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Thoughts on Growing Garlic
I’ve learnt a lot about growing garlic this year….well at least I think I’ve learnt a lot. Previously I’ve always just grown one variety of garlic which generally did OK for me. This year though I decided to branch out and try some … Continue reading
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Growing garlic – Hardneck & Softneck varieties
The first of my garlic, sown a week ago is up. Green shoots are emerging through the soil underneath the cages I placed over them to protect them; partially from the blackbirds but mostly from my 2 year old who is a destructive … Continue reading
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Tagged Garlic
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This Summer’s Beans
I love beans, in some ways they are the quintessential summer vegetable, as they are one of the relatively few veg I really only ever eat at this time of year. I tend to favour rounded dwarf bush bean varieties … Continue reading
Dead ‘orse
I have been preserving tomatoes this week. Not my tomatoes, my father’s, so I have given this post his name for tomato sauce. My dad always used to call tomato sauce dead horse – I suspect he’s not alone in this, … Continue reading
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
