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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Summer Ready
The temps have already topped 30 so I’ve spent quite a bit of time over the last 2 weeks getting the garden summer ready. Mainly mulching to help it withstand the hot, dry days. We are coming into the season … Continue reading
Stunning Flowers
For no obvious reason, today I looked down at an orchid plant that sits, rather neglected, under the stairs out my back door. Low and behold it has a flower. Then I looked around at the other flowers adorning the … Continue reading
Farming Corn
I am unreasonably thrilled with my sweet corn. Sown on 30 Sept, it should be ready for harvest January-ish. Which means maybe March (history has taught me that everything takes longer to ripen when I plant it than it would anywhere … Continue reading
Survivors
When we were living in Darwin and travelling the globe, the tenants were very hard on some of our plants. Or, should I say, the gardeners they hired and their weed-whackers were very hard on some of our plants. A … Continue reading
Unplanned Maintenance
Gardening isn’t all fun and games. It’s not just sowing a handful of seeds in rich, black soil and then, in a few weeks, plucking a tomato from the vine and popping it in your mouth while it’s still warm … Continue reading
Blueberries
The blueberries we planted in May are starting to produce fruit. These photos show one of the Nellie Kelley plants. One of the Blueberry Legacy plants also has a couple of berries on it (I think, quite literally, 2). The other … 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
Cabbage Feast
I couldn’t stand it any more, watching my cabbages drift away night after night as the possum had his way with them. Action was called for! It seemed a bit late for building elaborate fencing so instead, yesterday I harvested the … Continue reading
Nooooooooo
This cabbage is gone. The possum finished all the good bits last night. And then he moved on to the next cabbage to begin its destruction. My cabbage is DOOMED. Beyond doomed, actually. And now in the interest of disclosure … Continue reading
Sauerkraut Salad
Last night I made a sauerkraut salad to go with my fried chicken. The recipe is simple: rinse a couple handfuls of sauerkraut (rinse to get the right sour for your taste), grate a carrot, cut up one orange and … Continue reading
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