fresh out of my garden this morning.....thought the Garlic was going to be a disaster, as i have had to stop pumping water from the dam, so i have reserve for the bushfires....

but to my surprise was about 70% of a good crop....yippee :d :d :d



Edited by batfink: 27/10/2013 11:06:53 AM

weeds:oops: :oops:

So much potential, so little commitment

Impressive harvest batfink

Mint, it's like a fucking weed.

Our limes are doing really well, the leaves seem to be really fragrant at the moment.

A lot of our herbs & vegetables died while we were away, I can probably salvage the kale and spring onions. Going to try some beetroot, sweet potato, cucumber and onions next.

Donald McKay & Jimmy Hoffa

Drugs

I got 'erbz nigga.

-PB

Oregano, Sage, Marjoram, Mint, Thyme (my fave), Rosemary, Basil, Strawberries, Corriander and Parsley.

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could be a kaffir lime tree??? good time to be putting in corn,zucchini, beans, bush pumkins,squash,lettuce,tomatoes......

been very dry spring so nothing much to brag about....except me garlic...:d :d :d :d :d

In pots I currently have: Oregano, Sage, Mint, Thyme Rosemary, Basil, Strawberries, Coriander, Olives and Parsley.

Have a massive lemon tree in the backyard, and a mango true which doesn't fruit in the front.

Currently in the process of a major landscaping job at home - adding a deck to the backyard. A lot of the design is based around a glorious veggie garden bed.

So talk to me in a year about it all

Edited by pv4: 28/10/2013 12:13:46 PM

-PB

Don't have veggies, but my Orange, Lemon, Lime and Plum trees are extraordinary now. can fill up at least 5 buckets for the citrus trees and at 9 for the plums

wow...that's a shit load of plums......why not make jam??? my missus makes marmalade with jamesons whiskey in it......yummy :d and she makes plum, mulberry,lemon & lime,cumquat all pretty good...she is very clever.....

???? WTF is that all about??????

Must say this is mostly down to my wife's handy work.

Beetroot is ready for plucking and we just harvested leek a couple of weeks ago. Only got a few carrots left from winter and cauliflower is coming along.

Tis the second season for our strawberries and they will produce at least 200-250 of the buggers this year considering a few runners we have going.

Spring onion is still solid as is the spinach and lettuce.

We've never done corn successfully so any advice on that front would be welcome...

I've planted some millet, sunflowers and whatever else is contained in a birdseed packet mainly because I want to see what my parrots' reactions are when they are confronted with the plant as food rather than seed in their bowl.

I didn't do much else this year but we've got the usual assortment of lettuces, tomatoes, chokos, spinaches, beans and other things growing. Hopefully apple tree produces more 4 apples and the birds don't pinch them this year. I don't like avocados but the avocado tree has been going ballistic for at least the last half a year. Have to go pick a whole lot of them every day otherwise the front lawn gets covered in them or when the kids down the street get bored the whole street.

what goes wrong with your corn???

yeah i plant the budgie mix in the paddock and when it heads up i let the pigs freerange on it, usually add all the seeds that we have left over from previous season to that mix

Fuck me my Geranium has gone spaz already since the last prune, need to get on that this weekend.

-PB

sounds like it could be a challenge for you Pauly....;)

Cuttings the easy part, its the baking/bag making that takes time lol.

-PB

Shiiit (as Clay Davis would say) you boys are super keen to hear about failed corn. In truth we've only tried twice before.

First time we tried it started to die off too early before the kernels ripened (not juicy/yellow etc). The second time we tried I think we used the wrong soil and it was just stunted...

We used to grow corn when I was a kid. You've got about a 2 week window to get it right. Sandy soil is better.

Thanks to how boring america's mid-west is, there's HEAPS of info in the net about it though :lol:

only drama i have ever had is the wind comes and flattens it JUST before harvest time....[-x

Thanks gents. We can put it in a place that has good protection from the wind...

Any other comments still welcome...