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Gamblers choice vegetable - will let you know what it was when it comes in the next few days
Was capsicum black pearl.
oh.. I forgot to mention this ~ I was asking around for innoculant at the BOGI fair,although a couple of people had them but didn't bring them to the fair. It was very nice of Alf (I think that was his name) from Eden seeds that he offered to send...
I wasn't getting any fruits last year too.. but putting an upturned old wire paper basket on one plant seems to be working well... too bad I only have one old wire paper basket ^^"
Maybe it's still early in the season? For a long time last summer I only had one smooth luffa on the vine .. so I left it for seed saving, but I managed to get half a dozen for eating, and two more for sponge later on...
Nice ~ love the bird's bath too :)
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September in Retrospect
Spring’s been knocking on my front door ~ see the photo of our front garden (still needs borders put in, will be re-using our old pavers)
Although just planted, the mulberry tree’s full of ~ well ~ mulberries ~ We’ve harvested about a dozen, before this picture was tak… Continue
Although just planted, the mulberry tree’s full of ~ well ~ mulberries ~ We’ve harvested about a dozen, before this picture was tak… Continue
Posted on October 4, 2009 at 10:06pm — 8 Comments
August 'Spring' Preparation
Other then the potato bed, another veggie bed was ready to plant and has been filled with soil + horse manure + coffee ground since my last blog. This is the legume bed, although It’s only 80% filled, but can’t wait to start planting into it. So I’ve sown snowpeas, garden peas, sugarsnaps & pigeon peas in it, except for pigeon peas and garden peas (I think) all have germinated, and the tallest seedling is about 20 cm high!
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Posted on August 26, 2009 at 10:13pm — 4 Comments
More work in the garden in July ~
The garden reno’s not progressing as much as I hope due to other less interesting but important commitments in life, I can only contribute a couple of hours a week on this project when the weather is good. Except for last weekend when I took a day off to move the 5 cubic metre DeCo I ordered, still some in the front though.
Two of the four veggie beds on the west side of the house are more accurately positioned parallel to the house, lined with black plastics on the inside, and bolted together.… Continue
Two of the four veggie beds on the west side of the house are more accurately positioned parallel to the house, lined with black plastics on the inside, and bolted together.… Continue
Posted on July 30, 2009 at 10:22pm — 9 Comments
Garden renovation in progress
Have noticed that I’ve managed to post one blog each month in the past few months :) Yay~ Well, it’s time for another ~
I haven’t really got anything going at the moment growing wise, as anything that I’ve planted were either destroyed by the chooks, drown in the heavy rain, or stunned by the cold weather. Oh well ~
On the up side, we’ve been getting eggs, and occasionally paw paws and passionfruit! My mum reckons a couple of the largish paw paws have disappeared while still green… I don’t think… Continue
I haven’t really got anything going at the moment growing wise, as anything that I’ve planted were either destroyed by the chooks, drown in the heavy rain, or stunned by the cold weather. Oh well ~
On the up side, we’ve been getting eggs, and occasionally paw paws and passionfruit! My mum reckons a couple of the largish paw paws have disappeared while still green… I don’t think… Continue
Posted on June 20, 2009 at 9:43pm — 6 Comments
Our first egg!!!
Our chooks have finally laid their first egg!!!
We’ve got 4 chooks raised from chicks, two are Leghorns, one Australorp, and one Araucana. The Leghorns and the Australorp are about 25 to 26 weeks old, and the Araucana’s 23 weeks. We’ve been eagerly checking for eggs since 6 weeks ago!!
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We’ve got 4 chooks raised from chicks, two are Leghorns, one Australorp, and one Araucana. The Leghorns and the Australorp are about 25 to 26 weeks old, and the Araucana’s 23 weeks. We’ve been eagerly checking for eggs since 6 weeks ago!!
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Posted on May 14, 2009 at 9:56pm — 5 Comments
Comment Wall (42 comments)
- At 1:52pm on November 9, 2009,
Scarlett Patrick said…
- re mulberry tree pruning, I think you're best to wait until it's lost its leaves (late Autumn/ Winter) - otherwise it will just sprout back all over the place
- At 11:45am on November 9, 2009,
Donna said…
- The problem with me is that I hate to see any empty spaces in a garden bed - I feel I need to plant something there lol! I have already filled up three beds with seeds and will try to do successive plantings every few weeks as I get time. I still need to get the seed raising tub with a shade cloth cover over it so I can raise seedlings rather than having to plant everything direct.
Hopefully if I have a good mixture of a few of each in all the beds and then keep the beds totally full of a variety of things nothing will be able to build up in the soil!
PS. The previous comment was in relation to Mulberry Pruning as per your Status - should have mentioned that lol.
- At 11:40am on November 9, 2009,
Donna said…
- Florence, my book 'Pruning & Training' says:
When to Prune:
Only in early to midwinter, when fully dormant. Older trees, however, may still bleed copiously (a red hot poker is traditionally used to cauterise wounds), so only prune established trees if absolutely necessary. Remove dead wood in summer.
But then it also says:
Summer pruning new shoots to five leaves helps keep them compact, and tying down branches to the horizontal can increase crops.
- At 3:07pm on November 8, 2009,
Donna said…
- Found this information but can't find the other post now and don't have any time to look, might get a chance later but at least I will know where to find it again lol:
http://luffa.info/faq.htm
The ratios of fertilizer elements in the soil can affect flower ratios for luffa and other similar flowering plants. High nitrogen can increase the number of males while high phosphorous may encourage more females. So if you are lacking female flowers some additional phosphorous may help.
- At 1:36pm on September 11, 2009,
Vanessa Thompson (pomare) said… - thank you, now i just have to work on hubby and let us have some chicks. He still going on about snakes and wants a dog if we do......???? AHHHH.
Anyru, our neighbours have chickens and havent seen a snake yet...unlike our old neighbours. (we saw snakes all the time but i think its becasue they never cleaned up and their place was like a zoo...no joke) So shall work on hubby over the next month and see how i go lol.
- At 8:01pm on September 9, 2009,
Vanessa Thompson (pomare) said…
- Hi florence. how are we? just wondering do i need to take the toilet rolls out or away from the seeds once they have poped up?
and 2nd question......did your huge white egg (in the photos) did it have 2 or 3 yokes? (ive been reading up on chickens and the web site said, huge eggs would have 2-3 yokes?) I realy want to get some chickens.......hubbys scared of snakes comming into the yard....but i said surely if you keep them clean, snakes wont come???? still trying to find out why, snakes come??
- At 8:26pm on September 8, 2009,
Beelarong Community Farm said… - Hi Florence,
Great to hear you enjoyed your visit to Beelarong. We have open days Wed and Sun, 9:00 - 12:00pm. Hope to see you down at the farm again soon. David
- At 9:21pm on August 24, 2009,
Vanessa Thompson (pomare) said…
- Hi florence, Question for ya. What was the malasis liquid for again. (I know I spell malasis wrong. heehee)
I found it and got it for $2.30 a 2L bottle. lol now im wondering how our conversation went again. (I was listeaning to too many at once, i was trying to take in everyones advice heehee)
- At 5:08pm on August 14, 2009,
Vanessa said… - I've only planted one of mine - the rest are in the fridge still in the zip-lock bag. I didn't really have enough dirt - I think I read somewhere to plant them in 5-10cm of soil. I think mine would just be over 5 but no sign of life yet. I just got caps to seal off the sinks today, now just need to get some more soil and sand for the rest.
- At 8:32am on August 14, 2009,
Vanessa said…
- Hi Florence, just wondering if you've had any success with the waterchestnuts yet? I've got one in a tub that's leaking : (. Will fix the other half before attempting to plant one more. Still need to get a bath or something too.
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