time for a new one already in a couple of days shall try to update, cause i’ve enjoyed looking back on the photos and seeing how much the garden has grown over the months.

Watermelon vine has some small melons, to get them to develop larger melons take off all the side shoots of the main vine and take off flowers seems to be over 4 on it now, but are still very small.

Eggplant hasn’t started flowering yet as well.

veg gardener said:

Eggplant hasn’t started flowering yet as well.

How long has the eggplant been in?

Eggplants are like tomatoes and capsicums, they fruit best when it’s hot.

If it hasn’t developed fruit yet, your best bet for fruit is a late start to autumn.

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

Eggplant hasn’t started flowering yet as well.

How long has the eggplant been in?

Eggplants are like tomatoes and capsicums, they fruit best when it’s hot.

If it hasn’t developed fruit yet, your best bet for fruit is a late start to autumn.

Should be able to tell by the summer photos, before the new year i think. Tomatoes are just about finished.

John Deere 6320 with the Power Harrows down at Brandon Park, which is for sale at 2.6mil.
(hope you can’t see the Massey Ferguson Cap!)

Veg gardener said:

John Deere 6320 with the Power Harrows down at Brandon Park, which is for sale at 2.6mil.
(hope you can’t see the Massey Ferguson Cap!)

how do power harrows differ from a rotary hoe?

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

John Deere 6320 with the Power Harrows down at Brandon Park, which is for sale at 2.6mil.
(hope you can’t see the Massey Ferguson Cap!)

how do power harrows differ from a rotary hoe?

Harrows only got 100mm deep and Break up the Clumps of dirt.
Got a photo of the finished Product on my phone…….
What happened as, the grass was Mulched then they put the Rotary hoe on it then the Power Harrows, Should Have been ripped as well, Cause all that it has done is gave the top 100mm into fine soil, Next it gets seeded (not sure what yet, or if we will cause its up for sale and theres a bloke lookin).

Thought I would take a Photo from a Different spot for this shot.
Bed 5, 4 and 3

Bed 4 – Broc, Cauils, Cabbage and Silverbeet, Shall put some Kale in the area thats got a bit more space or Plant some more Silverbeet.

Bed 5 – Sweet peas Near star posts, Dwarf Beans Need to Plant a few more and some late Zucchinis.

Veg gardener said:

Thought I would take a Photo from a Different spot for this shot.
Bed 5, 4 and 3

Bed 4 – Broc, Cauils, Cabbage and Silverbeet, Shall put some Kale in the area thats got a bit more space or Plant some more Silverbeet.

Bed 5 – Sweet peas Near star posts, Dwarf Beans Need to Plant a few more and some late Zucchinis.

do I spot a Guinea Fowl?

Spot 2 of them there PM.

Veg gardener said:

Thought I would take a Photo from a Different spot for this shot.
Bed 5, 4 and 3

Bed 4 – Broc, Cauils, Cabbage and Silverbeet, Shall put some Kale in the area thats got a bit more space or Plant some more Silverbeet.

Bed 5 – Sweet peas Near star posts, Dwarf Beans Need to Plant a few more and some late Zucchinis.

Very nice pictures veg. Gardens are looking good.

pomolo said:

Very nice pictures veg. Gardens are looking good

cheers pom, glad i’ve been mulching the gardens it helped alot during summer, hopefully in for a good winter crop.

better add them plants have been in for 2 weeks.

Veg gardener said:

Bed 5 – Sweet peas Near star posts, Dwarf Beans Need to Plant a few more and some late Zucchinis.

great
you’re really getting the hang of this.
great mulch – very tidy job.

Full shot of bed 3, 4 and 5

Bed 4

Bed 5.

Veg gardener said:

Full shot of bed 3, 4 and 5

Bed 4

Bed 5.

you’ve been busy planting new seedlings.
that rhubarb is big.

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

Full shot of bed 3, 4 and 5

Bed 4

Bed 5.

you’ve been busy planting new seedlings.
that rhubarb is big.

They where the ones I planted back in the end of Feb. Zucchinis it is.

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

Full shot of bed 3, 4 and 5

Bed 4

Bed 5.

you’ve been busy planting new seedlings.
that rhubarb is big.

They where the ones I planted back in the end of Feb. Zucchinis it is.

zucchinis – right – i knew that.
not bad since february – and unlike mine they have room to grow.

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

you’ve been busy planting new seedlings.
that rhubarb is big.

They where the ones I planted back in the end of Feb. Zucchinis it is.

zucchinis – right – i knew that.
not bad since february – and unlike mine they have room to grow.

Thinking about another bed full of the same again end of this Month or just before Easter.

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

They where the ones I planted back in the end of Feb. Zucchinis it is.

zucchinis – right – i knew that.
not bad since february – and unlike mine they have room to grow.

Thinking about another bed full of the same again end of this Month or just before Easter.

good luck – if you get frosts in june/july – oh dear.
these two will give you heaps up until the frosts arrive.

peas

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

zucchinis – right – i knew that.
not bad since february – and unlike mine they have room to grow.

Thinking about another bed full of the same again end of this Month or just before Easter.

good luck – if you get frosts in june/july – oh dear.
these two will give you heaps up until the frosts arrive.

peas

Ment the Broc, Cauil and silverbeets.

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

Thinking about another bed full of the same again end of this Month or just before Easter.

good luck – if you get frosts in june/july – oh dear.
these two will give you heaps up until the frosts arrive.

peas

Ment the Broc, Cauil and silverbeets.

ok – good.
staggering at this time of year is a gamble – six weeks between plantings is about right. you can’t leave it too long because the cold weather will slow them down too much.

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

good luck – if you get frosts in june/july – oh dear.
these two will give you heaps up until the frosts arrive.

peas

Ment the Broc, Cauil and silverbeets.

ok – good.
staggering at this time of year is a gamble – six weeks between plantings is about right. you can’t leave it too long because the cold weather will slow them down too much.

rather gamble plants then cash.

125grams Of Silver beet, Still only small, only 80grams of Beans ( 5-6 small beans) and 1.5kg of zucchini 3 nice sized ones, photo shall follow soon.

Ok, I’ve got the go a head to get more fruit trees. So far I think we’ll be adding 1x mandrine (unsure which type yet), and a nectarine I need two for Pollination and wouldn’t Mind and apple tree.

Kelpie Doing extra work around the place, comes in handy for moving the goats and cattle and now killing Mice. Puts the Cat to shame I reckon.

Cute dog :) Ours caught a mouse once (a particularly thick mouse) but I think she only wanted to play, not eat it. We don’t encourage her – in the suburbs, you have to assume your neighbours use poison, thus it isn’t safe.

Veg gardener said:

Kelpie Doing extra work around the place, comes in handy for moving the goats and cattle and now killing Mice. Puts the Cat to shame I reckon.

I agree. More efficient than cats, who tend to muck around with the killing of a single moose…

bon008 said:

Cute dog :) Ours caught a mouse once (a particularly thick mouse) but I think she only wanted to play, not eat it. We don’t encourage her – in the suburbs, you have to assume your neighbours use poison, thus it isn’t safe.

X-working dog from dads Uncle farm up near Stroud. He pretty much wanted to do both, Loves chasing anything that moves. Can’t bait as we have owls around.

Dinetta said:

I agree. More efficient than cats, who tend to muck around with the killing of a single moose…

Cat was to busy laying around to catch and kill.

Veg gardener said:

bon008 said:

Cute dog :) Ours caught a mouse once (a particularly thick mouse) but I think she only wanted to play, not eat it. We don’t encourage her – in the suburbs, you have to assume your neighbours use poison, thus it isn’t safe.

X-working dog from dads Uncle farm up near Stroud. He pretty much wanted to do both, Loves chasing anything that moves. Can’t bait as we have owls around.

Oh, I’d love to have owls around! There are certainly mice for the taking at my place. We do sometimes see a pair of birds in the area which I think are kestrels.

bon008 said:

Veg gardener said:

bon008 said:

Cute dog :) Ours caught a mouse once (a particularly thick mouse) but I think she only wanted to play, not eat it. We don’t encourage her – in the suburbs, you have to assume your neighbours use poison, thus it isn’t safe.

X-working dog from dads Uncle farm up near Stroud. He pretty much wanted to do both, Loves chasing anything that moves. Can’t bait as we have owls around.

Oh, I’d love to have owls around! There are certainly mice for the taking at my place. We do sometimes see a pair of birds in the area which I think are kestrels.

See them most nights on the fence post, seen a few during the day and then have seen the same one laying in the middle of the road.

the farmer down the road had to bait for rats because of all his grain and cereal crops. he now reckons his favourite cat has disappeared. he probably poisoned it accidentally.

pepe said:

the farmer down the road had to bait for rats because of all his grain and cereal crops. he now reckons his favourite cat has disappeared. he probably poisoned it accidentally.

up at the dairy theres Baits laying around for rats.

pepe said:

the farmer down the road had to bait for rats because of all his grain and cereal crops. he now reckons his favourite cat has disappeared. he probably poisoned it accidentally.

Wouldn’t surprise me…there were baits here when we came but we cleaned them up quick-smart with 2 toddlers and a new-born…the presence of the cats in the house generally keeps meece numbers down, altho’ they move in during times of great wet and/or cold…

I think the farmer down the road would be better with a couple of terriers…just my opinion of course…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

the farmer down the road had to bait for rats because of all his grain and cereal crops. he now reckons his favourite cat has disappeared. he probably poisoned it accidentally.

Wouldn’t surprise me…there were baits here when we came but we cleaned them up quick-smart with 2 toddlers and a new-born…the presence of the cats in the house generally keeps meece numbers down, altho’ they move in during times of great wet and/or cold…

I think the farmer down the road would be better with a couple of terriers…just my opinion of course…

he’s got three beautiful labradors. i think he should put his bait in bait stations that only rodents can get at. works for me. …. well – except for that time i found a skink curled up inside a bait station – it was alive tho’.

Dinetta said:

Veg gardener said:

Kelpie Doing extra work around the place, comes in handy for moving the goats and cattle and now killing Mice. Puts the Cat to shame I reckon.

I agree. More efficient than cats, who tend to muck around with the killing of a single moose…

Our old girl once caught three baby rats at once. One was in her mouth, one under a front paw and she was lying on the third. They were a bit bigger than a mouse and very agile too.
She was in the middle of the lawn so goodness knows how she got them all there.

bon008 said:

Veg gardener said:

bon008 said:

Cute dog :) Ours caught a mouse once (a particularly thick mouse) but I think she only wanted to play, not eat it. We don’t encourage her – in the suburbs, you have to assume your neighbours use poison, thus it isn’t safe.

X-working dog from dads Uncle farm up near Stroud. He pretty much wanted to do both, Loves chasing anything that moves. Can’t bait as we have owls around.

Oh, I’d love to have owls around! There are certainly mice for the taking at my place. We do sometimes see a pair of birds in the area which I think are kestrels.

I often hear a Boobook late at night.

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

the farmer down the road had to bait for rats because of all his grain and cereal crops. he now reckons his favourite cat has disappeared. he probably poisoned it accidentally.

Wouldn’t surprise me…there were baits here when we came but we cleaned them up quick-smart with 2 toddlers and a new-born…the presence of the cats in the house generally keeps meece numbers down, altho’ they move in during times of great wet and/or cold…

I think the farmer down the road would be better with a couple of terriers…just my opinion of course…

he’s got three beautiful labradors. i think he should put his bait in bait stations that only rodents can get at. works for me. …. well – except for that time i found a skink curled up inside a bait station – it was alive tho’.

They can still get poisoned by eating the sick rodent.

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

Wouldn’t surprise me…there were baits here when we came but we cleaned them up quick-smart with 2 toddlers and a new-born…the presence of the cats in the house generally keeps meece numbers down, altho’ they move in during times of great wet and/or cold…

I think the farmer down the road would be better with a couple of terriers…just my opinion of course…

he’s got three beautiful labradors. i think he should put his bait in bait stations that only rodents can get at. works for me. …. well – except for that time i found a skink curled up inside a bait station – it was alive tho’.

They can still get poisoned by eating the sick rodent.

true

found a rat the size of a dust pan and a small rat laying out in the paddocks. blow hole to the head.