Hi folks, hope you've all been enjoying the beautiful rain we've been having. I've loved it but I lost another Paw Paw tree. To be fair, they are really only supposed to live for about 3 yrs and mine has been going 5+. You can see how old she was by the amount of stems that had regrown every time I cut her back. Big lot of rain and over she went. Most of the roots had started to rot out so it was only a matter of time. …
ContinueAdded by Susan on October 28, 2018 at 20:00 — 3 Comments
Hey team!
As many of you may already know, I'm a big fan of planting in old bathtubs. Due to constraints at our home (size, storm drains, doggo, etc) everything I do needs to be raised. I was thinking of planting a few small trees in my tubs instead of doing large pots - are there any obvious downsides to this plan?
I'm not planning on moving them around (at least, not for quite a long time) but I'm sure I'm probably missing some problems!
As a bonus, have a new tub I…
ContinueAdded by Sid Saghe on October 22, 2018 at 15:31 — 7 Comments
Compared to Brisbane, there aren't many gardening related workshops on offer at Bribie so I was keen to support this one run by Helen Schwencke at the local library yesterday.
Helen has put out a wonderful little book full of colour photos with a pic for each butterfly in adult, caterpillar and chrysalis stages called Create More Butterflies
Available on her website Earthling Enterprises it's not cheap at…
ContinueAdded by Lissa on October 21, 2018 at 7:00 — 16 Comments
I spent last night outback on the veranda making a batch of kimchi from 4 wombok cabbages. The radish, spring onions and carrots that I used were my own outback harvest.
The complication is that when I ran out of on-hand supplies I had to venture out into the darkness and pouring rain to pick some more.
My previous batch was made from my own cabbages but none…
ContinueAdded by Dave Riley on October 14, 2018 at 3:23 — 2 Comments
I just spent a couple of days out on the Western Downs. While I was away we had 20 mm of rain here at home, and another 16 mm fell tonight after we returned.
But around Chinchilla it is dry as drought is.
The cattle are scrawny. Even the brumbies are ring barking the trees as they chew off the bark to sustain themselves and many dead kangaroos dot the roadside because they put themselves at pedestrian risk in their hunt for food.
On the drive back we must have seen…
ContinueAdded by Dave Riley on October 8, 2018 at 22:39 — 8 Comments
Lance Percival, an English comedian, of a bygone era (That was the week that was), brought out a song about veges, that has long been a favourite of mine.
Some of it went,
My sister Jean's always eating Beans
My little brother Leeks
I just saw Ma eat a piece of Garlic
Everybody duck when she speaks
So, Lettuce get us to the church by half past two
and if you like Beetroot I'll be true to you
There is more but I'll spare you, I…
ContinueAdded by Roger Clark on October 5, 2018 at 7:55 — 13 Comments
Hi everyone.
The garden is going great still but it is time to start thinking about the summer crops. While I'm still harvesting the brassicas (check out my broccoli and cabbage!!!) I have started to clean up the garden beds for summer crops.
This week I've planted corn, dwarf beans, more tomatoes, a variety of rockmelons (never been real successful…
Added by Susan on October 4, 2018 at 15:00 — 5 Comments
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