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Banana Lessons
This post could be filed under either the “Ya Learn Sumtin’ New Every Day” or the “How Come I didn’t Know that already?” categories. I just learned something new about my garden: Bananas have no season. One of the things I … Continue reading
Seasonal Food Trees
I used to have a very fixed idea of seasons and food production which matched the classical 4-seasons art works you might find in art galleries around the world. Spring was for new growth: flowers, fresh green leaves and maybe … Continue reading
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Tagged avocado, banana, blueberry, cherry, fig, Fruit, kumquat, lemon, macadamia nut, macqui berry, mandarin, mango, mulberry, olive, orange, trees
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Second Banana Spear
Today we harvested the 2nd banana spear. It held 5 nice hands weighing 4.4kilos in total. At todays prices, that’s about $50 worth of bananas! No more spears on any of the plants so this looks like the end of … Continue reading
Rejuvenation
Out with the old and in with the new. Sometimes you just have to accept that plants need replacing and your garden can benefit from the occasional rejuvenation. Frank and I have several plants in our sites and today we … Continue reading
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Tagged banana, citrus, damage, Fruit, orange, planted, trees
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Garden Maintenance
Today was a big garden maintenance day around our house. From 9-4 we were in the garden working like maniacs and didn’t plant a thing. Frank spent most of the day rebuilding the compost bin. The bottom slats of wood … Continue reading
Delicious Bananas
This it the first ripe hand from the banana spear we harvested on 1 April (with its primer fruit). It was ready to eat yesterday. The bananas are unbelievably delicious. I’m not sure why that surprised me but the truth is I … Continue reading
Banana Harvest
Today we harvested our first banana spear (the one I noticed on 19 Nov). Being our first, we were kind of working blind and not sure when or how to do it. Everyone seems to agree that you harvest bananas … Continue reading
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Tagged banana, eating, Fruit, harvest, lessons learned, storage
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Too hot to garden
We’re well into summer and it’s going to be over 30 every day for at least the next week. Not a time to plant and definitely not a time to be a seedling. But I’m pretty sure my banana is … Continue reading
Everything’s Growing
The garden’s looking great. The sunflowers are all opening and make a nice cheery splash against the fence. My mounding experiment is not really panning out. I remounded around some rocket and radishes this week since they seem to be … Continue reading
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Tagged banana, basil, coriander, cucumber, eggplant, ginger, harvest, horseradish, lettuce, radish, rocket, shade, spring onion, sprout, sunflower
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More firsts
Today the second banana spear showed its first hand. Now that I know what I’m looking for, I’m watching this one to see how fast its hands appear. The first spear has a half-dozen or so hands all nicely green … Continue reading
