picking capsicums, beans, zuchs , corn and cueys at present.
can you pick which one is missing from the photo?
everyone is saying its a good year for butternut and i can verify that – a dozen or so are forming but not quite ripe yet.
pepe said:
picking capsicums, beans, zuchs , corn and cueys at present.
can you pick which one is missing from the photo?
everyone is saying its a good year for butternut and i can verify that – a dozen or so are forming but not quite ripe yet.
you ate the corn already?
bluegreen said:
pepe said:
picking capsicums, beans, zuchs , corn and cueys at present.
can you pick which one is missing from the photo?
everyone is saying its a good year for butternut and i can verify that – a dozen or so are forming but not quite ripe yet.
you ate the corn already?
correct. pity – the colour scheme was better with it.
pepe said:
bluegreen said:
pepe said:
picking capsicums, beans, zuchs , corn and cueys at present.
can you pick which one is missing from the photo?
everyone is saying its a good year for butternut and i can verify that – a dozen or so are forming but not quite ripe yet.
you ate the corn already?
correct. pity – the colour scheme was better with it.
better eaten straight away ;)
better eaten straight away ;)
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yes – the rats and mice know that too unfortunately.
does anyone happen to have a colour chart for a pH testing kit ?
mine has blown away – altho’ it might be lost in a stack of papers i haven’t sifted yet.
the soil beneath my lime tree gives a dark purple result and i forget if that is acid or an alkaline result.
pepe said:
better eaten straight away ;)
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yes – the rats and mice know that too unfortunately.does anyone happen to have a colour chart for a pH testing kit ?
mine has blown away – altho’ it might be lost in a stack of papers i haven’t sifted yet.the soil beneath my lime tree gives a dark purple result and i forget if that is acid or an alkaline result.
dark purple is alkaline, you want to make it more acidic for citrus.
dark purple is alkaline, you want to make it more acidic for citrus.
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thanks – probably explains the iron deficiency too i guess.
pepe said:
dark purple is alkaline, you want to make it more acidic for citrus.
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thanks – probably explains the iron deficiency too i guess.
definitely :)
the jerusalem artichokes have grown well and are flowering – sedums are just stating to flower as well
my butternuts looking ok and my zuchs with the same mildewy type leaf fungal growth that HP is suffering.
on the left of the first photo is lemon thyme – the second photo is ordinary thyme.
as with basil the recipes normally ask for thyme so its difficult to justify planting lemon thyme – tho’ it is the better looking ground cover.
my winter seedlings are tiny tiny – this is kale – the biggest of them
the 1st photo – pesto on left and frozen blanched beans on right show that ms pepe is busily using the autumn harvest. the broccoli head at the back is not much good but (as the next photo shows) – broccoli that grew all summer without heading is starting to produce in this cooler weather.
poas grass was desperate for the 10mm of rain we got overnight.
jamaican grass is thriving and will hopefully grow above head height next year and block the morning summer sun from the terrace thus keeping us cooler.
jerusalem artichokes with their yellow flowers and 2m height will be harvested when they die off.
a lot of summer veges are harvesting now – capsicum, carrot, celery, lemon balm, spring onions.
- lime tree will produce despite soil which is too alkaline. next job is to topdress with acidic grape marc.
- alium borders are in flower now.
- the ponds.
- black sapote has survived its first summer here. it will need its own plastic surround for winter.
that’s all folks.
pepe said:
poas grass was desperate for the 10mm of rain we got overnight.
jamaican grass is thriving and will hopefully grow above head height next year and block the morning summer sun from the terrace thus keeping us cooler.
jerusalem artichokes with their yellow flowers and 2m height will be harvested when they die off.
I like that Jamaica Grass!
pain master said:
pepe said:
poas grass was desperate for the 10mm of rain we got overnight.
jamaican grass is thriving and will hopefully grow above head height next year and block the morning summer sun from the terrace thus keeping us cooler.
jerusalem artichokes with their yellow flowers and 2m height will be harvested when they die off.
I like that Jamaica Grass!
its also a black clumping bamboo – so quite trendy.
the poa grass is in trouble i should apply some lime – the marc probably made the soil too acidic.
pepe said:
pain master said:
pepe said:
poas grass was desperate for the 10mm of rain we got overnight.
jamaican grass is thriving and will hopefully grow above head height next year and block the morning summer sun from the terrace thus keeping us cooler.
jerusalem artichokes with their yellow flowers and 2m height will be harvested when they die off.
I like that Jamaica Grass!
its also a black clumping bamboo – so quite trendy.
the poa grass is in trouble i should apply some lime – the marc probably made the soil too acidic.
I recko’ the marc would do that… :(
pepe said:
a lot of summer veges are harvesting now – capsicum, carrot, celery, lemon balm, spring onions.
all looking very nice indeed, Pepe
pepe said:
Looks tranquil, any change of a more long-range shot?
Your crops always look so healthy Pepe! Love the ponds too. Do you feed your lime? Mine is hopeless but I think it’s climate more than anything that makes it a failure here.
Dinetta said:
pepe said:
Looks tranquil, any change of a more long-range shot?
g’ay dinetta – if you look at the ‘black sapote ‘ photo these same ponds are in the background. ms pepe keeps the ponds clean by taking out the slime and putting it on the compost heap. they are a lot of work and water but the little creatures use them year round as a drinking trough – so worth it IMHO.
orchid40 said:
Your crops always look so healthy Pepe! Love the ponds too. Do you feed your lime? Mine is hopeless but I think it’s climate more than anything that makes it a failure here.
my citrus are a structural part of my garden layout as well as food. so they are vital to the garden and will, in time, give me a shady avenue. therefore i spoil them. every year they get 100mm of manure plus the minerals (epsom salts, seaweed and iron) around their dripline. they are also mulched and watered religiously throughout summer. they get pruned every year too.
pepe said:
Dinetta said:
pepe said:
Looks tranquil, any change of a more long-range shot?
g’ay dinetta – if you look at the ‘black sapote ‘ photo these same ponds are in the background. ms pepe keeps the ponds clean by taking out the slime and putting it on the compost heap. they are a lot of work and water but the little creatures use them year round as a drinking trough – so worth it IMHO.
Oh Absolutely…need water in a garden for the little “friends of the garden”…this also explains why you have them in the ground…good on Mrs Pepe for maintaining them…yay!
Had a look at the sopoate photo and can see the ponds now…Ragamuffin’s immediate comment was “the cane toads will love that” but I explained that the Adelaide Hills don’t have cane toads…lucky things…
pepe said:
orchid40 said:
Your crops always look so healthy Pepe! Love the ponds too. Do you feed your lime? Mine is hopeless but I think it’s climate more than anything that makes it a failure here.
my citrus are a structural part of my garden layout as well as food. so they are vital to the garden and will, in time, give me a shady avenue. therefore i spoil them. every year they get 100mm of manure plus the minerals (epsom salts, seaweed and iron) around their dripline. they are also mulched and watered religiously throughout summer. they get pruned every year too.
Hmmmmm………….well you are getting rewards for that! I’ve done that to my citrus, and only the lime does not respond :(
orchid40 said:
pepe said:
orchid40 said:
Your crops always look so healthy Pepe! Love the ponds too. Do you feed your lime? Mine is hopeless but I think it’s climate more than anything that makes it a failure here.
my citrus are a structural part of my garden layout as well as food. so they are vital to the garden and will, in time, give me a shady avenue. therefore i spoil them. every year they get 100mm of manure plus the minerals (epsom salts, seaweed and iron) around their dripline. they are also mulched and watered religiously throughout summer. they get pruned every year too.
Hmmmmm………….well you are getting rewards for that! I’ve done that to my citrus, and only the lime does not respond :(
Hmmmmm indeed. that only leaves drainage and climate. i guess you know it doesn’t like wet feet – so maybe your climate is a tad cold? is it in full sun?
Dinetta said:
Had a look at the sopoate photo and can see the ponds now…Ragamuffin’s immediate comment was “the cane toads will love that” but I explained that the Adelaide Hills don’t have cane toads…lucky things…
yeah – no toads or fruit fly. tell ragamuffin we don’t get enough rain and the soils are old and worn out. they reckon the toads might come down with the floods – oh joy LOL.
pepe said:
orchid40 said:
pepe said:my citrus are a structural part of my garden layout as well as food. so they are vital to the garden and will, in time, give me a shady avenue. therefore i spoil them. every year they get 100mm of manure plus the minerals (epsom salts, seaweed and iron) around their dripline. they are also mulched and watered religiously throughout summer. they get pruned every year too.
Hmmmmm………….well you are getting rewards for that! I’ve done that to my citrus, and only the lime does not respond :(
Hmmmmm indeed. that only leaves drainage and climate. i guess you know it doesn’t like wet feet – so maybe your climate is a tad cold? is it in full sun?
It’s melbourne, Pepe, freezing cold one minute and hot the next. I really feel that this is the root of the problem. They are tropical plants after all. I need to move it to a more sheltered spot I suppose.
pepe said:
Dinetta said:
Had a look at the sopoate photo and can see the ponds now…Ragamuffin’s immediate comment was “the cane toads will love that” but I explained that the Adelaide Hills don’t have cane toads…lucky things…
yeah – no toads or fruit fly. tell ragamuffin we don’t get enough rain and the soils are old and worn out. they reckon the toads might come down with the floods – oh joy LOL.
Will do…she’s yet to follow up on that info you sent me, there’s been a ‘settling in’ to the job but I’ll remind her again next week after the new manager has made his mark…
pepe said:
poas grass was desperate for the 10mm of rain we got overnight.
jamaican grass is thriving and will hopefully grow above head height next year and block the morning summer sun from the terrace thus keeping us cooler.
jerusalem artichokes with their yellow flowers and 2m height will be harvested when they die off.
Thank the heavens for the 10m of rain Pepe. Hope there is more or your plants soon.
pepe said:
a lot of summer veges are harvesting now – capsicum, carrot, celery, lemon balm, spring onions.
Wish our capsicums looked half as good as yours.
pepe said:
- lime tree will produce despite soil which is too alkaline. next job is to topdress with acidic grape marc.
- alium borders are in flower now.
- the ponds.
- black sapote has survived its first summer here. it will need its own plastic surround for winter.that’s all folks.
Alkaline soil or not, your lime looks healthy to me.
It’s melbourne, Pepe, freezing cold one minute and hot the next. I really feel that this is the root of the problem. They are tropical plants after all. I need to move it to a more sheltered spot I suppose.
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probably true orchid.
might pay to see if any are growing on the peninsula.
Thank the heavens for the 10m of rain Pepe. Hope there is more or your plants soon.
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we have found a cheap source of replacement poas pomolo. they are small specimens tho’
pepe said:
It’s melbourne, Pepe, freezing cold one minute and hot the next. I really feel that this is the root of the problem. They are tropical plants after all. I need to move it to a more sheltered spot I suppose.
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probably true orchid.
might pay to see if any are growing on the peninsula.
Good idea :)