There are itty bitty beetroot and rainbow chard and chervil seedlings popping up self-seeded in my garden :D And the spring onion seedlings I put in two weeks ago (not seeds; I'm sure < a href=http://www.macbird.com.au/store/product.asp?pID=14825&cID=62> ( Read more... )

While I still remember, I harvested garlic last weekend. 860g of it, from my front yard. Not too bad, considering the impoverished nature of the soil in which I sowed it.

Taking my morning tea break in the middle of mowing the lawns. I had let them overgrow significantly over the last couple of months, so they kinda need mowing. Then there's the weeds in other parts of the garden... Dad suggested just mowing the lot, but the spot he was suggesting that for has nothing like even ground to run the mower over, and my ( Read more... )

I planted over 100 cloves of garlic today, of a couple of different types. There is more to plant when I get up the enthusiasm again. Also, there was much weeding (compost bin and a half), planting of the three scented geraniums I bought last week (rose, nutmeg, and a variegated lemon), dichondra, and the chocolate mint, bronze fennel and german ( Read more... )

We have peaches off of our tree. I had one for breakfast. It was 9cm in diameter.

The Gardening Australia Expo is coming to Adelaide for the first time, February 29 to March 2, and one can pre-book tickets in groups of ten or more for a small discount ($10 per adult as opposed to $13 per adult). The ticket holders do not have to attend on the same day, and do not have to queue up to buy tickets when they arrive.

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Today's haul:

• Semi-wasteland weeded
• Filled up the current compost bin and most of the next one in rotation
• Emptied the next compost bin in rotation before filling it - got Bastard's help moving the composted matter to what shall be the corn bed tomorrow
• Gloated over onions growing fat
• Also gloated over the two tomatoes ripening on one of the bushes I ( Read more... )

This weekend's haul:

• Filled one compost bin, emptied and half-filled the next
• Planted watermelon and rockmelon seeds - pumpkin planting will occur when I have finished weeding the patch of semi-wasteland which is the soon-to-be-pumpkin-patch.
• Observed the flat-leaf parsley growing out of the leaf mould in said semi-wasteland. Said leaf mould was ( Read more... )

Today's haul:

one punnet Green Zebra tomatoes
one punnet Silvery Fir Tree tomatoes
one (tube) Rouge De Marmande tomato
one (tube) Break O' Day tomato
one punnet Greek basil
one punnet of a white-fruiting eggplant whose name I can't remember right now (it's not Casper)
one punnet of an Italian heritage capsicum whose name I can't remember right now

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