Category Archives: Spring Planting

Growing Sweet Potato in Melbourne? Impossible Dream?

A couple of months ago I found this in my cupboard. I posted the picture with my Monday Harvest post and Shawn Ann helpfully told me what she did with hers.  She twisted off the shoots and placed them in … 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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One Stick at a Time – Growing Celery

There’s not a lot at harvesting stage in my garden at the moment.  The garden looks great – its just that things are either finishing or not ready yet. The shallots are still growing, the broad beans are only just flowering, the cabbages are … Continue reading

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Growing Thyme & Propagating by Layering

Thyme has an interesting history.  According to Wikipedia the ancient Egyptians used it in embalming, the ancient Greeks burnt it as incense, and in the middle ages it was placed beneath pillows to ward off nightmares.  Over the years herbalists … Continue reading

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Peter Cundall & More Potato Experiments

I occasionally buy Organic Gardener magazine. There is an article by Peter Cundall in  this months issue about growing beans, carrots, and pivotally for this post, potatoes.  I love Peter Cundall – he is definitely one of my heroes.  For anyone … Continue reading

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