Mixing poultry in the compost area:)

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/2008/08/compost-poultry.html

looks good i already read it yesterday helps to have a RRS feed.

Sometimes your little helpers are no help at all!!

orchid40 said:

Sometimes your little helpers are no help at all!!

Be nice after they make a mess, they cleaned up:)

veg gardener said:

looks good i already read it yesterday helps to have a RRS feed.

Good lad:D

Radishes are up as well as the beetroot:D

Lovely harvest from the patch today. Tried my celery from Pep’s donation of seedlings…yummo:D

I can grow celery:D Yay

>I can grow celery:D Yay

I promise I won’t start a rumour that celery and rhubarb are closely related….

;^)

colliewa said:

>I can grow celery:D Yay

I promise I won’t start a rumour that celery and rhubarb are closely related….

;^)

Really….hell….lol

Between you and me…… rhubarb ain’t doing much….

Lucky1 said:

colliewa said:

>I can grow celery:D Yay

I promise I won’t start a rumour that celery and rhubarb are closely related….

;^)

Really….hell….lol

Between you and me…… rhubarb ain’t doing much….

I think it will fire up when the weather warms up Lucky. Well I’m hoping that’s what mine will do!

orchid40 said:

Lucky1 said:

colliewa said:

>I can grow celery:D Yay

I promise I won’t start a rumour that celery and rhubarb are closely related….

;^)

Really….hell….lol

Between you and me…… rhubarb ain’t doing much….

I think it will fire up when the weather warms up Lucky. Well I’m hoping that’s what mine will do!

Thanks Mum:)

I agree – wait til the warm weather and see what happens Lucky. My veggie patch has gone crazy in the last week. Serious growing happening here. And I’m going away for a month :(( Hope The Man looks after it for me; and doesn’t eat it all LOL.

Lucky1 said:

orchid40 said:

Lucky1 said:

colliewa said:

>I can grow celery:D Yay

I promise I won’t start a rumour that celery and rhubarb are closely related….

;^)

Really….hell….lol

Between you and me…… rhubarb ain’t doing much….

I think it will fire up when the weather warms up Lucky. Well I’m hoping that’s what mine will do!

Thanks Mum:)

:D

Some photos of some overly sexy spunky looking chooks:D

Plus for some fun a poll on what sort of birds you may have in your backyard.:D

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

Lucky1 said:

Some photos of some overly sexy spunky looking chooks:D

Plus for some fun a poll on what sort of birds you may have in your backyard.:D

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

Wow, you have a mighty handsome rooster there Lucky – and the girls are lovely too.

Well the newly sown carrots are a fizzer….. I have these weeds coming up, that are so fine to pull up:(
Hard to tell what is carrot & what is weeds.

Never had this happen in this area before. Real pain in the bum.

So this area will have some tomato plants in next pay. Then the area will be mulched and end of the weed problem.

Nectarine blossoms:)

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

Such a pretty pink colour.

My spuds are up……… yay… tomorrow I’ll have to clean the duck shed out and pop the straw over the spud area and top it up……… wasn’t egg-specting the spuds up this quick.

Lucky I emailed the nursery to ask them about wheather or not to let the peach and nectarine fruit and I got this reply .

“ Just leave the flowers on your peach. They will drop off naturally if the tree doesn’t have the energy to hold them.”

Cool :D

Happy Potter said:

Lucky I emailed the nursery to ask them about wheather or not to let the peach and nectarine fruit and I got this reply .

“ Just leave the flowers on your peach. They will drop off naturally if the tree doesn’t have the energy to hold them.”

Cool :D

Thanks HP:)

Evening Mrs Lucky1.

pomolo said:

Evening Mrs Lucky1.

Waves to Pomolo:)

Garden is looking after itself here…… just cutting up some freshly pulled carrots for tea..

Pulled the bird netting off the green manure today:D

Cleaned out the duck shed, some in the compost bay and some for the spud area.

Yep my spuds are up:) How about yours Pepe???

Lucky1 said:

Pulled the bird netting off the green manure today:D

Cleaned out the duck shed, some in the compost bay and some for the spud area.

Yep my spuds are up:) How about yours Pepe???

morning lucky
nope my spuds are deliberately buried beneath straw and i’m hoping to further bury them beneath pine needles. i haven’t had a close look but i’m happy to see no shoots for a month or two – they can bluddy well stay under there until they form some tubers LOL.

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

Pulled the bird netting off the green manure today:D

Cleaned out the duck shed, some in the compost bay and some for the spud area.

Yep my spuds are up:) How about yours Pepe???

morning lucky
nope my spuds are deliberately buried beneath straw and i’m hoping to further bury them beneath pine needles. i haven’t had a close look but i’m happy to see no shoots for a month or two – they can bluddy well stay under there until they form some tubers LOL.

I’m starting as on today to mulch them with straw. I’ll take some photos of them and post later on today.

My spuds were planted a spades depth down, so between that and the straw, hoping for a good harvest.

My spuds were planted a spades depth down, so between that and the straw, hoping for a good harvest.
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me too – patience (and good rains) is needed.

Oh ohoh……… broad beans are starting to flower:D

Lucky1 said:

Oh ohoh……… broad beans are starting to flower:D

Oh cool!!

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Oh ohoh……… broad beans are starting to flower:D

Oh cool!!

Yeah, hope I can cook something yummy with them. Otherwise I’ll have to fly to merry old England and slap Jamie Oliver around his ears;P

Photos of my spuds and green manure patch:)

Broad beans as well

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/2008/09/plants-moving.html

Lucky1 said:

Photos of my spuds and green manure patch:)

Broad beans as well

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/2008/09/plants-moving.html

Looking good Lucky :)

looks good lucky.

veg gardener said:

looks good lucky.

Thanks VG:)

This little fella visited the front garden today:D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/Luckyland/Bugs/th_dragonfly.jpg

cool, me likes Dragonflies… I got a picture of one or two near the deer… but later. Got things to off and do.

pain master said:

cool, me likes Dragonflies… I got a picture of one or two near the deer… but later. Got things to off and do.

Very egg-cited when it called in for a visit.

Couple of snapshots of my main part of the garden as of 30 mins ago.

Still playing out there.

Lucky1 said:

Couple of snapshots of my main part of the garden as of 30 mins ago.

Still playing out there.

Good work L1. Lots of yummy meals in that lot :-)

Crinkle said:

Lucky1 said:

Couple of snapshots of my main part of the garden as of 30 mins ago.

Still playing out there.

Good work L1. Lots of yummy meals in that lot :-)

Thanks Crinkle…BBQ is finished…time to get back to playing. JimBob came round for a feed too:D I invited him and he said yes….:D

Hey that looks booming Lucky :) I see you have solar lights there. We have too. This week KMart has them on special. MrO40 bought 20, plus we already had some. Our backyard looks like an airport runway in the dark LOL. Or maybe an early start for Christmas LOL.

orchid40 said:

Hey that looks booming Lucky :) I see you have solar lights there. We have too. This week KMart has them on special. MrO40 bought 20, plus we already had some. Our backyard looks like an airport runway in the dark LOL. Or maybe an early start for Christmas LOL.

Front yard is like that with the Christmas lights.

Things will be booming later on when the other summer crops are put in too:D

:D

looks good lucky

Playing for the day has come to a screaming halt for the day….off for a shower.

A yarn with pictures about playing with my food today:)

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/2008/09/playing-with-my-food.html

I’m stuffed.

lovely photo of dragonfly lucky.

lovely photo of dragonfly lucky.

looks good Lucky.

What a great days play in the garden Lucky :D

pepe said:

lovely photo of dragonfly lucky.

Thanks:D

Happy Potter said:

What a great days play in the garden Lucky :D

It was HP:) Body is sore now though…..

Happy Potter said:

What a great days play in the garden Lucky :D

Yes – and I’m impressed with the photographs and detailed report too! Well done on all counts, Lucky! :) Inspirational!

cackles said:

Happy Potter said:

What a great days play in the garden Lucky :D

Yes – and I’m impressed with the photographs and detailed report too! Well done on all counts, Lucky! :) Inspirational!

Thanks…. I like to sit back and look at what I have done at the end of the day.

This warm weather has bought the growth on in the garden:D

Picked enough silver beet this morning for the ducks, chooks and bunnies. Still looks FAB TAB in the garden after the slashing:)

Said to the elf about having some spinach for tea tonight too. He doesn’t eat it…. I do though.

Curly parsley is growing heaps now as well……

My garden is just looking so FABBER TABBER:D

Apple blossoms:D

Aw, isn’t apple blossom pretty? Spring is Wonderful!!!

orchid40 said:

Aw, isn’t apple blossom pretty? Spring is Wonderful!!!

To me the colour is a lipstick pink:)

Yes spring is a lovely season.

Lucky1 said:

This warm weather has bought the growth on in the garden:D

Picked enough silver beet this morning for the ducks, chooks and bunnies. Still looks FAB TAB in the garden after the slashing:)

Said to the elf about having some spinach for tea tonight too. He doesn’t eat it…. I do though.

Curly parsley is growing heaps now as well……

My garden is just looking so FABBER TABBER:D

So is mine but none of it is vegies. Alas!

Today MrP ordered the cement blocks to start construction on our vegie plot. 600 long x 150 wide x 60high. Then we’ll see what we can produce. Be prepared for some competition.

Lucky1 said:

Apple blossoms:D

Will they actually become apples this year?

pomolo said:

Lucky1 said:

Apple blossoms:D

Will they actually become apples this year?

I don’t know…. this is a learning curve for us here.

pomolo said:

Lucky1 said:

This warm weather has bought the growth on in the garden:D

Picked enough silver beet this morning for the ducks, chooks and bunnies. Still looks FAB TAB in the garden after the slashing:)

Said to the elf about having some spinach for tea tonight too. He doesn’t eat it…. I do though.

Curly parsley is growing heaps now as well……

My garden is just looking so FABBER TABBER:D

So is mine but none of it is vegies. Alas!

Today MrP ordered the cement blocks to start construction on our vegie plot. 600 long x 150 wide x 60high. Then we’ll see what we can produce. Be prepared for some competition.

Way to go the Pomolo’s :D
You will have to beat my silverbeet seeds up in 4 days…

Change of plans….

going to be 30 degrees tomorrow…. gasp.

Too hot for gardening…but nice for washing the under-lay:D

Out of bed at 7 am tomorrow to get it started.

Gardening on Sunday now…so I’ll do today’s cleaning tomorrow……. how egg-citing.

so I’ll do today’s cleaning tomorrow……. how egg-citing.
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I’ll be thinking of you…should be doing housework in sympathy but want to get the office tidied up whilst family is at the bush picnic races…

Dinetta said:

so I’ll do today’s cleaning tomorrow……. how egg-citing.
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I’ll be thinking of you…should be doing housework in sympathy but want to get the office tidied up whilst family is at the bush picnic races…

Sounds about as much fun as my place;)

We are egg-citedly waiting for Rainey from Ausgarden to call in for a visit this arvo:D

Cossmic Gardener is coming in the next week or so too:)

I am feeling very special.

Had a lovely visit from Rainy and now an update on my blog.

No gardening here today as it got to 34 flip’n degrees.

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

I WANT MY WINTER BACK!!!!

Lucky1 said:

Had a lovely visit from Rainy and now an update on my blog. No gardening here today as it got to 34 flip’n degrees. http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/ I WANT MY WINTER BACK!!!!

chuckle – it was a tad warmish today.
that apple blossom is a beautiful flower. my quince flower is similar. don’t you love spring LOL.

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

Had a lovely visit from Rainy and now an update on my blog. No gardening here today as it got to 34 flip’n degrees. http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/ I WANT MY WINTER BACK!!!!

chuckle – it was a tad warmish today.
that apple blossom is a beautiful flower. my quince flower is similar. don’t you love spring LOL.

Yeah….when the temp is low (very low) 20’s.

Lucky1 said:

Had a lovely visit from Rainy and now an update on my blog.

No gardening here today as it got to 34 flip’n degrees.

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

I WANT MY WINTER BACK!!!!

You know the cure … move up here!!!

melbourne weather flip/flops all the time….not that good for the vegies. one day it’s cold, and next day it’s very warm, causing some wilting.
toms and eggplants are growing nicely from seed. looking forward to planting them out in late october or early november.

Yeehah said:

Lucky1 said:

Had a lovely visit from Rainy and now an update on my blog.

No gardening here today as it got to 34 flip’n degrees.

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

I WANT MY WINTER BACK!!!!

You know the cure … move up here!!!

Naaa…Tasmania !!!

Lucky1 said:

Yeehah said:

Lucky1 said:

Had a lovely visit from Rainy and now an update on my blog.

No gardening here today as it got to 34 flip’n degrees.

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

I WANT MY WINTER BACK!!!!

You know the cure … move up here!!!

Naaa…Tasmania !!!

But where I live is great in the winter time, if you get sick of the cold it’s only a couple of hours’ drive to warm weather. Less than 2 hours from the Queensland border, even.

Yeehah said:

Lucky1 said:

Yeehah said:

Lucky1 said:

Had a lovely visit from Rainy and now an update on my blog.

No gardening here today as it got to 34 flip’n degrees.

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

I WANT MY WINTER BACK!!!!

You know the cure … move up here!!!

Naaa…Tasmania !!!

But where I live is great in the winter time, if you get sick of the cold it’s only a couple of hours’ drive to warm weather. Less than 2 hours from the Queensland border, even.

Tempting:)

Been to the toy sop this morning and we seemed to spend more time working out the cheapest way to go with trellises for cucumber and climbing beans. Elf sucked me into buying another tomato plant and I bought 1 egg plant. For me that should be enough as I only eat them.

Bought apple & burpless cucumbers for the garden./…..now to squeeze them in.

Green manure will be turned in this week.

Just in for some cold drinks with ice:D

Beans all sorted out and the cucumber trellises are going in next.

Bean lots of fun playing today with before and after shots for my blog.

Bean just such a nice day weather wise too.

It’s bean a FAB TAB of a day for the garden.

Haven’t a cue where I am going to put 8 cucumber seedlings:D

This one is turning out to be a bit of a challenge….LOL

Found homes for 4 seedlings….just finding a home for the other homeless 4.

Rain clouds are going over us and its a bit cooler now.

Lucky1 said:

Haven’t a cue where I am going to put 8 cucumber seedlings:D

This one is turning out to be a bit of a challenge….LOL

Found homes for 4 seedlings….just finding a home for the other homeless 4.

Rain clouds are going over us and its a bit cooler now.

Lol ,that problem.. where to plant things when you have no space, hehe. I planted 4 leb cucs behind and between cauli’s…there is a trellis behind the caulis, so why not. I’ll let you know how they go..

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Haven’t a cue where I am going to put 8 cucumber seedlings:D

This one is turning out to be a bit of a challenge….LOL

Found homes for 4 seedlings….just finding a home for the other homeless 4.

Rain clouds are going over us and its a bit cooler now.

Lol ,that problem.. where to plant things when you have no space, hehe. I planted 4 leb cucs behind and between cauli’s…there is a trellis behind the caulis, so why not. I’ll let you know how they go..

I have 4 smaller trellises this season for my cues, had to split them up as this season I have 8 plants. Me thinks….. I will hopefully be over run with the buggers.

Better make a cuppa guys…. about 14 photos.

Before and after photos of the areas we worked on, plus a couple of gardening tips.

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

been a FAB TAB of a day in the garden:D

well done Lucky!
it’s all looking lovely and healthy :D

Happy Potter said:

well done Lucky!
it’s all looking lovely and healthy :D

Thanks HP:)

Looks so different to when you were here…..LOL

Hope you enjoyed seeing what Pat & I did this afternoon. In the near future I hope to show you some FAB TAB results of foods harvested.
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i enjoyed it thanks.
trellises are a good idea – the height makes the area look more interesting and you don’t have to bend so much to pick. you could also claim they are wind breaks and sun shades – so you set up several micoclimates.

pepe said:

Hope you enjoyed seeing what Pat & I did this afternoon. In the near future I hope to show you some FAB TAB results of foods harvested.
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i enjoyed it thanks.
trellises are a good idea – the height makes the area look more interesting and you don’t have to bend so much to pick. you could also claim they are wind breaks and sun shades – so you set up several micoclimates.

Oh good points there pepe:) I was thinking this when I was around the broad beans area.

Lucky1 said:

Better make a cuppa guys…. about 14 photos.

Before and after photos of the areas we worked on, plus a couple of gardening tips.

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

been a FAB TAB of a day in the garden:D

looks good.

veg gardener said:

Lucky1 said:

Better make a cuppa guys…. about 14 photos.

Before and after photos of the areas we worked on, plus a couple of gardening tips.

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

been a FAB TAB of a day in the garden:D

looks good.

Thanks VG:)

Lucky your garden’s looking wonderful – healthy and productive and Full! Well done :)

orchid40 said:

Lucky your garden’s looking wonderful – healthy and productive and Full! Well done :)

Thanks o40:)

Very pleased with the results.