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21 Nov 2009
This garden I am hoping to.....
Edible garden
Rainy 13°C / 55°F
write about my berry collections… I think they deserve a garden journal of their own.. At least, write about any good or bad luck with them.
For a couple of years now, I have been growing strawberries with some luck. That could well be my fault as I do get rather busy with work and forget a...
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19 Nov 2009
Sowing Snowpeas
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Snow Peas Sown and Green Babies Combo garden
During the night I got out to my ‘baby plant stand’ and planted up 10 jiffy pots with Snow Peas. I planted some last season in jiffy pots and they did very well… I’m going to plant an equal amount direct in the garden tomorrow and see which does better with it’s earl...17°C / 63°F -
19 Nov 2009
And the heat goes on
Broccoli Pinetree mix Setting Fruit, Leeks, nursery starts, late planting , and Turnip final planting
Cloudy 9°C / 49°F
The warmth just goes on and on. Still getting a half-cup of raspberries every day. New onions have sprouted, and the leeks appear to be growing, as are spinach (finally), new radishes, turnips and beets. The broccoli, which I thought I had harvested completely, is still sending out florets, inc...
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19 Nov 2009
What a tenacious plant!! (My Eucie)
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Eucalyptus Blue Gum
I was surprised to see that my eucalyptus seemed to be trying to stand back up the other day, so I have been watching it. Watering it, etc. Today it is standing back up!! The seed leaves are all shriveled and dried up looking, yet there it is, standing up. What does this mean? Will it still ...Sunny 2°C / 35°F -
18 Nov 2009
Sprouting
Arugula Sprouting and Patio garden
5°C / 41°F -
19 Nov 2009
Still Growing Strong
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Kitchen garden , Brussels Sprouts 'Trafalgar' , Brussels Sprouts, rubine , Broccoli 'Rudolph' , Broccoli '...
Overcast 4°C / 39°F
There are a few remaining plants in the kitchen garden which are not only still kicking, but doing very well.
The ‘Trafalgar’ Brussels are doing extremely well. The tagline in the catalogue called them Christmas sprouts because of their long standing ability. I often leave my Brussel...
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19 Nov 2009
blown away
Pomegranate Tree Flowering
At last count, the pomegranate tree had >30 buds, flowers, and small fruit. A lot of these are now on the ground due to the storms a couple of nights ago :(Overcast 16°C / 61°F -
19 Nov 2009
the cycle continues
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Peas - sugar snap Dying, tomato - sweet grape Harvesting, Tomato - roma Harvesting, Watermelon - sugarbaby ...
The peas are now done – really were a week or two back, I just pushed them til they stopped and grasshoppers started munching. The later plantings are just starting to produce, but I’m not recording those here so much. The second attempt at tomatoes seedlings are starting to show true...Sunny 40°C / 104°F -
19 Nov 2009
Chooks: Igor, fetch more lightning rods!
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Chooks: starting with eggs and The Chook's garden
Rainy 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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19 Nov 2009
Bubba Looking good
bubba Sprouting and HydroGarden 2 garden
Leaves up and perky. good color. Appears to rooting. -
19 Nov 2009
PH Level
Hydro1 garden
PH Level 6
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19 Nov 2009
Maverick
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19 Nov 2009
Terrariums
Overcast 28°C / 82°F
Created two terrariums today. I hope to give one to a good friend by 20 December 2009, or so.
I sure hope the plants don’t die on me in the meantime.
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20 Nov 2009
Snow pea update
vegetable patch garden
Storms 23°C / 73°F
Well this mornings saunter in the veg. patch came across some great news, the 1st crop of Snow peas are starting to flower. YAY.. I rather suspect that after yesterday’s 30 degree heat, it moved things along. Yes I did say 30 degree heat, and it was that temp at 11 am which is rather early ...
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18 Nov 2009
Home again.
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Winter garden , Christmas Cactus , Moth Orchid , and Corkscrew Hazel
Rainy 3°C / 37°F
6.58pm Raining and everything looks sodden; the snow is down to less than a hundred metres above the valley bottom.
In the garden, there are still some fresh Autumn crocuses, including in the Bay Garden towards the east end, and lots of bashed down, limp bodies. The pink chrysanthemum is floweri...
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