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Vanessa
  • 23, Female
  • Acacia Ridge, Brisbane
  • Australia
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Vanessa is attending Donna's event
December Garden Visit at roma street parklands
December 5, 2009 from 11am to 1pm
Hope everyone can join us for an early Christmas visit and seed swap at the Roma Street Parklands. More details will be sent after the November meet.
November 4
I planted some climbing beans (blue lake?) a couple of weeks ago? Or maybe only one week, can't remember. Anyhow, they're in part shade and are doing fantastically so far, I've never had any luck with beans but I'm hopeful for these as they haven'...
November 1
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The radishes practically doubled in size after the rain. Still have cherry tomatoes after pulling them all out. They still keep sprouting whenever the soil gets wet.
October 31
Awww, all the ones I harvested yesterday were the same size!
October 31
Vanessa added an event
Council's Green Heart Fair at Mt Gravatt Showgrounds
November 8, 2009 from 10am to 3pm
Council's Green Heart Fair A FREE day of entertainment held at Mount Gravatt Showground marketplace, on November 8th. The day features Troy Cassar-Daly LIVE, sustainable exhibits, kid’s activities, great food and free plants for your garden. Hav...
October 31
Hi Chris - that's beautiful!!! Mine has flower spikes but no flowers as yet. Hope I don't miss it as we're going away in about a week's time. Haven't checked the one you gave me in the tree yet but hopefully will get some from that too.
October 30
Just as well I didn't have anything planned for where the peanuts are over summer! The seed packet I had for corn said when they turn brown but I found that was a bit early for a lot of them. Mum told me to wait until when you tug on the silks th...
October 30
Vanessa added a photo
The radishes practically doubled in size after the rain. Still have cherry tomatoes after pulling them all out. They still keep sprouting whenever the soil gets wet.
October 30

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Homegrowers Exchange
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Productive Weekend

Well, it's been an amazing weekend in the garden. Sorry I didn't make it to your visit Amanda - we ended up so busy in our garden and I had to make the most of my fiance's weekend off for the heavy labour part (he only get 1 in 3). Earlier in the week he borrowed the neighbour's rotary hoe and extended out the patch down the side of the house and dug me a whole new patch at the back of the house. We spent yesterday replanting some of our hedge and swapping some plants with bigger ones donated by… Continue

Posted on August 23, 2009 at 9:06pm — 2 Comments

Vanessa

August preparations

Well, we had a busy day in the garden yesterday preparing the back bed for spring planting in a couple of weeks' time. The whole bed was covered in tomatoes bar a little patch I dug up and planted a few weeks ago. I picked off the ripe tomatoes as we went and ended up with half a 9 litre bucket! I put a thin layer of mulch down which will hopefully start to break down a little by over the next two weeks before I start planting. The patch looks so bare just covered in mulch, but it also looks muc… Continue

Posted on August 2, 2009 at 10:33am — 3 Comments

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Getting into the rhythm of things

It looks like I might finally be getting the hang of this gardening thing. I've been consciously trying to plant something every week and keeping a planting diary and it's paying off. Soon I will have a continuous carrot supply to go with the beans which are still producing slowly which is great! They taste soooo much better than the ones from the shops. I've just harvested another two pumpkins off the vine and it looks as if there are more on the way, provided they don't get trimmed any more by… Continue

Posted on May 16, 2009 at 11:22am — 3 Comments

Vanessa

More autumn gardening

I'm certainly loving all this rain! I haven't had to water my garden in over a week and the raintank has remained full. Just when I was thinking this morning that I should water my garden along comes another shower. I've just started a week of holidays from uni so I'm definitely looking forward to getting into the garden. Today I did a bit of weeding before the rain came. That horrible grass just loves to populate my vegie patch. It was good to see some decent fat and juicy sized worms in the so… Continue

Posted on April 10, 2009 at 1:05pm — 4 Comments

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Garden coming to life!

Well I'm finally starting to see the fruits of my labour in the garden. My very lovely neighbours saw me out digging around and offered me a heap of beautiful compost. It went straight into the veggie patch which I was about to sow my autumn seeds in. I have had some success already after only a week. The radishes have all sprouted (so reliable - I love them!!), All the pak choy has sprouted and one corn. I'm waiting on the rest but the rain should help them along hopefully. - Speaking of rain,… Continue

Posted on March 19, 2009 at 11:43am — 4 Comments

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At 9:39am on October 27, 2009, Pree said…
Hi Vanessa

Thanks very much for your help regarding companion planting. I will definitely check that website out! Until then..thank goodness for the rain!
Pree :)
At 9:58am on October 20, 2009, Florence said…
Hope you have a great time on your Honey Moon ~
At 2:31pm on October 15, 2009, Donna said…
We will miss you at the garden visit - hope to see you at the next one with lots of photos of the wedding!
At 9:46pm on September 28, 2009, Vanessa Thompson (pomare) said…
Congrats on the wedding ness, hope you have a blessed day. xxx
Thats nice of the neighbours, hard to find good neighbours these days. xxxx
Nice, going on the worm farm and me like you hope that i get another box going too. ;-)
(we finaly got married in may 2009...14 years later lol)
At 9:29am on August 14, 2009, Florence said…
I only planted my water chestnut on Wednesday arvo… I hope I didn’t left them too long, I only read just now that you have to keep them in water or they will lose their germinating power, but I kept them in the zip lock bag it came with in the crisper.. ^^”

I’ve planted 2 in one broccoli box and another 2 in their own broccoli boxes by themselves, and have used 1 ½ bag of organic potting mix with 1 bag of coarse sand. I’ve only filled up half of the broccoli boxes as I didn’t have enough potting mix and sand, I hope it’s deep enough for them. As I only had little time to plant them, I didn’t check the ph so I didn’t add lime. (The PH kit I’ve got ask to dry the soil sample before testing!!) Didn’t realize the instruction didn’t mention how deep they should be planted.. so how deep did you plant yours?
At 10:53pm on July 20, 2009, Florence said…
Hi Vanessa, here's the address of the pet supplies & produce store I mentioned near you - Acacia Pet supplies, 96 Sherbrooke Rd, WILLAWONG. There's someone selling stable manure for $2 a bag on that street too.
At 2:07pm on July 15, 2009, Florence said…
Hi Vanessa, you're on my way to Donna's place, do you need a lift this Sunday?
At 8:05am on June 28, 2009, Donna said…
Hi Vanessa
I was being a bit silly, the rain washes the nutrients down into the soil so that the roots can't access them, so I figured maybe the carrots could. Don't know if it works it was just a theory :)
At 1:01pm on June 25, 2009, Florence said…
Hi Vanessa, I was wrong, found another community garden 3 minutes drive from your place while looking for info about Kyabra st Community garden ~ it's mentioned in this news letter http://www.growingcommunities.org.au/ENEWS/QCG-Autumn-08.pdf
At 9:01pm on June 20, 2009, Florence said…
Study is much more important, so it should always get priority ~ I didn't go to the seminar at SBK Hills on Thursday too, was tired. I was hoping to drop by as it's presented by the community farm at Sunnybank Hills, and I think it is the closest community farm from us ~ btw, are you planning to go to the garden visit next Sunday? Drop me a line if you need a lift ~
 
 

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