Scarecrow

Scarecrow

Member since: Jan 08 | Invited by: nic | Years gardening: 30 Organic gardener

Hubby and I have just turned 50 and live a semi-retired lifestyle on half an acre in a small rural township. Life’s good! Our son and daughter have moved out of town but still keep in contact and visit when they can. We share our lives now with our dog Lucky, The Black Ninja cat, and many chooks last count about 15.

I’m battling the water crisis to grow our food in Australia. The area I live in is becoming more arid each year. Our average rainfall is just over 300mm, last year we did well with 338mm…we’ve had no rain so far this year…it’s summer and if we’re lucky we could catch a few thunderstorms. In fact our summer last year was wetter than our winter…when it was supposed to be wet! Go figure.

So as you might guess I’m always on the search for ways of making better use of our precious water supply.

Gardens

  • Scarecrow's Fruit garden

    Fruit garden

    Not just one area but includes any fruiting plant growing in the garden. At the moment 9 fruit trees surround the main veg garden and have some ol...

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    • 1 journals
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    • 1 comments
  • Scarecrow's Kitchen garden

    Kitchen garden

    Just outside the back gate it's the ideal spot for a Kitchen Garden. A few plants of foods we can pick frequently without having to venture over to...

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    • 0 journals
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  • Scarecrow's Main Vegetable garden

    Main Vegetable garden

    This is our main food growing area. With vegetables, fruit trees, herbs and companion plantings, the fruit tree area has chickens kept in it for pe...

    • 3 plants
    • 7 journals
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  • Scarecrow's Shaded Propagation Areas garden

    Shaded Propagation Areas garden

    Shade is a necessity in our hot climate. New seeds are sown under 70% shadecloth. As the seedlings develop they are move to areas with 50% shade to...

    • 2 plants
    • 4 journals
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Mid North SA

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I love to grow

Edibles - herbs, fruit trees, vegetables


Hobbies

photography


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