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Chicken Crop
Yesterday morning I had no idea what a chicken crop was. Okay, I’d heard of a craw (“it stuck in my craw”) in the vaguest of terms but I didn’t know a) what that really was, b) that it was the … Continue reading
Learning to Eat
Before getting chickens, I did a lot of reading and asking people about how to take care of them, especially what they eat. The answers were generally along the lines of, “They’re really easy to care for” and “They eat … Continue reading
Unstoppable Squash
I planted some sweet corn at the end of September last year and I put some zucchini seedlings in the same bed at the same time. Then events overtook me and I wasn’t around to see their progress. When I cam … Continue reading
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
Potato Lessons
On August 21 I planted 2 types of potatoes is side-by-side beds. The first batch was made up of 8 Coliban seed potatoes purchased at great expense (well, relatively anyway). The 2nd batch was a sole potato taken from a bag of generic … Continue reading
Last radish, first strawberries, perpetual lettuce
A few minutes ago I went down to one of the veggie beds to cut a couple of leaves of lettuce for a salad. I was distracted by a red flash under the strawberry leaves. Two ripe strawberries were just … Continue reading
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Evolution of a Garden Bed
I created a small, sloping veggie bed along our western fence line back in 2006 when I thought I’d try growing horseradish and ginger from green-grocer products. Before the plants could do anything, Frank and I moved to Darwin and the … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee grounds, fertiliser, ginger, horseradish, installation, lessons learned, potato
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Seed Tray Experiment
August is the month for sowing a lot of herbs and veggies in Sydney (it doesn’t seem to matter whether you classify this as a temperate or sub-tropical zone), though the first of August might be a bit over-keen because the … Continue reading
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Mint Control
When we moved into this house, a small patch of mint was grown along the side of the extension at the back. Since that time I’ve added a brick border and planted a few herbs up above the mint but … Continue reading
Penultimate Basil Harvest
This basil was planted sometime in late October or early November from seeds straight into the ground. We’ve been eating constantly from it since early December and have had enough to give away whole plants. Basil is, hands down, my … Continue reading
