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Moon-blessed Root Vegetables
Today the moon is in its full moon phase. According to the lunar calendar it should be a great day for sowing or planting out root crops. It was a perfect chance to test this lunar planting theory because I … Continue reading
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Tagged basil, brussels sprouts, capsicum, carrot, chamomile, coriander, eggplant, Flowers, kale, lettuce, lunar planting, onion, planted, pumpkin, radish, seed, shade, spring onion
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Seedling Transplanting
Today I transplanted some of the plants I’ve grown from seeds. It wasn’t necessarily the best day according to the lunar calendar, but it just worked out that way. Tomorrow is the full moon and if I’d waited any longer, … Continue reading
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Tagged bandicoot, cabbage, lettuce, lunar planting, planted, seed, self propagating, spring onion, tomato
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Leaf Mulch
I’ve never used mulch before. In my mind it’s useful to a) keep out weeds and b) keep in water. That’s it. Since I’m okay with weeding, that wiped out half the motivation. The water retention angle is noteworthy, especially … Continue reading
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Tagged dill, eggplant, lettuce, mulch, radish, rocket, spinach, spring onion
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Will shade cloth do any good?
The tenants had some shade cloth hanging over this garden bed. When we moved back in, we rolled it up. Last night we restrung it. Summer is merciless this year. Today it’s 41.5 – will a bit of shade cloth … Continue reading
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Tagged coriander, installation, lessons learned, peas, shade, silverbeet, spring onion
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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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2nd Banana Spear
Yesterday Frank pointed out to me that our banana plant has a 2nd spear. It’s already January so I’m very sceptical that it will ever have any ripe bananas on it, but I’m glad to see it happily producing anyway. … Continue reading
Mounding dirt
A lot of what I plant is feeble and lies down after being watered. Much never rises again. One theory is that I’m planting too shallow (regardless of whether I follow the directions on the packet or not). Another theory … Continue reading
Borers
Today there was this weird sliding, scraping sound, like someone dragging bags of newspaper in front of the house. I looked out the front door and saw nothing so I assumed someone had gone past on the road. An hour … Continue reading
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Gozleme and Garden Update
Here is yesterday’s harvest of silverbeet, chives and peppermint all of which I chopped up and put into a flat round piece of homemade bread (like a tortilla) with feta cheese. I folded the circle in half and sealed it … Continue reading
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