Category Archives: Summer Planting

Perpetual red hands – a love of beetroot

Ahh Beetroot!  I love beetroot, but why?  Perhaps its the patriot in me – for some reason I regard beetroot as being quintessentially Australian (this despite the most famous beetroot dish in the world being Russian…).  I think I associate beetroot with … Continue reading

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Growing Fenugreek

The plant: I have a mound of soil which I hope to grow pumpkins on later this year.  In order to prepare it for planting I thought I would be a good idea to grow a green manure crop on it.  … Continue reading

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Battling the Aphids – Growing Broccoli

Apparently the name broccoli comes from Italian broccolo, which means something like: ‘the flowering top of a cabbage’.  I read this on Wikipedia – I love Wikipedia – I find that even if the info on there isn’t true its usually entertaining … Continue reading

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Planning your garden – To raise or not to raise…

Most of the people I know grow veggies in raised beds (with a couple of notable exceptions).  My father uses raised beds, my grandfather had raised beds, quite possibly his before him did too, but do you need them? They create … Continue reading

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Herbs – Growing Chervil

Sometimes I feel a bit sorry for Chervil; it kind of seems like the poor cousin of the more vibrant Parsley (to which it is related), the dowdier friend of dominant dill and the shy understudy of tremendous tarragon.   But … Continue reading

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