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11 Nov 2007pink ribbon Front Verge gardenThe Red Bull Air Race is finished, so I took out the stakes and removed the pink surveyors ribbon. We have had our first week of temperatures getting above 30 deg C for a couple of days in a row. Consequently, the plants are starting to look a little dry. I’m tempted to water them, but it i...
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06 Nov 2007auto-run Front Verandah gardenAfter fixing the drippers for the hanging baskets and testing the one watering circuit, I forgot to move the irrigation controller dial back to auto-run :( We have been away for eight days. Consequently, the baskets of pansies, nasturtiums, Gotu Kola, and marjoram have dried out. The pansies and...
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22 Oct 2007watering Leek and Trial and Error gardenSome have doubled in size, and others appear to have stood still. I’m wondering whether I should water them some more and put some mulch around in addition to the sheep manure.
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22 Oct 2007bountiful Radish and Inside Triangular Bed gardenI am now beginning to be able to pull them up and give them away to family and neighbours.
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22 Oct 2007tied up Tomato and Inside Triangular Bed gardenThey appeared to shoot up this week due to a little bit of spring rain. On the weekend, I tied up just about all the tomatoes. Some required one and some two ties to their own stake.
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14 Oct 2007gladdies Inside Triangular Bed gardenI noticed that the gladioulus bulbs are beginning to show – lots of them. I must have pulled out hundreds of these to store and transplant. I’m treating them as weeds, as I really would prefer them to be a back drop and not so close to the front path. Also, they are getting in with th...
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14 Oct 2007more buds Rose 'Honey Dijon' and Inside Triangular Bed gardenI noticed today that there are a couple more buds, one larger than the other. Also, it does appear to be prone to Black Spot. Unless, I never got rid of it.
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14 Oct 2007suckers Pomegranate Tree and Inside Triangular Bed gardenAs I would like to form a main stem with branches, I cut off two suckers that were growing close to the soil level.
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13 Oct 2007first harvest Radish Harvesting and Inside Triangular Bed garden
Pulled the first radishes today. All four of them.
More were available, but I decided to hurry inside the house with my treasures. Promptly washed off the dirt and ate them :)
Yum.
From tomorrow, I’ll be able to start including radish in our meals.
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09 Oct 2007pruned Rose garden
This year I finished pruning took a couple of days, but I finished on 13 July 2007.
One of the tools that I found useful was a pruning saw as it meant I could finish the task all by myself. Also, it did mean that branches that I let go the previous year, were pruned with the saw this year.
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