the winter garden hangs on better than normal – compost keeps growing – sweetpeas start to climb

onion seedlings barely visible but they are standing up – carrots

ms pepe in gardening garb – prepared for the footy

pepe said:

ms pepe in gardening garb – prepared for the footy

Stylishly-dressed gardener there…no “baggy a***d gardener” by the looks of it…

;)

the winter garden hangs on better than normal – compost keeps growing – sweetpeas start to climb
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Your compost looks good…sweetpeas!!! at this time of the year!!!

Sonny Jim whippersnipped around the other side of the round bed for me, so I can upgrade the quarter there ready for eggplant and capsicum and tomatoes (I hope)…they will all grow together, won’t they????

good going Peps all looks healthy. Love the savoy cabbage.
I’m glad you showed tiny carrots , now I know what they look like :)

Compost is looking FAB TAB:)

Lucky1 said:

Compost is looking FAB TAB:)

Isn’t it tho’, Lucky?

I’ve got a quandry: there’s some healthy but unidentified plants coming up in my compost…do I start a new compost heap and let these run riot or do I throw the next lot of compost on top and hope I have saved the seeds of whatever is coming up?????

The frogs hibernate in my compost…in the shredded paper layers…

I’ve got a quandry: there’s some healthy but unidentified plants coming up in my compost…do I start a new compost heap and let these run riot or do I throw the next lot of compost on top and hope I have saved the seeds of whatever is coming up?????
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Well if you have the room…. start a new compost area and see what comes of the feral plants. This is what I would do.

Lucky1 said:

I’ve got a quandry: there’s some healthy but unidentified plants coming up in my compost…do I start a new compost heap and let these run riot or do I throw the next lot of compost on top and hope I have saved the seeds of whatever is coming up?????
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Well if you have the room…. start a new compost area and see what comes of the feral plants. This is what I would do.

Thanks Lucky…

:)

I have the room alright…have a couple of besser block 1 metre by 1 metre beds as well…might invest the compost in them ….

No doubt about it, Pepe’s compost pic is inspirational…

GTG

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357309.htm

Maybe next year, Pepe

Dinetta said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357309.htm

Maybe next year, Pepe

Oh don’t get me started…..LOL……. I’m so happy they lost…….. shame on me though….LOL

Oh what the heck….ROTFPIMP

Dinetta said:

the winter garden hangs on better than normal – compost keeps growing – sweetpeas start to climb
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Your compost looks good…sweetpeas!!! at this time of the year!!!

Sonny Jim whippersnipped around the other side of the round bed for me, so I can upgrade the quarter there ready for eggplant and capsicum and tomatoes (I hope)…they will all grow together, won’t they????

sweetpeas normally flower in spring. tomatoes, eggplant and capsicum are all related and grow together well – same soil, same watering, same full sun requirements.

i can only score 3 out of 5 for my compost – i don’t – shred or build in one day – i do – turn it, layer it and build it to over a metre cubed.

Dinetta said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357309.htm

Maybe next year, Pepe

mumble, mumble – silly looking football game
oh well – beer and chips were good.

sweetpeas normally flower in spring.
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Well! Here’s me remembering them as a winter flower, but we always had plenty for The Flower Show (Church fundraiser when I was a kid – took up the whole town hall)….this was generally the first week of September (before the heat kills everything)…

It’s amazing, the difference in our climates, how you have got sweetpeas coming on, and have just planted out your potatoes, and I am fervently hoping my potato crops before the high 30’s arrive…maybe we will enjoy
an extended cool weather “event” this year????

i can only score 3 out of 5 for my compost – i don’t – shred or build in one day – i do – turn it, layer it and build it to over a metre cubed.
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Judging by the photos, you’re doing something very well with your compost…

Lucky1 said:

Dinetta said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357309.htm

Maybe next year, Pepe

Oh don’t get me started…..LOL……. I’m so happy they lost…….. shame on me though….LOL

Oh what the heck….ROTFPIMP

I aint sayin nuffin! :-I

It’s amazing, the difference in our climates, how you have got sweetpeas coming on, and have just planted out your potatoes, and I am fervently hoping my potato crops before the high 30’s arrive…maybe we will enjoy an extended cool weather “event” this year????
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in adelaide we had the hottest ever march on record than the coldest period in july/august for a long time. i’m hoping for a wet spring too. those sweetpeas are on the west of the sun and only get afternoon sun – so they might be a bit late.

Judging by the photos, you’re doing something very well with your compost
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shell bell is my compost guru – i do get huge volumes of grass on this 2 acres.

pepe said:

Judging by the photos, you’re doing something very well with your compost
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shell bell is my compost guru – i do get huge volumes of grass on this 2 acres.

I would get lots of grass also…but not in the winter as I tend not to water then, the grass doesn’t like the cold and goes dormant…

morning all
we are getting intermittent days of sunshine and showers here – so it might be a good growing season.
the spring vege garden seems to have no outright failures so far – indeed not a single seedling lost -
- broccoli, cabbages, corn, celery, lebanese cueys, zucchinis and many onion seedlings are all small but growing.
peas and carrots are my best effort since 2005 – when i moved here.

pepe said:

morning all
we are getting intermittent days of sunshine and showers here – so it might be a good growing season.
the spring vege garden seems to have no outright failures so far – indeed not a single seedling lost -
- broccoli, cabbages, corn, celery, lebanese cueys, zucchinis and many onion seedlings are all small but growing.
peas and carrots are my best effort since 2005 – when i moved here.

It all sounds good Pepe, very heartening when you can say that :)

Morning, man I slept last night and crawled out of bed at 10.30.

Elf is mowing the backyard…. we have rain this arvo and for tomorrow predicted.

pepe said:

morning all
we are getting intermittent days of sunshine and showers here – so it might be a good growing season.
the spring vege garden seems to have no outright failures so far – indeed not a single seedling lost -
- broccoli, cabbages, corn, celery, lebanese cueys, zucchinis and many onion seedlings are all small but growing.
peas and carrots are my best effort since 2005 – when i moved here.

Are the summer seedlings planted out or in the hot house still???

You must be very egg-cited about the “best efforts” on the peas and carrots:)

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

morning all
we are getting intermittent days of sunshine and showers here – so it might be a good growing season.
the spring vege garden seems to have no outright failures so far – indeed not a single seedling lost -
- broccoli, cabbages, corn, celery, lebanese cueys, zucchinis and many onion seedlings are all small but growing. peas and carrots are my best effort since 2005 – when i moved here.

Are the summer seedlings planted out or in the hot house still??? You must be very egg-cited about the “best efforts” on the peas and carrots:)

summer seedlings are planted out and one half of my available spring planting area is left. I have over a dozen roma tomato seedlings in the hothouse.
not too eggcited – there’s a long way to go – but a good start.

its just too beautiful to be inside today – so i’ve planted the toms

…and i’ve planted – sweet potato, garlic, basil and two types of bush beans (hawkesbury wonderand stingless) in the ground

pepe said:

its just too beautiful to be inside today – so i’ve planted the toms

that last photo is the hothouse fruit that is just coming on now

pepe said:

…and i’ve planted – sweet potato, garlic, basil and two types of bush beans (hawkesbury wonderand stingless) in the ground

That is so cool…… I’m planting some tommies out next week.

That is so cool…… I’m planting some tommies out next week.
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g’day
it feels so warm and springy that i can’t imagine frost returning.
with beans – the packet says “plant into damp soil” – the soil is still damp so i planted.

pepe said:

That is so cool…… I’m planting some tommies out next week.
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g’day
it feels so warm and springy that i can’t imagine frost returning.
with beans – the packet says “plant into damp soil” – the soil is still damp so i planted.

Oh beans in the garden is one of my most fav…one year I had so many beans, I was over run in the freezer……

Looks good pepe.

pepe said:

…and i’ve planted – sweet potato, garlic, basil and two types of bush beans (hawkesbury wonderand stingless) in the ground

You’ve been a very good boy Pepe and you can have some dinner tonight :)
BTW, the tomatoes look good too.

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

That is so cool…… I’m planting some tommies out next week.
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g’day
it feels so warm and springy that i can’t imagine frost returning.
with beans – the packet says “plant into damp soil” – the soil is still damp so i planted.

Oh beans in the garden is one of my most fav…one year I had so many beans, I was over run in the freezer……

freezer – wats a freezer? hopefully i will be eating lots fresh.

veg gardener said:

Looks good pepe.

ta VG
how’s ya chooks?

orchid40 said:

pepe said:

…and i’ve planted – sweet potato, garlic, basil and two types of bush beans (hawkesbury wonderand stingless) in the ground

You’ve been a very good boy Pepe and you can have some dinner tonight :)
BTW, the tomatoes look good too.

thanks mum
can i have a beer for being a good boy?

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

That is so cool…… I’m planting some tommies out next week.
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g’day
it feels so warm and springy that i can’t imagine frost returning.
with beans – the packet says “plant into damp soil” – the soil is still damp so i planted.

Oh beans in the garden is one of my most fav…one year I had so many beans, I was over run in the freezer……

freezer – wats a freezer? hopefully i will be eating lots fresh.

Oh farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr tooooooo mannnnnnnnyyy to eat fresh:D

pepe said:

orchid40 said:

pepe said:

…and i’ve planted – sweet potato, garlic, basil and two types of bush beans (hawkesbury wonderand stingless) in the ground

You’ve been a very good boy Pepe and you can have some dinner tonight :)
BTW, the tomatoes look good too.

thanks mum
can i have a beer for being a good boy?

Just the one as a special treat :)

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

Looks good pepe.

ta VG
how’s ya chooks?

good.

things are going pretty well –
- first blue lake beans are up
- brassica, carrots, zuchs, cueys, corn, onions and leeks all survived yesterdays stormy weather.
- tomatoes in hothouse have flowers and small fruit all over them – if i fluke a hothouse crop i’ll be exceedingly happy. dosed them up with potash.
- the two toms in the grow bag that have been planted out don’t look so good.
- no spud shoots showing – i planted them early august – i’m not worried tho’ – i once had a terrific crop of spuds when they had only small leaf growth – so fingers crossed they are busy underground.

for me these shots are a great relief – they show the mown grass in the paddock which was head height in some place yesterday

sweetpeas, carrots and brassicas – i think ?

compost, parsley going to seed and vibernum(sp?)

it’s nice to see what you have growing in your garden Pepe. For one reason or another I have barely started on my vege patch and I am busy all October and into November. Hopefully I will be able to get something planted out this weekend even if it is just some easy grow stuff like silverbeet and zucchinis.

bluegreen said:

it’s nice to see what you have growing in your garden Pepe. For one reason or another I have barely started on my vege patch and I am busy all October and into November. Hopefully I will be able to get something planted out this weekend even if it is just some easy grow stuff like silverbeet and zucchinis.

morning BG
i enjoyed your duck nest photo – we all have priorities and its best to just relax and do what can be done. currently you are a much more successful poultry breeder than i.

nice pics peps.
i think the spelling is “viburnum” if you need to ever look it up.

the italian seeds for the mixed salad are available again. grows a beaut mixed salad. luv this particular mix.

aquarium said:

nice pics peps.
i think the spelling is “viburnum” if you need to ever look it up.

the italian seeds for the mixed salad are available again. grows a beaut mixed salad. luv this particular mix.

i need to plant lettuce and spinach seeds – so i’ll see if the italian salad mix is locally available – thanks.

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

it’s nice to see what you have growing in your garden Pepe. For one reason or another I have barely started on my vege patch and I am busy all October and into November. Hopefully I will be able to get something planted out this weekend even if it is just some easy grow stuff like silverbeet and zucchinis.

morning BG
i enjoyed your duck nest photo – we all have priorities and its best to just relax and do what can be done. currently you are a much more successful poultry breeder than i.

I figure it is not worth stressing over something I can’t manage. It will be interesting to see how a late planting goes as opposed to trying to get things in early. I have yet to see if we get ducklings, although I was able to determine last season that my new drake is fertilising the eggs.

Nice to see a mown paddock! your garden’s looking productive as usual and the carrots are doing well aren’t they?

pepe said:

compost, parsley going to seed and vibernum(sp?)

i have serious compost bin envy :)

orchid40 said:

Nice to see a mown paddock! your garden’s looking productive as usual and the carrots are doing well aren’t they?

carrots have benefited from good rains – so i am hopeful.
that fullest row of carrots will need thinning out.

i have serious compost bin envy
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chuckle – a new gardening term – ‘compost bin envy’.
the compost collapses almightily – so the bin in the photo has been three quarters full on three occasions this last month. a bit like having a ‘organic waste compactor’ (also new gardening term LOL)

three shots of the front garden
- but have a look at the farmer’s golden canola crop across the road – it’s shoulder height

You have a nice full front garden Pepe. The field of canola is a nice bright view !

do you get a lot of canola come up in your garden Pepe?

bluegreen said:

do you get a lot of canola come up in your garden Pepe?

none so far.
no GM crops in SA,
he does rotate crops – barley, wheat, canola and sorghum – none have spread because he reaps them the moment the seeds are ripe.

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

do you get a lot of canola come up in your garden Pepe?

none so far.
no GM crops in SA,
he does rotate crops – barley, wheat, canola and sorghum – none have spread because he reaps them the moment the seeds are ripe.

sounds like he manages his crops well then. I gather Canola can get rather weedy, and you can see it growing on the sides of the roads in Vic where it is grown.

pepe said:

compost, parsley going to seed and vibernum(sp?)

Good grief !!!
The parsley looks like Triffids !!!!!!!!!!!!!

sounds like he manages his crops well then. I gather Canola can get rather weedy, and you can see it growing on the sides of the roads in Vic where it is grown.
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are you sure its canola ? – turnip weed is a brassica and looks very similar.
you may be right.

Good grief !!!
The parsley looks like Triffids !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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g’day crinkle.
the italian leaf parsley is shoulder/ chest high and has gone to seed. i will let the english spinach, lettuce and parsley self seed this year.

pepe said:

Good grief !!!
The parsley looks like Triffids !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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g’day crinkle.
the italian leaf parsley is shoulder/ chest high and has gone to seed. i will let the english spinach, lettuce and parsley self seed this year.

Arvo all…………

pepe ………. You’ll need a machette and a compass when that lot self seed. I thought the tropics was where the jungles were ……;-P

Good growing :-)

Or perhaps a stylish pith helmet …….. ‘the pepe’ ;-P

Crinkle said:

Or perhaps a stylish pith helmet …….. ‘the pepe’ ;-P

LOL!

Crinkle said:

pepe said:

Good grief !!!
The parsley looks like Triffids !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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g’day crinkle.
the italian leaf parsley is shoulder/ chest high and has gone to seed. i will let the english spinach, lettuce and parsley self seed this year.

Arvo all…………pepe ………. You’ll need a machette and a compass when that lot self seed. I thought the tropics was where the jungles were ……;-P

Good growing :-)

jungle gardening is lazy gardening.
you know those parsley will need no further attention – they will provide good leaves for a while yet – they will have pups that will do well because they are acclimatised – all in all a good deal.

Crinkle said:

Or perhaps a stylish pith helmet …….. ‘the pepe’ ;-P

chuckle – the jungles i’ve seen are hot and humid – laziness is a way of life because its too hot to do much – so G&T on the verandah anyone?

some of the natives are out in flower – wattles, grevilleas and eremophilias

All very pretty Pepe :)

hi all
here on GF day in adelaide the temp is going to 30C.

i have two gardens in operation at present. this is the summer garden – peas & corn, brassicas, celery, spuds just emerging and tomato.

i have two gardens in operation at present. this is the summer garden – peas & corn, brassicas, celery, spuds just emerging and tomato.
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Looks FAB TAB Pepe and lurv the mulching.

Said to the elf about getting out your way ….. soy this coming week if possible. Later in the week.

Got some asparagus going crazy here too:D So a feed will be coming your way.

in the winter garden which was planted in april i am still harvesting – broad beans, red cabbage, raddichio and onions/leeks

maybe the right photos would help – broad beans, red cabbage, raddichio and onions lee in the winter garden

In the last photo…is that garlic???

Lucky1 said:

i have two gardens in operation at present. this is the summer garden – peas & corn, brassicas, celery, spuds just emerging and tomato.
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Looks FAB TAB Pepe and lurv the mulching.

Said to the elf about getting out your way ….. soy this coming week if possible. Later in the week.

Got some asparagus going crazy here too:D So a feed will be coming your way.

g’day lucky
i would love to see ya agin
i’ve been meaning to drop the tapes/cds and rooster box back but haven’t found the time.

Lucky1 said:

In the last photo…is that garlic???

not garlic but leeks we are harvesting now – a tad small but dee- lish- shus !

g’day lucky
i would love to see ya agin
i’ve been meaning to drop the tapes/cds and rooster box back but haven’t found the time.
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No worries… we’ll do a swap over on the DVDs and some more worm wee as well.

Busy time in the garden:D

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

In the last photo…is that garlic???

not garlic but leeks we are harvesting now – a tad small but dee- lish- shus !

Sweet:) Like mine….big isn’t always best when it comes to foods.

for the ladies (who had had an orgy of housewifery on the forum i see) – some flowers
sweet peas, echiums and holly hocks

Oh I so love the smell of sweet peas… reminds me of my Nanna

lastly – some carrots that have been skeletised by something – although they are still growing

pepe said:

lastly – some carrots that have been skeletised by something – although they are still growing

Psst hey Pepe…. the grubs ate your photo too;P

Aw thanks Pepe for the flower pics :)

Lovely healthy veges too..you know with the financial strife happening the world over and talk of a depression, we all ought to take note and grow stuff for seed keeping too.

pepe said:

lastly – some carrots that have been skeletised by something – although they are still growing

Happy Potter said:

Aw thanks Pepe for the flower pics :)

Lovely healthy veges too..you know with the financial strife happening the world over and talk of a depression, we all ought to take note and grow stuff for seed keeping too.

thanks HP – i’m lazy enuff to let lots go to seed. still need to exchange with friends to keep the diversity of the seed stock.

pepe said:

for the ladies (who had had an orgy of housewifery on the forum i see) – some flowers
sweet peas, echiums and holly hocks

Oh so your sweet peas did come to flower!

congrats and thanks

:)

Oh so your sweet peas did come to flower!
congrats and thanks
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yep dinetta – sweetpeas are just starting to flower now – lilacs and purples – no reds so far.

pepe said:

maybe the right photos would help – broad beans, red cabbage, raddichio and onions lee in the winter garden

Wow it’s all booming along Pepe, good work :)

pepe said:

for the ladies (who had had an orgy of housewifery on the forum i see) – some flowers
sweet peas, echiums and holly hocks

Nice !!

pepe said:

for the ladies (who had had an orgy of housewifery on the forum i see) – some flowers
sweet peas, echiums and holly hocks

Your sweetpeas are better than mine Pepe. Mine have just shown their first 2 flowers. Not one of my more sucessful plantings to date. Mostly it’s my fault but we could do with some rain again That would be a help all round.

pepe said:

Oh so your sweet peas did come to flower!
congrats and thanks
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yep dinetta – sweetpeas are just starting to flower now – lilacs and purples – no reds so far.

Funnily mine are both red!

pomolo said:

pepe said:

Oh so your sweet peas did come to flower!
congrats and thanks
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yep dinetta – sweetpeas are just starting to flower now – lilacs and purples – no reds so far.

Funnily mine are both red!

as long as the pong is strong…

Your sweetpeas are better than mine Pepe. Mine have just shown their first 2 flowers. Not one of my more sucessful plantings to date. Mostly it’s my fault but we could do with some rain again That would be a help all round.
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g’day pomolo
you’ve got it in one – adelaide has had intermittent rain and sun since april – so the sweetpeas have grown on their own. actually they are self seeded – so apart from some minor transplanting and a bit of weeding – i’ve just watched them grow.

first broad beans of the season.
the plants date fro april and have grown to chest height and were blown around by savage winds 8 days ago.
hopefully more beans to come – they also lack moisture – so rain would be nice

looks Yummy pepe.

veg gardener said:

looks Yummy pepe.

thanks veg.
just a few of them so they are on our pizza topping – having been blanched (fried) in marjoram and oil. ms peps is tonight’s guest cook – and its ready.

its ok, where is my bit of pizza (i could eat a big one by myself). Cook your own tea here to night only one who hasnt had tea yet, something easy with eggs, what could i make?

pepe said:

first broad beans of the season.
the plants date fro april and have grown to chest height and were blown around by savage winds 8 days ago.
hopefully more beans to come – they also lack moisture – so rain would be nice

Very nice Pepe, you’ve done well! Mine are still flowering.

veg gardener said:

its ok, where is my bit of pizza (i could eat a big one by myself). Cook your own tea here to night only one who hasnt had tea yet, something easy with eggs, what could i make?

haha – sorry pizza all gone – and ms pepe guts hers down first.
omelettes with cheese, spring onions and parsley are always great on toast.

Very nice Pepe, you’ve done well! Mine are still flowering.
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thanks OC
very unexotic vege the old broad bean. still lovely to have them for a while.
red cabbage is the next veg to come online – still picking – savoy cabbage, leek, lettuce, raddichio and celery.
the celery is good and hasn’t gone to seed yet.
almost a frost this morning.