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Winter Vegetable Garden

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

The 4 rows of vegetable beds are pretty full right now. They contain (top to bottom): Cauliflower, rocket, lettuce, radishes, peas Kohlrabi, kale Potatoes, silverbeet, basil (old and bountiful), cauliflower Eggplant, peppers, spinach, onions (all ancient and poor producers) and … Continue reading →

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Homemade Pasta and Salad

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

Yesterday I harvested the first of the lettuce from the batch I sowed on March 7th and planted out on April 6th. According to my notes, they should be harvestable in 10 weeks so eating off of them in 8 … Continue reading →

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Seedling Progress

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

I’ve been sowing a lot of seeds this autumn and today I took stock of their progress. The March 7th sowing produced a lot of lettuce and rocket. The Cos lettuce only resulted in 2 plants but the iceberg bounty … Continue reading →

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Lunar Greens

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

On March 7th I sowed a bunch of seeds (the moon was in the first quarter – good for plants that bear seeds on the inside – not optimal for leafy greens or Brassicas but probably not horrid). I planted … Continue reading →

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Compost on the Critical Path

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

I sowed a bunch of seeds back on March 7th. Some of them, mainly the lettuce and rocket, were ready to get out of their planters (left) and into the ground this week. But before I could plant the seedlings out, I … Continue reading →

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A Time to Sow

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Today I was back in the garden sowing seeds. The bulk of the clean-up is done and I want to get food back in the ground. In the bed on the left I sowed a row of Brussels sprouts, a … Continue reading →

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Last radish, first strawberries, perpetual lettuce

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

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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Holding Bed

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

For a variety of reasons we’ve ended up with a veritable plethora of plants in pots – mainly tiny pots – awaiting their day to be planted in their permanent home. Today was not that day. But they just shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Free Lunch

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

Whoever coined the phrase “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” probably wasn’t thinking of possums. Our friendly neighbourhood possum is the king of free lunches. His current craze is browsing the Brussels sprout plants for the best sprouts. … Continue reading →

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I’ve got to eat more greens

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

I don’t know where my attention was diverted when my garden was taken over by greens, but it’s happened. Here you can see one bed of spinach plants that are all huge and some of them are on the verge of … Continue reading →

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