My green manure has been growing as snug as a bug in a rug under its mosquito net, but the time came for it to be dug in…

Your new shovel works great BG LoL

The Estate said:

Your new shovel works great BG LoL

yep, I had to leave it in the picture for show :D

what are you planting ??

don’t know yet! the soil was in a poor state at the end of the hot dry summer so I wanted to do something to condition it – hence the green manure. I will let this break down but by then it will be winter so not much good planting anything then, although I might consider another crop of green manure…

But mainly I’m just getting it ready for Spring planting which will probably be my usual tomatoes, capsicum and zucchini…

Wow….. looks FAB TAB……..how did you find digging it in??

Lucky1 said:

Wow….. looks FAB TAB……..how did you find digging it in??

digging in wasn’t that hard, except I would forget where I had dug and turn it up again! lol!

just waged war on a climbing rose I had been given but wasn’t performing that well flower wise. It tended to grow 20 foot canes with a single flower at the end where I couldn’t appreciate it. I tried tying canes down for lateral growth, which would be still long and whippy and above my head. I also tried terminating the main canes for side shoots, but they would still head for the sky. So I have reduced it to a stump. I figure it will either sulk, take off with a vengence and be just a bad as before, or decide to become a bush rose. I am hoping for the latter but expecting one of the former, lol!

I suspect it was bred as a bush rose but displayed aberrant behaviour, because on the tag it had bush crossed out with texta, and climbing written in. If I am not happy with it after another 12 months then it’s coming out because the thorns are nasty when you are trying to garden around it.

I’m not really a rose person anyway, but at one stage people were giving them to me as presents.

WoW BG u look like u have been busy today.

veg gardener said:

WoW BG u look like u have been busy today.

sure have VG :D

speaking of spades….i like the one Pete uses nowadays in GA tv show. it gives you a foot hold right in the middle, instead of the usual side/edge foot holds.

my green manure was planted late..still got a month or so to go. i used the Goodman’s seed green manure mix. it’s fab tab for cold weather green manure growing.

Aquarium they look like a great shovel, what brand is yours that you have, becuase I am after a short handled shovel.

aquarium said:

speaking of spades….i like the one Pete uses nowadays in GA tv show. it gives you a foot hold right in the middle, instead of the usual side/edge foot holds.

my green manure was planted late..still got a month or so to go. i used the Goodman’s seed green manure mix. it’s fab tab for cold weather green manure growing.

yes, I like Pete’s spade too. Never seen one like that anywhere and I’ve wondered if it was specially made.

When I checked my records my green manure was planted early November. Didn’t realise it was that long ago!

I must be a really late person I am ordering my Green manure seeds now, or I may as well order them now and hold on to them till November or when Uncle Pete plants his out.

veg gardener said:

Aquarium they look like a great shovel, what brand is yours that you have, becuase I am after a short handled shovel.

now you’ve confused me VG…we were talking about spades…and now you mention shovels.
personally i have a long spade, and a short handled shovel…but don’t have the spade that Pete uses.

aquarium said:

veg gardener said:

Aquarium they look like a great shovel, what brand is yours that you have, becuase I am after a short handled shovel.

now you’ve confused me VG…we were talking about spades…and now you mention shovels.
personally i have a long spade, and a short handled shovel…but don’t have the spade that Pete uses.

ok i mean spade.

veg gardener said:

aquarium said:

veg gardener said:

Aquarium they look like a great shovel, what brand is yours that you have, becuase I am after a short handled shovel.

now you’ve confused me VG…we were talking about spades…and now you mention shovels.
personally i have a long spade, and a short handled shovel…but don’t have the spade that Pete uses.

ok i mean spade.

did you mean ny spade with the orange handle VG?

becuase I share all the gardening tools with my dad we have a long handled spade, long handle shovel and short handle shovel as well and a garden fork which is mine which is a short handle and then all of the rest of the tools we use, i have my own trowel, and secateurs and anvil secateurs and a pruning saw.

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

aquarium said:

veg gardener said:

Aquarium they look like a great shovel, what brand is yours that you have, becuase I am after a short handled shovel.

now you’ve confused me VG…we were talking about spades…and now you mention shovels.
personally i have a long spade, and a short handled shovel…but don’t have the spade that Pete uses.

ok i mean spade.

did you mean ny spade with the orange handle VG?

yes i do mean that.

veg gardener said:

aquarium said:

veg gardener said:

Aquarium they look like a great shovel, what brand is yours that you have, becuase I am after a short handled shovel.

now you’ve confused me VG…we were talking about spades…and now you mention shovels.
personally i have a long spade, and a short handled shovel…but don’t have the spade that Pete uses.

ok i mean spade.

some great (but expensive) digging gear at www.digadoo.com.au

is that the brand you have?

nope…i don’t have fancy ones at moment.
been through a few forks before i arrived at reasonably strong one that doesn’t cost too much.

have a look at this link the picture on the page has Pete holding his fancy spade http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/video/

veg gardener said:

bluegreen said:

did you mean ny spade with the orange handle VG?

yes i do mean that.

I bought it at the Melbourne International Garden Show. It came as a set with a fork as well, both stainless steel. I’m not sure if it is available in the shops though.

BlueGreen what brand is it?

I’ll go check. back soon.

bluegreen said:

I’ll go check. back soon.

thank you alot BlueGreen.

aquarium said:

nope…i don’t have fancy ones at moment.
been through a few forks before i arrived at reasonably strong one that doesn’t cost too much.

have a look at this link the picture on the page has Pete holding his fancy spade http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/video/

they look like a good shade i reckon, better then using a long handle one, he had that on the weekends show when he chopped down his green manure didn’t he?

OK, the brand is Clevedon

wow you are fast.

veg gardener said:

wow you are fast.

I was just inside the garage near the back door :)

looks like you can order them online as well.

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

wow you are fast.

I was just inside the garage near the back door :)

ok, if I want to go look at the gardening tools I will Need to walk out to the shed.

can’t find the thing I am after.

veg gardener said:

looks like you can order them online as well.

they have other gardening tools online, but I can’t see the spade and fork.

that’s what I found as well.

veg gardener said:

can’t find the thing I am after.

maybe you could email them about what you are after.

ill email them on Monday Moring.

lots of interesting and sometimes technical info on digging type garden tools here http://www.the-organic-gardener.com/garden-tool.html
though most of the company links are U.K. based.

hey.. would my chook’s grain be ok for a green manure? It’s got all the parrot type of grain and wheat, lucern , sunflower seed, millet ect..? I want to treat my old spud patch and might be planting corn there in time.

Happy Potter said:

hey.. would my chook’s grain be ok for a green manure? It’s got all the parrot type of grain and wheat, lucern , sunflower seed, millet ect..? I want to treat my old spud patch and might be planting corn there in time.

I don’t see why not….. any green manure turned back into the soil has to be better than none at all. Just don’t let it flower as that will take all the goodness from the plant into the flower.

Did you know that you can also grow a summer green manure??? I have a writeup somewhere on this with a list of what seeds to sow for a summer green manure.

Did you know that you can also grow a summer green manure??? I have a writeup somewhere on this with a list of what seeds to sow for a summer green manure.
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I’d like to see that when you’ve got time, please Lucky