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03 Nov 2008Given UP Rocket Dying and Backyard gardenI guess I planted these a little too early and now they have gone to seed, so up they come… Rocket seedlings will go in insteadOvercast 21°C / 70°F
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03 Nov 2008Carrot HAUL!! 2 3 Carrots Harvesting and Driveway gardenOvercast 22°C / 72°F
Ok, a little late (pulled these out a few weeks ago but only just got around to updating this entry)
the carrots are done! I need to plant some more (i really should have thought ahead :()
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30 Aug 2008First attempt at a harvest 1 Carrots Harvesting and Driveway gardenCloudy 10°C / 50°F
Well it has been a few months since I decided to see if I could grow carrots. They have been growing slowly through winter but today, I couldn’t resist pulling a few of them to see how they were going. They were looking all nice and orange on top and one was defiantly not in the ground!
Let...
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26 Jul 2008Planting Out Scented Pearl Planting Out and Backyard gardenRainy
after agonizing for months over what sort of plan should go along the fence to help cover it up it was decided that a few Scented Pearls would do the job, two per pannel to help cover the fence faster (so I didn’t have to wait till I was old and grey before the fence was covered)
So on a we...
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04 Jul 2008upsize! Standard Ficus Repotted and Patio Pots gardenOvercast 9°C / 48°F
we discovered that this one was sneeking its roots out of the pot and down into the ground!!! no wonder it looked so good!
Now it is in a nice big half-wine barrel and that should keep it happy for a little while at least
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28 Jun 2008Moved into the driveway Parsley Planting Out and Driveway gardenwell the parsley didn’t really seem to like its pot (I think it was just a bit to shallow so I moved it into the box on the driveway with the corriander and the carrots. Lets see how it goes out there.Overcast 13°C / 55°F
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27 Jun 2008it is up! Rocket Sprouting and Backyard garden20 seeds made it up into the sun over the course of this week!!Cloudy 14°C / 57°F
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20 Jun 2008Tackling the yellow Box hedge and Patio Pots gardenIn an effort to tackle the yellowing of the leaves (you can see it in the photo) I added some nitrogen (urea) today. lets see if it has some effectOvercast 12°C / 54°F
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20 Jun 2008Sown Rocket Sown
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11 Jun 2008First crop! Corriander Harvesting and Driveway gardentoday we picked some leaves for dinner! after only a month!!Rainy 15°C / 59°F

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