I've just started our vegies in styrofoam boxes as we're renting but we have a massive shade house to use which is great.
I'm growing everything from seed & at the moment have zucchini, cos, 2 types of cabbage, brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, silverbeet, beetroot, carrots, peas & radish! Herbs; there was a big mint bush already here, I've also got basil, thyme, oregano & onion chives.
The zucchini is going great guns - I can't believe how fast it grows!
Have some hanging baskets I'm planning on planting strawberries & cherry tomatos in too.
Just got back from bunnings and have decided to turn one of ou front garden beds into another patch!
Bought some broccoli, cauliflower and some moe capscium seedlings.
We have had a so,so year so far. DH planted sugar snap peas and snow peas that did produce something, well enough for GS to go out and pick them of the plant. You should have seen his face when there were no more left.
The strawberries are doing really well and have been fruiting for months and look like they will do so for a while.
The snails ate the cucumbers, all three of them even though we put down snail bait.
The beans plants are big & green but not much on them.
The pumpkin vines are deciding what to do, we have a few but the butter nut spate the dummy and died in the heat. Have managed to keep the other 2 varieties alive.
Keep plenty of water on your butter nuts and they will take off. We pick our last one in April last year.
We have lettuce on the deck which we grow all year. Its great to walk out the door and pick it fresh. The potatoes we have are self sown and we dig them up when we need them.
We got our first crop of nectarines this year and have fruit on the peach, apple, lemon & mandarine trees.
Our biggest heart break is the Chinese gooseberry. After the heat last week or so it has dried up most of the fruit and many branches have died. This is a plant that produced 700+ fruit a year. Also the passionfruit is a write off.
gooseberry as in kiwi fruit? Did you really get 700 a year? WOW!
I saw mr and mr kiwi plants at bunnings for around $20 a plant and i thought that was expensive. Well not so expensive when you get so much fruit off it!
How do you do your potatoes? I got told today I could use tyres stacked on top of each other to plant the potatoes. I might try that. BUT I cant find anywhere who sell potato seeds or seedlings?
seed potatoes are certified disease-free and I've seen them at bunnings. You can also try Diggers' Garden Club (very much worth it).
I've gone to the organic market & bought varieties of potato, waited until the eyes sprouted and planted them. If using tyres, Peter Cundall recommends each time the leaves appear, to put another tyre on top with more soil / compost / straw etc.
Our garden's pretty bad - the silverbeet is seeding, the peas are drying on the vine and the garlic was like a shell. The tomatoes are pretty darn good though, all heirloom varieties.
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But you can also order without being a member, and if you live near either of the 2 places (St Erth & Dromana) you can visit there and buy direct. Dromana gardens ae really pretty and they are a wonderful spot for a picnic, or the cafe there is great.
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