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22 Jan 2008Harvested... a little small Garlic Harvesting and The River Garden (front yard) gardenBecause the tops were beginning to die off I have harvested my garlic. Its a little small this year which I think is because the place I planted this years crop was a little dry for it. I have heard that planting small cloves produces small crop, so you should plant you largest cloves and eat the...
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24 Dec 2007Time to begin picking Zucchini and The River Garden (front yard) garden
Just ten days after the first flowers appeared, the first of the courgettes are ready for picking. I’ll let one go and see how big I can grow it, just for fun and for next years seeds.
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14 Dec 2007Flowers galore Zucchini and The River Garden (front yard) garden
Covered with huge flowers this morning so took a photo or two. A week of warm weather should see me picking the first few from these two plants. The third is still struggling to produce a flower.
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04 Dec 2007How can I get rid of spit bugs without spraying chemicals? 3 The River Garden (front yard) gardenMy organic garden doesn’t have too many problems with insects and other pests but this year I seem to have an over-abundance of spit bugs. So far they have ruined a couple of small silverbeet plants by settling on them when only an inch or two high. They are all over my strawberry plants to...
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07 Nov 2007Sown Dipper Gourd Vines Sown and The River Garden (front yard) garden

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