Category Archives: Autumn Harvesting

Monday Harvest – 12th Mar 2012

This weeks harvest is more of the same with a couple of different things thrown in for good measure.  To start with the different, I harvested my first lot of beetroot since Spring. 3 Chioggia beetroot, a golden one and … Continue reading

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Monday Harvest – Mar 4 2012

Autumn seems to have brought some much cooler weather with it this year; cooler and wetter.  Apparently Melbourne’s had its wettest start to March in 50 years, which actually probably isn’t saying a great deal as we are only 5 … Continue reading

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Beware: Can cause cut fingers – Lemongrass

I find Lemongrass grows pretty well during Melbourne’s warmer months.  Over winter it tends to hibernate and if you get frost it may not last the winter.  This is what one of my lemongrass plants looked like last May. It … Continue reading

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Chilli’rrific News

Hmmm this post title sounded better than it looks……Anyway I’m very excited because all my chilli plants made in through the Melbourne winter.  (For a couple of them it was their second winter.)  YAY!!!!  What is even more exciting is … Continue reading

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Beetroot Rasam

I’ve recently started harvesting my latest crop of beetroot.  Partially because its ready and partially to make more room for my purple cabbages which are getting really quite large….. My dad also grows beetroot, and he reckons his current batch is about to bolt.  … Continue reading

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