it’s easy to see why wimbledon and the melbourne cup are held in mid to late spring

- herbs and daisies -
- strawberries
- and sweet peas – all in flower.

spanish bells (yacca gloriosa) about to bloom, peony poppy and bearded iris

carrots are now pickable, cabbages will go to seed if i don’t pick em and a collossal carob crop.

i heard a loud bird screech and then my chooks when berserk. they practice going berko quite often. the two roosters tag team on alternate squorks while the 5 hens loudly cluck randomly.

i fear a snake or cat or something so i move towards the henhouse steadily looking intently all around.

nothing – just berko chooks.

then on my way back to the house a crow appears flying towards the henhouse with large sized egg in its beak.

putting 2 + 2 together i need a mustard egg.

nice ones Pepe, you be needin a Pav soon, nom nom nom

pepe said:

spanish bells (yacca gloriosa) about to bloom, peony poppy and bearded iris

please please can you save me some poppy seeds please please :D

Great Cabbage!

pepe said:

i heard a loud bird screech and then my chooks when berserk. they practice going berko quite often. the two roosters tag team on alternate squorks while the 5 hens loudly cluck randomly.

i fear a snake or cat or something so i move towards the henhouse steadily looking intently all around.

nothing – just berko chooks.

then on my way back to the house a crow appears flying towards the henhouse with large sized egg in its beak.

putting 2 + 2 together i need a mustard egg.

crows like eggs eh? and golf balls.

pepe said:

i heard a loud bird screech and then my chooks when berserk. they practice going berko quite often. the two roosters tag team on alternate squorks while the 5 hens loudly cluck randomly.

i fear a snake or cat or something so i move towards the henhouse steadily looking intently all around.

nothing – just berko chooks.

then on my way back to the house a crow appears flying towards the henhouse with large sized egg in its beak.

putting 2 + 2 together i need a mustard egg.

Ain’t bird watching fun Pepe? I haven’t got chooks to watch but I’m certainly watching the nesting kookaburras in the tree next door. Now we have crested pigeons nesting in the Pandorea vine over the arch way. The nest is about one metre from our verandah railing and right at eye level. I was surprised that they built so close to all out activities.

The Estate said:

pepe said:

spanish bells (yacca gloriosa) about to bloom, peony poppy and bearded iris

please please can you save me some poppy seeds please please :D

no probs.

flanders, asiatic, peony poppies all provide billions of tiny seed at the end of flowering season. so do you just want peony or a mixed bag of all three?

pepe said:

spanish bells (yacca gloriosa) about to bloom, peony poppy and bearded iris

Just twigged that your spanish bells are the godawful yucca that used to spike me in the bum when I was mowing. S’pose that’s something about my beloved acre block that I didn’t actually like :P

pain master said:

pepe said:

i heard a loud bird screech and then my chooks when berserk. they practice going berko quite often. the two roosters tag team on alternate squorks while the 5 hens loudly cluck randomly.

i fear a snake or cat or something so i move towards the henhouse steadily looking intently all around.

nothing – just berko chooks.

then on my way back to the house a crow appears flying towards the henhouse with large sized egg in its beak.

putting 2 + 2 together i need a mustard egg.

crows like eggs eh? and golf balls.

take out all eggs but one and that one to be holed both ends and a squeeze of mustard inserted one end. it worked last time. the crows took it and never returned.
it would have been interesting to be a fly in the nest when the kids took delivery of the tainted egg.

Ain’t bird watching fun Pepe? I haven’t got chooks to watch but I’m certainly watching the nesting kookaburras in the tree next door. Now we have crested pigeons nesting in the Pandorea vine over the arch way. The nest is about one metre from our verandah railing and right at eye level. I was surprised that they built so close to all out activities.
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the older i get the less upset i am at the damage they cause.
i have come to the conclusion if you plant enuff seed to feed a family of eight you should end up with enuff food for two.

we have 15 bird species here.
the little male blue wren has coloured up – from grey to bits of bright blue – last week.

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

spanish bells (yacca gloriosa) about to bloom, peony poppy and bearded iris

Just twigged that your spanish bells are the godawful yucca that used to spike me in the bum when I was mowing. S’pose that’s something about my beloved acre block that I didn’t actually like :P

dats the one. ms pepe is responsible.

pepe said:

The Estate said:

pepe said:

spanish bells (yacca gloriosa) about to bloom, peony poppy and bearded iris

please please can you save me some poppy seeds please please :D

no probs.

flanders, asiatic, peony poppies all provide billions of tiny seed at the end of flowering season. so do you just want peony or a mixed bag of all three?

I’ll be greedy and have one with the lot thanks lmao

The Estate said:

pepe said:

The Estate said:

please please can you save me some poppy seeds please please :D

no probs. flanders, asiatic, peony poppies all provide billions of tiny seed at the end of flowering season. so do you just want peony or a mixed bag of all three?

I’ll be greedy and have one with the lot thanks lmao

right – give me a jab in the memory if you haven’t got them by march.

pepe said:

The Estate said:

pepe said:

no probs. flanders, asiatic, peony poppies all provide billions of tiny seed at the end of flowering season. so do you just want peony or a mixed bag of all three?

I’ll be greedy and have one with the lot thanks lmao

right – give me a jab in the memory if you haven’t got them by march.

ditto lol, hey Pepe get lucky to sent me your email addy please :D

pepe said:

Ain’t bird watching fun Pepe? I haven’t got chooks to watch but I’m certainly watching the nesting kookaburras in the tree next door. Now we have crested pigeons nesting in the Pandorea vine over the arch way. The nest is about one metre from our verandah railing and right at eye level. I was surprised that they built so close to all out activities.
————————————————
the older i get the less upset i am at the damage they cause.
i have come to the conclusion if you plant enuff seed to feed a family of eight you should end up with enuff food for two.

we have 15 bird species here.
the little male blue wren has coloured up – from grey to bits of bright blue – last week.

So that would mean he’s on the lookout for a loving female I suppose. Probably the only time males bother to take care of their appearance. lol.

We have plovers further down the block with a (1) baby. They had four but as always they lose most of them. It’s risky to take a walk down that way atm. They get most upset and attack wildly.

Overall the miner birds have nests everywhere and they give all the other breeds a hell of a time, all the time. They are the reason that we only have larger birds on our property. Any thing smaller can’t handle the constant attacking from the miners.

pepe said:

we have 15 bird species here.
the little male blue wren has coloured up – from grey to bits of bright blue – last week.

envious of the wren…. Do you have a list of the 15 birds you have? And I reckon’ you have more, you may not have noticed them yet. Do you count birds that fly o’erhead?

pomolo said:

pepe said:

Ain’t bird watching fun Pepe? I haven’t got chooks to watch but I’m certainly watching the nesting kookaburras in the tree next door. Now we have crested pigeons nesting in the Pandorea vine over the arch way. The nest is about one metre from our verandah railing and right at eye level. I was surprised that they built so close to all out activities.
————————————————
the older i get the less upset i am at the damage they cause.
i have come to the conclusion if you plant enuff seed to feed a family of eight you should end up with enuff food for two.

we have 15 bird species here.
the little male blue wren has coloured up – from grey to bits of bright blue – last week.

So that would mean he’s on the lookout for a loving female I suppose. Probably the only time males bother to take care of their appearance. lol.

We have plovers further down the block with a (1) baby. They had four but as always they lose most of them. It’s risky to take a walk down that way atm. They get most upset and attack wildly.

Overall the miner birds have nests everywhere and they give all the other breeds a hell of a time, all the time. They are the reason that we only have larger birds on our property. Any thing smaller can’t handle the constant attacking from the miners.

no they are a young pair of wrens- she recognised his potential when he was grey and next thing you know he is blue ( women send me into the blues as well LOL).

The Estate said:

pepe said:

The Estate said:

I’ll be greedy and have one with the lot thanks lmao

right – give me a jab in the memory if you haven’t got them by march.

ditto lol, hey Pepe get lucky to sent me your email addy please :D

ah – ms pepe has stated there will be no asiatics or flanders this year – peonies will be ready in about a month. her highness has spoken.
so look in your snail mail about xmas (send seed by email?)

pepe said:

The Estate said:

pepe said:

right – give me a jab in the memory if you haven’t got them by march.

ditto lol, hey Pepe get lucky to sent me your email addy please :D

ah – ms pepe has stated there will be no asiatics or flanders this year – peonies will be ready in about a month. her highness has spoken.
so look in your snail mail about xmas (send seed by email?)

My Peonies didn’t like all the rain and carked it befotre they got to flower.

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

The Estate said:

ditto lol, hey Pepe get lucky to sent me your email addy please :D

ah – ms pepe has stated there will be no asiatics or flanders this year – peonies will be ready in about a month. her highness has spoken.
so look in your snail mail about xmas (send seed by email?)

My Peonies didn’t like all the rain and carked it befotre they got to flower.

you want some?

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

ah – ms pepe has stated there will be no asiatics or flanders this year – peonies will be ready in about a month. her highness has spoken.
so look in your snail mail about xmas (send seed by email?)

My Peonies didn’t like all the rain and carked it befotre they got to flower.

you want some?

no thanks pepe. they’re very marginal in our climate, not to mention illegal.

But i don’t know that. :)

strawberries are gathering strength.
i pick all the red ones each morning and chuck any that are not eatworthy.
snail pellets are spread because those damn millipedes luv strawbs too.
picking 2-3 punnets of beaut ripe ones – medium sized ones – not oversized like the tasteless giants of the stoopidmarts.
….and each day i pick more.

pepe said:

strawberries are gathering strength.
i pick all the red ones each morning and chuck any that are not eatworthy.
snail pellets are spread because those damn millipedes luv strawbs too.
picking 2-3 punnets of beaut ripe ones – medium sized ones – not oversized like the tasteless giants of the stoopidmarts.
….and each day i pick more.

envy over here… our strawbs are looking to the future, grow my little beauties!

i have 150 first year strawbs and we are beginning to pick enough to bring some into the kitchen and even give away a punnet. these are the right size for natural strawbs – the big ones sold in the shops are bred for size and shelf life – not taste.

pepe said:

i have 150 first year strawbs and we are beginning to pick enough to bring some into the kitchen and even give away a punnet. these are the right size for natural strawbs – the big ones sold in the shops are bred for size and shelf life – not taste.

Most of ours get eaten out in the garden….although this year I have had to throw quite a few to the chooks…a bit wet and something else having a feed on them before I get to them :(

pepe said:

i have 150 first year strawbs and we are beginning to pick enough to bring some into the kitchen and even give away a punnet. these are the right size for natural strawbs – the big ones sold in the shops are bred for size and shelf life – not taste.

They look yum. I’m still disappointed with mine.

pepe said:

i have 150 first year strawbs and we are beginning to pick enough to bring some into the kitchen and even give away a punnet. these are the right size for natural strawbs – the big ones sold in the shops are bred for size and shelf life – not taste.

we get one every fortnight or so.

there was a pair of these but the other one shot off and hid in the budleja.
sleepy lizard

pain master said:

pepe said:

i have 150 first year strawbs and we are beginning to pick enough to bring some into the kitchen and even give away a punnet. these are the right size for natural strawbs – the big ones sold in the shops are bred for size and shelf life – not taste.

we get one every fortnight or so.

strawbs and toms are my focus crops this year. beans aren’t that good compared to L1 and pepita’s and i’m the only one eating corn at this stage. so my normal focus has been altered.

pepe said:

there was a pair of these but the other one shot off and hid in the budleja.
sleepy lizard

Blue tongues are ok. I don’t mind them.

pepe said:

there was a pair of these but the other one shot off and hid in the budleja.
sleepy lizard

that’s not a sleepy, that’s a Blue Tongue eh? Aren’t Sleepies what the dubbers call Shinglebacks or what sozzies call Stumpies?

pain master said:

pepe said:

there was a pair of these but the other one shot off and hid in the budleja.
sleepy lizard

that’s not a sleepy, that’s a Blue Tongue eh? Aren’t Sleepies what the dubbers call Shinglebacks or what sozzies call Stumpies?

Yes.

pain master said:

pepe said:

there was a pair of these but the other one shot off and hid in the budleja.
sleepy lizard

that’s not a sleepy, that’s a Blue Tongue eh? Aren’t Sleepies what the dubbers call Shinglebacks or what sozzies call Stumpies?

i’m confused. blue tongue sounds good.

my focus this year is on strawberries and tomatoes.
both are doing well – some piccies soon.

i have one bed that has never grown anything successfully. now the sunflowers, beans, eggplant, parsley and beans i have grown there are riddled with holes. not earwigs, slugs or millipedes – it can only be birds?? – doesn’t make sense why here and not everywhere else?? peirot pepe will delve deeper.

corn beans and winter tomatoes.

looking great pepe, wont be long and you’ll be eating tommies everyday :)

150 strawberries are yielding a bowl full of tasty ripe strawberries every morning. they require an hour each morning because when you pick you also – pinch off and discard any small deformed ripe fruit and any imperfect leaves as well as weed and water.
and that’s my compost for the old chook pen when i move the chooks into the winter garden in december (think about rephrasing that pepe).

Thee said:

looking great pepe, wont be long and you’ll be eating tommies everyday :)

thanks thee – i previewed that but spacing was wrong – um?

this is the new orchard – the other big project.
the kalamatta olives and globe artichokes are two of the dryland products that will get little water in summer.
between the rows of trees is grass being mown as green manure.
in winter i will plant spuds. onions, beets, chicory (a permanent deep rooted lettuce related to tarragon?), garlic, endive, herbs, rosemary and lavendar. my aim is to use winter rain to give me food.

some flowers for the ladies who would know their names better than i.

Fabulous Pepe! Thanks for the pictorial :)

pepe said:

some flowers for the ladies who would know their names better than i.

ooh, pick me!

1. roses in a sea of wormwood
2. pink poppies, yellow/orange iceland poppies, purple salvias (?), strappy iris leaves at bottom right
3. geraniums/pelargoniums

howzat?

oh, botanical names? sorry … not my thing!!

Happy Potter said:

Fabulous Pepe! Thanks for the pictorial :)

no probs except -
a couple of corrections

1. i can’t confirm the relationship between tarragon and chicory
2. spuds have GI range 56 – 89 and are therefore fairly high GI and hi-carb.

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

some flowers for the ladies who would know their names better than i.

ooh, pick me! 1. roses in a sea of wormwood 2. pink poppies, yellow/orange iceland poppies, purple salvias (?), strappy iris leaves at bottom right
3. geraniums/pelargoniums howzat?
oh, botanical names? sorry … not my thing!!

those purple flowers in #2 are the sage going to seed – so 100% correct.
you missed the nasturtiums in the last piccy. botanical names – na – i’m with you.

pepe said:

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

some flowers for the ladies who would know their names better than i.

ooh, pick me! 1. roses in a sea of wormwood 2. pink poppies, yellow/orange iceland poppies, purple salvias (?), strappy iris leaves at bottom right
3. geraniums/pelargoniums howzat?
oh, botanical names? sorry … not my thing!!

those purple flowers in #2 are the sage going to seed – so 100% correct.
you missed the nasturtiums in the last piccy. botanical names – na – i’m with you.

The red rose is Dr Huey, used as grafting stock, a few of my climbers reverted back to Dr H

The Estate said:

pepe said:

Yeehah said:

ooh, pick me! 1. roses in a sea of wormwood 2. pink poppies, yellow/orange iceland poppies, purple salvias (?), strappy iris leaves at bottom right
3. geraniums/pelargoniums howzat?
oh, botanical names? sorry … not my thing!!

those purple flowers in #2 are the sage going to seed – so 100% correct.
you missed the nasturtiums in the last piccy. botanical names – na – i’m with you.

The red rose is Dr Huey, used as grafting stock, a few of my climbers reverted back to Dr H

bramble thingy – can’t get rid of it . it now has a name thanks.

pepe said:

this is the new orchard – the other big project.
the kalamatta olives and globe artichokes are two of the dryland products that will get little water in summer.
between the rows of trees is grass being mown as green manure.
in winter i will plant spuds. onions, beets, chicory (a permanent deep rooted lettuce related to tarragon?), garlic, endive, herbs, rosemary and lavendar. my aim is to use winter rain to give me food.

Big project Pepe.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

this is the new orchard – the other big project.
the kalamatta olives and globe artichokes are two of the dryland products that will get little water in summer.
between the rows of trees is grass being mown as green manure.
in winter i will plant spuds. onions, beets, chicory (a permanent deep rooted lettuce related to tarragon?), garlic, endive, herbs, rosemary and lavendar. my aim is to use winter rain to give me food.

Big project Pepe.

True – my buns felt it today.
It’s such unbelievable mild, breezy, humid, damp pleasant weather that it seems possible.
All the fencelines are now looking good and the orchard area has been given a #2 shave – rock melon planted and lots of garlic drying out ready for mass plantings.

my strawberry children are a lot of trouble but they are worth it
- photo1 – the crown is in the centre and as long as it is healthy we have growth
- p2 – 4 of the 5 rows are now covered – the birds have located them at last and they would eat them all
- p3 – the ones the birds didn’t get.

P1 – tis hot and the chooks are bathing (in dust)
P2 – neighbour’s red flowering gum
P3 – pond with the leaves of the waterlilly shredded by overenthusiastic drinking birds
P4 – clouds are gathering after a hot day

P4 – I know of those clouds.

pain master said:

P4 – I know of those clouds.

we are just heading off for a walk down the beach with dogs – i will let you know if there is any rain in them clouds.

pepe said:

pain master said:

P4 – I know of those clouds.

we are just heading off for a walk down the beach with dogs – i will let you know if there is any rain in them clouds.

dogs luvved the beach. the tide was out and it was new for all of us. gulls, albatross (smallish?), terns? and are petrels a sea bird? we are researching two birds we saw.

the clouds weren’t down the beach – they were forming over the hills. lots of flies down there in fishing country tho’.

pepe said:

pepe said:

pain master said:

P4 – I know of those clouds.

we are just heading off for a walk down the beach with dogs – i will let you know if there is any rain in them clouds.

dogs luvved the beach. the tide was out and it was new for all of us. gulls, albatross (smallish?), terns? and are petrels a sea bird? we are researching two birds we saw.

the clouds weren’t down the beach – they were forming over the hills. lots of flies down there in fishing country tho’.

“albatross (smallish?)” could this possibly be a Pacific Gull? and petrels are certainly sea-birds.

“albatross (smallish?)” could this possibly be a Pacific Gull? and petrels are certainly sea-birds.
——
ok – noted
- the albatrosss had – very yellow beaks and an all-black head

pepe said:

“albatross (smallish?)” could this possibly be a Pacific Gull? and petrels are certainly sea-birds.
——
ok – noted
- the albatrosss had – very yellow beaks and an all-black head

very interesting…. what about the rest of the bird?

pain master said:

pepe said:

“albatross (smallish?)” could this possibly be a Pacific Gull? and petrels are certainly sea-birds.
——
ok – noted
- the albatrosss had – very yellow beaks and an all-black head

very interesting…. what about the rest of the bird?

ms p recalls – white neck and chest, black on shoulders ?

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

“albatross (smallish?)” could this possibly be a Pacific Gull? and petrels are certainly sea-birds.
——
ok – noted
- the albatrosss had – very yellow beaks and an all-black head

very interesting…. what about the rest of the bird?

ms p recalls – white neck and chest, black on shoulders ?

when you say an all-black head, do you mean raven-black or more greyish-black?

pain master said:

pepe said:

pain master said:

very interesting…. what about the rest of the bird?

ms p recalls – white neck and chest, black on shoulders ?

when you say an all-black head, do you mean raven-black or more greyish-black?

charcoal grey above the beak line/eyeline.
i’m beginning to doubt my memory – so hopefully we’ll be down there again soon.

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

ms p recalls – white neck and chest, black on shoulders ?

when you say an all-black head, do you mean raven-black or more greyish-black?

charcoal grey above the beak line/eyeline.
i’m beginning to doubt my memory – so hopefully we’ll be down there again soon.

okay, what made you think it was an albatross, was it the size? the shape of the beak? the length of the wingspan? Was there something that immediately made you think “Albatross”????

pain master said:

pepe said:

pain master said:

when you say an all-black head, do you mean raven-black or more greyish-black?

charcoal grey above the beak line/eyeline.
i’m beginning to doubt my memory – so hopefully we’ll be down there again soon.

okay, what made you think it was an albatross, was it the size? the shape of the beak? the length of the wingspan? Was there something that immediately made you think “Albatross”????

it was gull like – but twice the size. never saw the wing span because a group of 5 of them were nesting on a low gravel mound in the middle of the beach.

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

charcoal grey above the beak line/eyeline.
i’m beginning to doubt my memory – so hopefully we’ll be down there again soon.

okay, what made you think it was an albatross, was it the size? the shape of the beak? the length of the wingspan? Was there something that immediately made you think “Albatross”????

it was gull like – but twice the size. never saw the wing span because a group of 5 of them were nesting on a low gravel mound in the middle of the beach.

a common mistake in SA is seeing Pacific Gulls and thinking they are Albatross, but the Adults have white heads, yet the Juveniles do have a pretty dusky coating all over…

I maybe wrong but it is my impression that the warmer the weather gets, the further south the Albatross will travel… it only seems to be in the dead of winter that an Albatross will grace the shores of SA.

But there are always exceptions to every rule…. Hmmm?

- 750gm coliban spud. if the seed was 50gms this (on its own) is a 15:1 return.
- mixed poppy – seed collection is now – plants have finished flowering

pepe said:

- 750gm coliban spud. if the seed was 50gms this (on its own) is a 15:1 return.

That’s a fantastic spud, I would be happy to swing by your place and swap a coliban for a sweet one if only we lived not so far away. Nice work pepe.

pepe said:

- 750gm coliban spud. if the seed was 50gms this (on its own) is a 15:1 return.
- mixed poppy – seed collection is now – plants have finished flowering

That’s a beauty. I bandicooted and got a few King Edwards and a couple of Kennebecs, but nothing that size! Bravo pepe

pepe said:

- 750gm coliban spud. if the seed was 50gms this (on its own) is a 15:1 return.
- mixed poppy – seed collection is now – plants have finished flowering

I’m going to have to try and beat your record now Pepe.

pain master said:

pepe said:

- 750gm coliban spud. if the seed was 50gms this (on its own) is a 15:1 return.

That’s a fantastic spud, I would be happy to swing by your place and swap a coliban for a sweet one if only we lived not so far away. Nice work pepe.

thanks yammaster.
i realise too that the fossil fuel burnt to enable our swap makes the swap improbable. i think they grew a lot of spuds (coliban?) in Katherine so you might try them again.
I have grown sweet spuds here – just slower and smaller than your yields.

AnneS said:

pepe said:

- 750gm coliban spud. if the seed was 50gms this (on its own) is a 15:1 return.
- mixed poppy – seed collection is now – plants have finished flowering

That’s a beauty. I bandicooted and got a few King Edwards and a couple of Kennebecs, but nothing that size! Bravo pepe

kennebecs will beat that – so keep growing them – they are the biggest and best chipping spud.
bandicooting is small spuds anyhoo.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

- 750gm coliban spud. if the seed was 50gms this (on its own) is a 15:1 return.
- mixed poppy – seed collection is now – plants have finished flowering

I’m going to have to try and beat your record now Pepe.

size isn’t everything pomolo LOL.
the most popular size is about 250 gms – called ‘housewife’s choice’.

drizzly rain again – a remarkable season.

the citrus were starting to drop fruit tho – so i have just watered them.
the strawbs are setting their second lot of flowers so i have just liquid fertilised them.
first beans were picked for last night’s tea and my winter toms have green fruit about the size of a golf ball.

pepe said:

AnneS said:

pepe said:

- 750gm coliban spud. if the seed was 50gms this (on its own) is a 15:1 return.
- mixed poppy – seed collection is now – plants have finished flowering

That’s a beauty. I bandicooted and got a few King Edwards and a couple of Kennebecs, but nothing that size! Bravo pepe

kennebecs will beat that – so keep growing them – they are the biggest and best chipping spud.
bandicooting is small spuds anyhoo.

Morning pepe et all. I reckon Spunta are pretty good for chipping, but I’m not growing any this year

Morning pepe et all. I reckon Spunta are pretty good for chipping, but I’m not growing any this year
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spunta? never heard of them.
still there was a time when a spud was a spud so we are becoming more selective.

are youse growing sweet potato ?

pepe said:

Morning pepe et all. I reckon Spunta are pretty good for chipping, but I’m not growing any this year
——
spunta? never heard of them.
still there was a time when a spud was a spud so we are becoming more selective.

are youse growing sweet potato ?

i looked Spunta up – genetic hybrid? – they do sound versatile – so i’ll keep an eye out for them.

pepe said:

Morning pepe et all. I reckon Spunta are pretty good for chipping, but I’m not growing any this year
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spunta? never heard of them.
still there was a time when a spud was a spud so we are becoming more selective.

are youse growing sweet potato ?

Spunta is a variety I’ve bought from Diggers over the last couple of years.

https://secure.diggersgardenclub.com.au/pc-1303-35-spunta-seed-potato.aspx

Yes I do have sweet potato in this year, but they wewre planted fairly late (October) so are still pretty small. As we don’t usually get frosts here till about June I’m hoping to hava a long enough warm growing season for them

pepe said:

pepe said:

Morning pepe et all. I reckon Spunta are pretty good for chipping, but I’m not growing any this year
——
spunta? never heard of them.
still there was a time when a spud was a spud so we are becoming more selective.

are youse growing sweet potato ?

i looked Spunta up – genetic hybrid? – they do sound versatile – so i’ll keep an eye out for them.

That I can’t tell you I’m sorry…but we like them. Although I still think King Edward is my favourite