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20 Nov 2009Potatoes:First harvest from the tank rings 2 5 Potato (Kipfler) Harvesting and Frontyard gardenOvercast 19°C / 66°F
The heat got to these, and the lack of water too.
They’d been watered with grey water (Shh! – we promise we won’t eat them) but that wasn’t enough to cope with the recent hot weather that saw them exit stage left.
These were grown from 12 small tubers and considering the q...
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19 Nov 2009Chooks: Igor, fetch more lightning rods! 4 11 Chooks: starting with eggs and The Chook's gardenRainy 24°C / 75°F
Bugger.
Of the 12 eggs I’ll be lucky to get one, the rest are infertile. Igor has failed in his duties, he didn’t fetch enough lightning rods it seems.
Being a new mom I was unsure what to expect and while I’ve been candling the eggs and had my suspicions, I’ve been led as...
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13 Nov 2009Chillis: The pots work well 3 Capsicum (Joe's Long Cayenne) Established, Chilli (Hellfire Mix) Established, Chilli (Paprika) Established,...Overcast 17°C / 63°F
Planting the chillis in pots has worked well, certainly up to this point anyway. I do need to setup the watering system though, it’s on the list but keeps slipping off the top spot.
They got a good head start when compared to those planted direct into the beds, I assume the soil was able to...
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13 Nov 2009Tomatoes or clover? I choose... Tomatoes! 1 3 Central gardenOvercast 17°C / 63°F
Time to trim the cover crop back, way back!
The warm weather lately has really kicked along the garden, the tomatoes were looking a tad slow prior to last week, now everything is lush, and competing
Two years ago I sowed Clever Clover Dalkeith. Its grown well and does die back – eventually,...
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13 Nov 2009Garlic:That's it guys, I need the bed 5 6 Garlic (Purple Monaro) Harvesting, Garlic (Oriental Purple) Harvesting, and Northern gardenOvercast 17°C / 63°F
The garlic are very close to their harvest date anyway and I need the bed so – Phtt! out they go.
No bulb weights as they still need to be dried off and checked out. but they come very close (if not more than :) what I planted so that’s fine by me, especially considering the bed got a...
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08 Nov 2009Beans: The rest are up. 6 7 Bean (Lazy Housewife) Sprouting, Bean (Painted Lady) Sprouting, Bean (Sunset) Sprouting, and Arbor gardenSunny 25°C / 77°F
These have all sprouted and appear to have survived any slug and snail attack – so far. Being closer to the paths they’ll be easier to keep an eye on to.
I’ve cut some mouse mesh – 6mm (1/4") square – so that the wire off-cuts poke up at the top and act as a spi...
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07 Nov 2009Bean (Snake and Snake Bean Black Seeded) 1 Bean (Snake) Sprouting, Bean (Snake Black Seeded) Sprouting, and Arbor gardenSunny 28°C / 82°F
From two different suppliers, one of each is up. Earlier sprouters at only 4 days.
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07 Nov 2009Chooks: Fetch the incubator Igor. 7 15 Chooks: starting with eggs Sown and The Chook's garden27°C / 81°F
So, which did come first? The chicken or the egg?
In the absence of the real thing, I’m stuck with playing mum. Not being too well equipped for that task (no feathers for a start!) I’ve built an incubator that will give the eggs the best chance of starting off on the right foot.
It c...
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02 Nov 2009Nasturtium: harvesting and bud time 4 16 Nasturtium (Jewel mix) Harvesting and Central East gardenSunny 27°C / 81°F
I went to thin these out ready for the new arbor’s plantings and realized that they were full of fruit. Rather than waste them in the haste to plant, it was time to combine a cleanup with a harvest and do a batch of Pickled Nasturtium Buds , or mock capers.
The crew were settling down for a...
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01 Nov 2009Comfrey (Bocking14): flourishing 6 11 Comfrey (Bocking 14) , Southern garden , and Central East gardenSunny 24°C / 75°F
Morning SneIrish :)
The comfreys are doing exceptionally well, so well in fact I may have to cut them back sooner rather than later. Squeals of delight, quickly dropping to a bassy, throaty “and so they should be anyway”. Yeah, and about time – huck, spit.
The photos don’...
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