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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Top 5: Things to tell new gardeners.
A few weeks, or was it months – time seems to drift past at the moment – Mark, of Mark’s Veg Plot posted a list of tips for new gardeners. Here are mine: 1. Things don’t always go as planned. In … Continue reading
Posted in Planning, Top 5
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Monday Harvest – 27th Feb
It has been hot here for the last few days (temps in the high 30sC/high 90sF), the heat broke a bit today with thunderstorms and rain but really high humidity. We’ve had a reasonable amount of rain but I am hopeful of … Continue reading
A Summer of Salads – February
I’m feeling very proud of my lettuces at the moment. Late last month I planted out my lettuce seedlings into the bed that the potatoes had been in. The above picture shows the plants on the 31st January. This next shot … Continue reading
Posted in Greens - Lettuce, Spinach, Beets, Herbs, Recipes
Tagged Herbs, Lettuce, Mint, Recipes
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Passionfruit & Meringues – A tale of 2 desserts
If you read my Harvest Monday posts you will know the I have something of a glut of passionfruit at the moment. Acutally that’s exagerating a bit but I do have a good 20 fruits sitting waiting to be eaten … Continue reading
Top 5 – Fruits to make jam with
When I was growing up my mum was a bit stingy with the sweet snacks. We rarely had chocolate (or indeed any other) biscuits in the house. Any yoghurt that she bought was eaten that day. Lollies were things you … Continue reading
Monday Harvest – 20th Feb 2012
Another week of summer harvest, but still no eggplant – there are fruit on the bushes but none is quite ready for picking yet – perhaps next week. What I have been picking is tomatoes: For all my angst … Continue reading
Growing Tomatoes – Part 4 – Tomato Envy
I ripped out 3 of my tomato plants earlier in the week. The Broad Ripple Currant, the Sweet F1 Hybrid and the Baby Red Pear were all looking pretty much dead, so all came out and I can give that part … Continue reading
Thursday Kitchen Cupboard – Plums
Last time I went up to mum & dads the kids were put to work picking plums, all very well and good except they insisted on bringing all the plums they’d picked, home with them. This meant I had 7kgs … Continue reading
Top 5: Edible Plants for Partial Shade
There is nowhere in my south facing back garden that gets full sun. There are parts that would if it wasn’t for my neighbours huge eucalypts casting their shadow across my garden from about 3:00pm every day. Well its about … Continue reading
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Monday Harvest – 13th Feb 2012
After my complete failure to photograph any of my tomato harvest last week, this week I’ve sought to make amends. Pictured are Rouge de Marmande (the big red ones), Yellow Boy, Black Cherry and at the bottom some Tommy Toes. … Continue reading