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Monthly Archives: October 2011
The Ferny Fronds of Dill
My dad occasionally calls people a dill. I’m not sure if this is a particularly Australian thing to do but just in case it is, it means; a bit silly. I’ve been trying to relate being a bit silly to … Continue reading
Green Dragon & Purple Sprouting Broccoli
I pulled out my remaining mature broccoli plants (with one exception) to make room for the tomatoes I planted last weekend. Thus it seems an ideal time to pontificate on the varieties I grew this year. Frankly, I’m not sure … Continue reading
Growing Tomatoes in Melbourne – Part 2 – Planting out
In Melbourne the tradition is that you plant tomatoes on Cup Day. My dad did it, my grand father, probably his before that and so on. For the uninitiated Cup Day is the first Tuesday in November and is a public … Continue reading
Monday Harvest – 3rd October 2011
It was wet in Melbourne this week, very wet! We had thunder, lightning, downpours, drizzle, rain and hail – you name it, if it comes from the sky and falls to earth we had it (accept for snow, but then we … Continue reading
September – The Wrap Up
We had a very wet end to September this year, of the 66mm that fell during the month 55 of those fell in the last couple of days, so basically I went from worried about a lack of rainfall to frankly being … Continue reading
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