cup Day! (Unless you have cover/greenhouse etc)

My seed is in the seedraising area……been there for about 10 days now, not expecting anything for some weeks.

AnneS said:

Happy Potter said:

bubba louie said:

I’m so envious of all that space.

So am I

You’d probably use it more efficiently too :D
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uumm? – i suspect it’s incredibly hard work and i reckon the size is challenging. altho’ i think mr and mrs S areabout to use it well.
do you have the water to irrigate it all anne?

justin said:

AnneS said:

Happy Potter said:

So am I

You’d probably use it more efficiently too :D
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uumm? – i suspect it’s incredibly hard work and i reckon the size is challenging. altho’ i think mr and mrs S areabout to use it well.
do you have the water to irrigate it all anne?

See the smaller of the 2 tanks…we use it for watering…gravity fed and very little pressure. We try to survive on just rainfall to fill the tank, but quite often have to top up from the landlord’s dam

AnneS said:

justin said:

AnneS said:

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uumm? – i suspect it’s incredibly hard work and i reckon the size is challenging. altho’ i think mr and mrs S areabout to use it well.
do you have the water to irrigate it all anne?

See the smaller of the 2 tanks…we use it for watering…gravity fed and very little pressure. We try to survive on just rainfall to fill the tank, but quite often have to top up from the landlord’s dam

ok – i’ll try to remember – i thought it looked too big for mains water.

Annes patch is over on the coast where rain does fall more often than in most of NSW.

roughbarked said:

Annes patch is over on the coast where rain does fall more often than in most of NSW.

That is true, although we have already had to fill the little tank from the dam to do the watering. We haven’t had much rain over the last few weeks and the seasonal gale force winds have really dried everything out, so lots of hand watering happening. The big tank is for the house.

AnneS said:

roughbarked said:

Annes patch is over on the coast where rain does fall more often than in most of NSW.

That is true, although we have already had to fill the little tank from the dam to do the watering. We haven’t had much rain over the last few weeks and the seasonal gale force winds have really dried everything out, so lots of hand watering happening. The big tank is for the house.

It has been dry here too. I’ve been watering..

G’day everyone,
We haven’t been doing much in the garden for the last 18 months or so which explains my absence from the forum for so long. I just found it too hard to get motivated after I broke my shoulder in November 2011. However now that the motivation has returned I am gradually reclaiming the vegie patch (with a little bit of help from #1 Son and Mr AnneS). As you can see from the first couple of photos it was in a pretty sorry state, but now slowly but surely it is starting to come good.

We have been collecting lots of manure from the paddocks and dumping it on the beds for the spring/summer heavy feeders to try get them ready. Didn’t get around to planting green manure this year, but hopefully the manure will do the trick. The hardest thing will be keeping the weeds down until we are ready to plant. Chickweed is rampant at this time of year, but it is relatively easy to remove and the chooks end up with a lovely feast :)

Here’s hoping that I can keep going with it.

AnneS said:

G’day everyone,
We haven’t been doing much in the garden for the last 18 months or so which explains my absence from the forum for so long. I just found it too hard to get motivated after I broke my shoulder in November 2011. However now that the motivation has returned I am gradually reclaiming the vegie patch (with a little bit of help from #1 Son and Mr AnneS). As you can see from the first couple of photos it was in a pretty sorry state, but now slowly but surely it is starting to come good.

We have been collecting lots of manure from the paddocks and dumping it on the beds for the spring/summer heavy feeders to try get them ready. Didn’t get around to planting green manure this year, but hopefully the manure will do the trick. The hardest thing will be keeping the weeds down until we are ready to plant. Chickweed is rampant at this time of year, but it is relatively easy to remove and the chooks end up with a lovely feast :)

Here’s hoping that I can keep going with it.

Cough choke splutter, nearly falls off the chair, oh oh.. Welcome back AnneS :)

Sorry I got a bit excited. Thats almost a market garden. It looks fabulous!

Yes injuries get in the way, particularly large joint ones and the time they take to heal. I’m glad you’re feeling better. I am still recovering from back probs. I managed to press a piece of yacon in the ground with my foot, and place bottle cloches over 12 broad bean seeds that I poked into the soft ground with a broomstick.

Happy Potter said:

AnneS said:

G’day everyone,
We haven’t been doing much in the garden for the last 18 months or so which explains my absence from the forum for so long. I just found it too hard to get motivated after I broke my shoulder in November 2011. However now that the motivation has returned I am gradually reclaiming the vegie patch (with a little bit of help from #1 Son and Mr AnneS). As you can see from the first couple of photos it was in a pretty sorry state, but now slowly but surely it is starting to come good.

We have been collecting lots of manure from the paddocks and dumping it on the beds for the spring/summer heavy feeders to try get them ready. Didn’t get around to planting green manure this year, but hopefully the manure will do the trick. The hardest thing will be keeping the weeds down until we are ready to plant. Chickweed is rampant at this time of year, but it is relatively easy to remove and the chooks end up with a lovely feast :)

Here’s hoping that I can keep going with it.

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Cough choke splutter, nearly falls off the chair, oh oh.. Welcome back AnneS :)

Sorry I got a bit excited. Thats almost a market garden. It looks fabulous!

Yes injuries get in the way, particularly large joint ones and the time they take to heal. I’m glad you’re feeling better. I am still recovering from back probs. I managed to press a piece of yacon in the ground with my foot, and place bottle cloches over 12 broad bean seeds that I poked into the soft ground with a broomstick.

Hi again AnneS. I was wondering how you were faring.
I’ve had my slow downs from injuries as well but I always had to admit that your raised beds are bloody awesome. I wish I’d put my garden up on blocks years ago now. Good to see you back. Don’t be shy to tell us, we love pictures of gardens and gardeners tales.

Happy Potter said:

Cough choke splutter, nearly falls off the chair, oh oh.. Welcome back AnneS :)

Sorry I got a bit excited. Thats almost a market garden. It looks fabulous!

Yes injuries get in the way, particularly large joint ones and the time they take to heal. I’m glad you’re feeling better. I am still recovering from back probs. I managed to press a piece of yacon in the ground with my foot, and place bottle cloches over 12 broad bean seeds that I poked into the soft ground with a broomstick.

Thanks HP. It’s looking the best it has in a long time….even have a couple of beds ready for grain crops. The patch is supposed to be 3 × 6 beds rotations and 1 × 6 beds for grains. The original plan was for it to be sort of like a market garden so that we could make a bit of money, but with our volunteering commitments and me running all over the country (well Lithgow, Canberra and Sydney) for family commitments we just don’t seem to be able to make the garden as productive as we would like. Although now that I have finished up one of Girl Guides roles I might have a bit more time to get out there. Also if I can maintain the motivation that I have had these last few weeks we stand a good chance.

What have you been doing to your back by the way? I planted a yacon and some oca a week or so ago. I have never planted oca before so it will be interesting to see how it goes. My last yacon suffered from neglect, so I’ll have t o keep an eye on it this time.

roughbarked said:

Hi again AnneS. I was wondering how you were faring.
I’ve had my slow downs from injuries as well but I always had to admit that your raised beds are bloody awesome. I wish I’d put my garden up on blocks years ago now. Good to see you back. Don’t be shy to tell us, we love pictures of gardens and gardeners tales.

Thanks roughbarked. The challenge now is to do them justice! Mr AnneS (aka Sleepy) did all the hard work building them; I need to maintain them. :)

My goodness….it’s enormous! I was going to ask how many you intend to feed, but I see you’ve answered that.

I’ve evolved into many disparate mixed beds for my veggies now. Seems to be working. But I am only feeding two of us. My rotations consist of keeping a plan, writing on the plan each year where the tomatoes and potatoes have been and making sure they don’t follow each other. Apart from that the last few years I’ve just intermingled things. Seems to work OK on our small scale.

buffy said:

My goodness….it’s enormous! I was going to ask how many you intend to feed, but I see you’ve answered that.

I’ve evolved into many disparate mixed beds for my veggies now. Seems to be working. But I am only feeding two of us. My rotations consist of keeping a plan, writing on the plan each year where the tomatoes and potatoes have been and making sure they don’t follow each other. Apart from that the last few years I’ve just intermingled things. Seems to work OK on our small scale.

I do lots of intermingling and rotating, there is way more food than the two of us. We eat small meals anyway. I’ve thought maybe I could offer backpackers free rent and food in turn for a days work in the garden per week.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

My goodness….it’s enormous! I was going to ask how many you intend to feed, but I see you’ve answered that.

I’ve evolved into many disparate mixed beds for my veggies now. Seems to be working. But I am only feeding two of us. My rotations consist of keeping a plan, writing on the plan each year where the tomatoes and potatoes have been and making sure they don’t follow each other. Apart from that the last few years I’ve just intermingled things. Seems to work OK on our small scale.

I do lots of intermingling and rotating, there is way more food than the two of us. We eat small meals anyway. I’ve thought maybe I could offer backpackers free rent and food in turn for a days work in the garden per week.

I’ve often thought along those lines too. :)

buffy said:

My goodness….it’s enormous! I was going to ask how many you intend to feed, but I see you’ve answered that.

I’ve evolved into many disparate mixed beds for my veggies now. Seems to be working. But I am only feeding two of us. My rotations consist of keeping a plan, writing on the plan each year where the tomatoes and potatoes have been and making sure they don’t follow each other. Apart from that the last few years I’ve just intermingled things. Seems to work OK on our small scale.

We try to keep to a regular rotation plan, but sometimes go off the the rails. I use a combination of a spreadsheet and photos to keep me on track. I have finally managed to get all 3 × 6 rotations going in the same direction to avoid confusion. In the past Sleepy has been known to plant things in the wrong part of the cycle which has at times provided a challenge with planting of Solanaceae crops, however within the broad rotation I do also do a bit of intermingling/companion planting from time to time.

hi AnneS it is good to see you. Glad you have your gardening motivation back, hopefully I will too soon. My main bed has been kept clear of weeds by helpful chooks, but another one is riddled with kikuyu and I will have to start from scratch with that I suspect.

bluegreen said:

hi AnneS it is good to see you. Glad you have your gardening motivation back, hopefully I will too soon. My main bed has been kept clear of weeds by helpful chooks, but another one is riddled with kikuyu and I will have to start from scratch with that I suspect.

I’m fastidious and won’t allow kikuyu within 50 metres of my outer boundaries.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

hi AnneS it is good to see you. Glad you have your gardening motivation back, hopefully I will too soon. My main bed has been kept clear of weeds by helpful chooks, but another one is riddled with kikuyu and I will have to start from scratch with that I suspect.

I’m fastidious and won’t allow kikuyu within 50 metres of my outer boundaries.

It came with the yard when I bought it and I don’t like to poison.

AnneS said:

Happy Potter said:

Cough choke splutter, nearly falls off the chair, oh oh.. Welcome back AnneS :)

Sorry I got a bit excited. Thats almost a market garden. It looks fabulous!

Yes injuries get in the way, particularly large joint ones and the time they take to heal. I’m glad you’re feeling better. I am still recovering from back probs. I managed to press a piece of yacon in the ground with my foot, and place bottle cloches over 12 broad bean seeds that I poked into the soft ground with a broomstick.

Thanks HP. It’s looking the best it has in a long time….even have a couple of beds ready for grain crops. The patch is supposed to be 3 × 6 beds rotations and 1 × 6 beds for grains. The original plan was for it to be sort of like a market garden so that we could make a bit of money, but with our volunteering commitments and me running all over the country (well Lithgow, Canberra and Sydney) for family commitments we just don’t seem to be able to make the garden as productive as we would like. Although now that I have finished up one of Girl Guides roles I might have a bit more time to get out there. Also if I can maintain the motivation that I have had these last few weeks we stand a good chance.

What have you been doing to your back by the way? I planted a yacon and some oca a week or so ago. I have never planted oca before so it will be interesting to see how it goes. My last yacon suffered from neglect, so I’ll have t o keep an eye on it this time.

That sounds great re market garden. Others and myself are going out of our way to source home grown produce, veges fruit eggs and meat, so as soon as you have it producing, create a FB page and list what you have. You’ll be in for a surprise I reckon.

My back is weak from nearly 18 month of post op light duties and I have a bulging disc at the next joint up. I’ll be cramming physio soon, want to get my back strong again :)

Wwoof- ers. Willing workers on organic farms. There’s a site, I’ve seen it.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

hi AnneS it is good to see you. Glad you have your gardening motivation back, hopefully I will too soon. My main bed has been kept clear of weeds by helpful chooks, but another one is riddled with kikuyu and I will have to start from scratch with that I suspect.

I’m fastidious and won’t allow kikuyu within 50 metres of my outer boundaries.

Nor will I. I will not be talked into covering it with cardboard and smothered for my front nature strip planting. That may work in some applications but it wouldn’t here. It has to be all dug out first.

bluegreen said:

hi AnneS it is good to see you. Glad you have your gardening motivation back, hopefully I will too soon. My main bed has been kept clear of weeds by helpful chooks, but another one is riddled with kikuyu and I will have to start from scratch with that I suspect.

I sympathise bluegreen. There was heaps of kikuyu and couch in our beds too :(

AnneS said:

bluegreen said:

hi AnneS it is good to see you. Glad you have your gardening motivation back, hopefully I will too soon. My main bed has been kept clear of weeds by helpful chooks, but another one is riddled with kikuyu and I will have to start from scratch with that I suspect.

I sympathise bluegreen. There was heaps of kikuyu and couch in our beds too :(

I’ve observed commercial landscape (gardeners?), filling raised beds with dirt containing couch and kikuyu.

Happy Potter said:

That sounds great re market garden. Others and myself are going out of our way to source home grown produce, veges fruit eggs and meat, so as soon as you have it producing, create a FB page and list what you have. You’ll be in for a surprise I reckon.

My back is weak from nearly 18 month of post op light duties and I have a bulging disc at the next joint up. I’ll be cramming physio soon, want to get my back strong again :)

What op did you have? My back hasn’t been too bad for the last 12 months or so, but my knees are shot with arthritis and I have been having a lot of trouble with my right foot, which hopefully having orthotics now will help. I have also developed “golfers elbow” from too much computer use….shame, shame :-D

Happy Potter said:

Wwoof- ers. Willing workers on organic farms. There’s a site, I’ve seen it.

WWOOFers have been around for long time. I remember reading about them when I first started buying Grass Roots magazine in the 80s.

roughbarked said:

AnneS said:

bluegreen said:

hi AnneS it is good to see you. Glad you have your gardening motivation back, hopefully I will too soon. My main bed has been kept clear of weeds by helpful chooks, but another one is riddled with kikuyu and I will have to start from scratch with that I suspect.

I sympathise bluegreen. There was heaps of kikuyu and couch in our beds too :(

I’ve observed commercial landscape (gardeners?), filling raised beds with dirt containing couch and kikuyu.

eek!

AnneS said:

Happy Potter said:

That sounds great re market garden. Others and myself are going out of our way to source home grown produce, veges fruit eggs and meat, so as soon as you have it producing, create a FB page and list what you have. You’ll be in for a surprise I reckon.

My back is weak from nearly 18 month of post op light duties and I have a bulging disc at the next joint up. I’ll be cramming physio soon, want to get my back strong again :)

What op did you have? My back hasn’t been too bad for the last 12 months or so, but my knees are shot with arthritis and I have been having a lot of trouble with my right foot, which hopefully having orthotics now will help. I have also developed “golfers elbow” from too much computer use….shame, shame :-D

May ’12 I had a fusion, laminectomy and discectomy, inc’ 14 bits of metal, rods bolts screws and cages, in my lumbar spine. 2 weeks in hosp and another in rehab hosp. They’re turning me into a robot.
I’ll be able to do everyyyything, lol.

Garden stuff put aside for the time being. I’m concentrating on looking after chickens and fruit trees.

AnneS said:

roughbarked said:

AnneS said:

I sympathise bluegreen. There was heaps of kikuyu and couch in our beds too :(

I’ve observed commercial landscape (gardeners?), filling raised beds with dirt containing couch and kikuyu.

eek!

I’ve seen that too and I’ve said that really needed to be thrown and replaced with clean dirt. But I get the ‘ oh don’t worry it’ll die and be fine’. I just have to bite my tongue.

Happy Potter said:

AnneS said:

roughbarked said:

I’ve observed commercial landscape (gardeners?), filling raised beds with dirt containing couch and kikuyu.

eek!

I’ve seen that too and I’ve said that really needed to be thrown and replaced with clean dirt. But I get the ‘ oh don’t worry it’ll die and be fine’. I just have to bite my tongue.

I still told the owner, because he was wanting me to plant natives in those beds.

AnneS said:

bluegreen said:

hi AnneS it is good to see you. Glad you have your gardening motivation back, hopefully I will too soon. My main bed has been kept clear of weeds by helpful chooks, but another one is riddled with kikuyu and I will have to start from scratch with that I suspect.

I sympathise bluegreen. There was heaps of kikuyu and couch in our beds too :(

had couch in the last place. It was the pits in the garden where you did not want it. I still think it is worse than kikuyu and that’s pretty bad.

Happy Potter said:

May ’12 I had a fusion, laminectomy and discectomy, inc’ 14 bits of metal, rods bolts screws and cages, in my lumbar spine. 2 weeks in hosp and another in rehab hosp. They’re turning me into a robot.
I’ll be able to do everyyyything, lol.

Garden stuff put aside for the time being. I’m concentrating on looking after chickens and fruit trees.

The bionic woman in real life! lol!

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

May ’12 I had a fusion, laminectomy and discectomy, inc’ 14 bits of metal, rods bolts screws and cages, in my lumbar spine. 2 weeks in hosp and another in rehab hosp. They’re turning me into a robot.
I’ll be able to do everyyyything, lol.

Garden stuff put aside for the time being. I’m concentrating on looking after chickens and fruit trees.

The bionic woman in real life! lol!

Hahaha. The Six Dollar woman, the kids say.

AnneS said:

G’day everyone,
We haven’t been doing much in the garden for the last 18 months or so which explains my absence from the forum for so long. I just found it too hard to get motivated after I broke my shoulder in November 2011. However now that the motivation has returned I am gradually reclaiming the vegie patch (with a little bit of help from #1 Son and Mr AnneS). As you can see from the first couple of photos it was in a pretty sorry state, but now slowly but surely it is starting to come good.

We have been collecting lots of manure from the paddocks and dumping it on the beds for the spring/summer heavy feeders to try get them ready. Didn’t get around to planting green manure this year, but hopefully the manure will do the trick. The hardest thing will be keeping the weeds down until we are ready to plant. Chickweed is rampant at this time of year, but it is relatively easy to remove and the chooks end up with a lovely feast :)

Here’s hoping that I can keep going with it.

awesome anneS and sleepy.
I can feel the sweat and taste the goodness.
I approve of the before and after shots – they let you see the task – and it is big.

justin said:

awesome anneS and sleepy.
I can feel the sweat and taste the goodness.
I approve of the before and after shots – they let you see the task – and it is big.

Thanks justin. For the last few days we have been battered by gale force winds (unfortunately very common at this time of year) and most of the mulch has been been blown away :( According to Weatherzone our wind gusts at the moment are 54 kph, but this morning they were 86 kph! There’s always something to challenge us hey?

AnneS said:

justin said:

awesome anneS and sleepy.
I can feel the sweat and taste the goodness.
I approve of the before and after shots – they let you see the task – and it is big.

Thanks justin. For the last few days we have been battered by gale force winds (unfortunately very common at this time of year) and most of the mulch has been been blown away :( According to Weatherzone our wind gusts at the moment are 54 kph, but this morning they were 86 kph! There’s always something to challenge us hey?

your site is a bit exposed – it needs windbreaks (tell the owner).
I’ve been watching your weather all year.
when a high pressure cell gets stuck in the tasman sea you guys get lots of wind and rain from the northeast, off the pacific. .

justin said:

your site is a bit exposed – it needs windbreaks (tell the owner).

It certainly is…we are gradually getting more trees planted for the windbreak. Wish we had started it right from the beginning :-(
We haven’t hassled the landlord about things like that because we pay a fairly low rent and he has only increased it by $20 in 10 years. We therefore don’t mind having to pay a bit for the landscaping but tend to do it on the cheap. Just recently we transplanted some self-sown hakeas. If they survive well and good, if the don’t we are not out of pocket. I have also been saving seed to grow some more myself. All the wattles we have planted for a windbreak were grown from seed

AnneS said:

justin said:

your site is a bit exposed – it needs windbreaks (tell the owner).

It certainly is…we are gradually getting more trees planted for the windbreak. Wish we had started it right from the beginning :-(
We haven’t hassled the landlord about things like that because we pay a fairly low rent and he has only increased it by $20 in 10 years. We therefore don’t mind having to pay a bit for the landscaping but tend to do it on the cheap. Just recently we transplanted some self-sown hakeas. If they survive well and good, if the don’t we are not out of pocket. I have also been saving seed to grow some more myself. All the wattles we have planted for a windbreak were grown from seed

temporary garden structures can provide some shelter. I noticed one book that broad beans supported on quite a high interwoven bamboo trellis.
corn and Jerusalem artichokes can be grown on the windward side but might need a bit of help staying upright in the strongest winds.
I guess tomato and bean trellises can be made strong as well.

justin said:

AnneS said:

justin said:

your site is a bit exposed – it needs windbreaks (tell the owner).

It certainly is…we are gradually getting more trees planted for the windbreak. Wish we had started it right from the beginning :-(
We haven’t hassled the landlord about things like that because we pay a fairly low rent and he has only increased it by $20 in 10 years. We therefore don’t mind having to pay a bit for the landscaping but tend to do it on the cheap. Just recently we transplanted some self-sown hakeas. If they survive well and good, if the don’t we are not out of pocket. I have also been saving seed to grow some more myself. All the wattles we have planted for a windbreak were grown from seed

temporary garden structures can provide some shelter. I noticed one book that broad beans supported on quite a high interwoven bamboo trellis.
corn and Jerusalem artichokes can be grown on the windward side but might need a bit of help staying upright in the strongest winds.
I guess tomato and bean trellises can be made strong as well.

No point building weak trellising unless other windbreaks exist.

I can get away with a few loose sticks in a teepee arrangement but I garden in small clearings in a forest of windbreaks. It is no secret that I quote ridiculous numbers of tree plantings but the fact is, to me they are not ridiculous.

AnneS, try direct sowing the native seeds you have collected. Treat them first if you wish. ie: chuck the wattle seeds in a container, pour just boiled water onto them and allow them to soak with a quick cool off by adding more water. I’ve tried all sorts of experiments and a coffee tin with some seeds and water, left in the sun and rain for a few days, will make the most difficult seeds germinate. In one instance I had a cooking pot with wattle seeds I’d tossed out because the mice and weevils had been at them. I forgot about it for quite a number of days. When I spotted it, they looked to be fermenting so I tipped the pot over on top of the contents thinking, if there were any good seeds then they are buggered. About a week later I picked the pot up thinking to do tidying and there were thousands of white wriggly roots. Yes, thousands of wattle seeds germinated.

justin said:

AnneS said:

justin said:

your site is a bit exposed – it needs windbreaks (tell the owner).

It certainly is…we are gradually getting more trees planted for the windbreak. Wish we had started it right from the beginning :-(
We haven’t hassled the landlord about things like that because we pay a fairly low rent and he has only increased it by $20 in 10 years. We therefore don’t mind having to pay a bit for the landscaping but tend to do it on the cheap. Just recently we transplanted some self-sown hakeas. If they survive well and good, if the don’t we are not out of pocket. I have also been saving seed to grow some more myself. All the wattles we have planted for a windbreak were grown from seed

temporary garden structures can provide some shelter. I noticed one book that broad beans supported on quite a high interwoven bamboo trellis.
corn and Jerusalem artichokes can be grown on the windward side but might need a bit of help staying upright in the strongest winds.
I guess tomato and bean trellises can be made strong as well.

I’m going to be planting sunflowers around the edge of the beds to give them a bit of protection. I saw that somewhere a while ago so am keen to give it a try

roughbarked said:

justin said:

AnneS said:

It certainly is…we are gradually getting more trees planted for the windbreak. Wish we had started it right from the beginning :-(
We haven’t hassled the landlord about things like that because we pay a fairly low rent and he has only increased it by $20 in 10 years. We therefore don’t mind having to pay a bit for the landscaping but tend to do it on the cheap. Just recently we transplanted some self-sown hakeas. If they survive well and good, if the don’t we are not out of pocket. I have also been saving seed to grow some more myself. All the wattles we have planted for a windbreak were grown from seed

temporary garden structures can provide some shelter. I noticed one book that broad beans supported on quite a high interwoven bamboo trellis.
corn and Jerusalem artichokes can be grown on the windward side but might need a bit of help staying upright in the strongest winds.
I guess tomato and bean trellises can be made strong as well.

No point building weak trellising unless other windbreaks exist.

I can get away with a few loose sticks in a teepee arrangement but I garden in small clearings in a forest of windbreaks. It is no secret that I quote ridiculous numbers of tree plantings but the fact is, to me they are not ridiculous.

AnneS, try direct sowing the native seeds you have collected. Treat them first if you wish. ie: chuck the wattle seeds in a container, pour just boiled water onto them and allow them to soak with a quick cool off by adding more water. I’ve tried all sorts of experiments and a coffee tin with some seeds and water, left in the sun and rain for a few days, will make the most difficult seeds germinate. In one instance I had a cooking pot with wattle seeds I’d tossed out because the mice and weevils had been at them. I forgot about it for quite a number of days. When I spotted it, they looked to be fermenting so I tipped the pot over on top of the contents thinking, if there were any good seeds then they are buggered. About a week later I picked the pot up thinking to do tidying and there were thousands of white wriggly roots. Yes, thousands of wattle seeds germinated.

Yes I have grown a few hakeas and wattles from seed; just need to increase the numbers dramatically. Although the winds are so harsh here that at times the wattles have been flattened (I think I have posted photos before about this). I will keep doing hakeas for the time being. I also plan to get some casuarina seeds from the trees in the adjacent bush and sow a heap of them eventually.

AnneS said:

roughbarked said:

justin said:

temporary garden structures can provide some shelter. I noticed one book that broad beans supported on quite a high interwoven bamboo trellis.
corn and Jerusalem artichokes can be grown on the windward side but might need a bit of help staying upright in the strongest winds.
I guess tomato and bean trellises can be made strong as well.

No point building weak trellising unless other windbreaks exist.

I can get away with a few loose sticks in a teepee arrangement but I garden in small clearings in a forest of windbreaks. It is no secret that I quote ridiculous numbers of tree plantings but the fact is, to me they are not ridiculous.

AnneS, try direct sowing the native seeds you have collected. Treat them first if you wish. ie: chuck the wattle seeds in a container, pour just boiled water onto them and allow them to soak with a quick cool off by adding more water. I’ve tried all sorts of experiments and a coffee tin with some seeds and water, left in the sun and rain for a few days, will make the most difficult seeds germinate. In one instance I had a cooking pot with wattle seeds I’d tossed out because the mice and weevils had been at them. I forgot about it for quite a number of days. When I spotted it, they looked to be fermenting so I tipped the pot over on top of the contents thinking, if there were any good seeds then they are buggered. About a week later I picked the pot up thinking to do tidying and there were thousands of white wriggly roots. Yes, thousands of wattle seeds germinated.

Yes I have grown a few hakeas and wattles from seed; just need to increase the numbers dramatically. Although the winds are so harsh here that at times the wattles have been flattened (I think I have posted photos before about this). I will keep doing hakeas for the time being. I also plan to get some casuarina seeds from the trees in the adjacent bush and sow a heap of them eventually.

Flattened .. is what you want.. you have to build wind resistance from the ground .. up.

>>I also plan to get some casuarina seeds from the trees in the adjacent bush and sow a heap of them eventually.<<

Ooh, do this! The sound of the wind in casuarinas is like ghosts…..

:)

buffy said:

>>I also plan to get some casuarina seeds from the trees in the adjacent bush and sow a heap of them eventually.<<

Ooh, do this! The sound of the wind in casuarinas is like ghosts…..

:)

I have a patch of them here.. magic in amongst them. Soft needles underfoot and sighing boughs to the sound of the sea. Transported.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

>>I also plan to get some casuarina seeds from the trees in the adjacent bush and sow a heap of them eventually.<<

Ooh, do this! The sound of the wind in casuarinas is like ghosts…..

:)

I have a patch of them here.. magic in amongst them. Soft needles underfoot and sighing boughs to the sound of the sea. Transported.

They sound lovely.

roughbarked said:

I have a patch of them here.. magic in amongst them. Soft needles underfoot and sighing boughs to the sound of the sea. Transported.

Have you ever propagated them from softwood cuttings? This is the tree that I would like to propagate from, but I have never seen it with cones so I thought I would try cuttings. Is it definitely a casuarina? I’ve always assumed that it is.

As a matter of interest, roughbarked, have you ever propagated casuarinas from cuttings instead of seed? I don’t fancy my chances of success, but I just took some softwood cuttings from this tree and have stuck them in a pot. I figure I have nothing to lose and maybe a lot to gain if they strike.

AnneS said:

roughbarked said:

I have a patch of them here.. magic in amongst them. Soft needles underfoot and sighing boughs to the sound of the sea. Transported.

Have you ever propagated them from softwood cuttings? This is the tree that I would like to propagate from, but I have never seen it with cones so I thought I would try cuttings. Is it definitely a casuarina? I’ve always assumed that it is.

As a matter of interest, roughbarked, have you ever propagated casuarinas from cuttings instead of seed? I don’t fancy my chances of success, but I just took some softwood cuttings from this tree and have stuck them in a pot. I figure I have nothing to lose and maybe a lot to gain if they strike.

To tell the truth I haven’t bothered. All the Casuarinas grow so well from seed that there is no need to watch cuttings die. For by the time the cutting is dead the seedling is bigger. However, as these are dioceous plants there is reasoning behind wanting only males of the species and I have taken root cuttings and forced the plants to sucker in order to be able to provide all males for particular plantings where uniformity is of importance.

Today’s bounty.

Now all I need to do is come up with a culinary miracle to do it justice :)

AnneS said:

Today’s bounty.

Now all I need to do is come up with a culinary miracle to do it justice :)

yummo!

bluegreen said:

AnneS said:

Today’s bounty.

Now all I need to do is come up with a culinary miracle to do it justice :)

yummo!

They are. Ended up doing a creamy pasta with added beef strips, onion and mushrooms. Quickly marinated the meat in garlic, white wine, italian herbs, lemon and black pepper. Shelled the peas cause the pods are a bit tough. Flavour was subtle but yummy

Finished digging up my garlic yesterday. Had a variety of sizes, most smallish, but ended up with 163 bulbs. Now got them drying :)

I will save the biggest ones to plant next year.

AnneS said:

Finished digging up my garlic yesterday. Had a variety of sizes, most smallish, but ended up with 163 bulbs. Now got them drying :)

I will save the biggest ones to plant next year.

MMmmmmm, home grown garlic!!

Dinetta said:

AnneS said:

Finished digging up my garlic yesterday. Had a variety of sizes, most smallish, but ended up with 163 bulbs. Now got them drying :)

I will save the biggest ones to plant next year.

MMmmmmm, home grown garlic!!

I didn’t get mine in last Autumn so am going to have to start from scratch again. Love home grown garlic.

>>I will save the biggest ones to plant next year. <<

That’s interesting…I use the big ones and replant the small ones.

buffy said:

>>I will save the biggest ones to plant next year. <<

That’s interesting…I use the big ones and replant the small ones.

Better to plant the big ones as they will produce bigger, stronger plants and more big cloves next time.

I can’t say that has been my experience. Although usually the garlic I plant is just whatever has survived in the pantry and started to sprout.

A few photos for you buffy :)

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Amaranth <iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69687975@N06/15863223076/in/photostream/player/" width="56" height="100" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe> Sorghum and a few stray Buckwheat <iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69687975@N06/15703267157/in/photostream/player/" width="56" height="100" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe> Strawberry Guava <iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69687975@N06/15269407263/in/photostream/player/" width="56" height="100" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe> Brazilian Cherry <iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69687975@N06/15888404872/in/photostream/player/" width="56" height="100" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe> Nashi Pear <iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69687975@N06/15888407102/in/photostream/player/" width="56" height="100" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe>
Blueberries <iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69687975@N06/15269415873/in/photostream/player/" width="56" height="100" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe> Banana <iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69687975@N06/15703286387/in/photostream/player/" width="56" height="100" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe> Tomatoes <iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69687975@N06/15863254186/in/photostream/player/" width="56" height="100" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe> Tomatoes, corn etc <iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69687975@N06/15888439172/in/photostream/player/" width="56" height="100" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe>

Ok the thumbnails showed up in the preview….did I put too many in the one post perhaps? I’m out of practice :(

Testing….separating them out:

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Obviously that didn’t work. I think this is the link to the first photo there:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/69687975@N06/15887037661/

But I use photobucket, so I don’t know how to get the image links from Flickr. In Photobucket you need the html thumb, not the IMG thumb. But I can’t immediately see where the linky things are on Flickr.

But using what you did put up, I got into your Photostream and had a look. It’s come along well. I remember some of the old photos from before.

buffy said:

Testing….separating them out:

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Testing

bluegreen said:

buffy said:

Testing….separating them out:

<iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69687975@N06/15887037661/player/" width="56" height="100" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe>

Testing

curious. it comes up in preview but not when you post.

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

buffy said:

Testing….separating them out:

<iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69687975@N06/15887037661/player/" width="56" height="100" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe>

Testing

curious. it comes up in preview but not when you post.

Have you got them on slideshow?

I will re-do the post

I think I’ve worked out what went wrong. When I grabbed the code originally the “embed” radio button was checked. Will try this time with “html” button checked and I won’t uplad as many at the same time.

Zucchini Passionfruit

Ta da! That worked. Will carry on regardless now:

King Edward Potatoes     Onions
Sorghum (with a few stray self-sown buckwheat). Chooks will be happy!

Sweet Potato       Amaranth  

Tomatoes