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March 15, 2007

note to self

Check out rake's progress regularly.

"note to self" was posted by dogpossum on March 15, 2007 5:32 PM in the category greenies

January 26, 2007

greenies

Now I have a bit of time on my hands (and the inclination), I've been getting into the gardening a bit.

We have some very sad natives planted in the front garden, but I've a solution for their neglect. I take our empty juice bottles (the big two or three litre jobs), fill them with water then turn them upside down, necks dug into the ground near the plant. The water slowly seeps down and out, doing a neat slow-drip watering job. Ta-da! The plants have been a lot cheerier, even with this piss-weak bit of attention.

I've also had a chance to order some seeds from the wonderful Eden Seeds which arrived yesterday. It's not exactly the best time of year, but we've put some rocket in a planter and I'm going to have a look at a couple of peas tomorrow (Oregan something or other and purple podded peas). I can't believe I forgot to get beans... though they're not always that happy in the warmest weather.

We love the purple beans/peas, even though The Squeeze can't really tell that they're purple. I love the way they have purple flowers and then such amazing purple pods. They're so lovely. That little picture up there is from the Eden Seeds catalogue, but this picture here is from our garden. That's my hand there.
I'm looking forward to this action.
There's also a range of purple beans which change colour when you cook them (to green) which I've had my eye on, but didn't chase up. They're called Magic Beans. (!)

Meanwhile our self-sowed (grr) cherry tomatos are taking over, crowding out the new lemon verbena plant I put in, and threatening the little baby purple chilli plant. The herbs I planted a while ago are going great guns, especially the lemon basil and the Vietnamese mint and flat leaf parsley. Usefully these are herbs we use quite often. Everything else is plodding along happily and the new yellow passionfruit vine is very happy in its big pot. Remind me to post photos of the insanely big purple passionfruit vine. It's starting throwing ripe fruit onto the concrete and I've already had almost enough passionfruit for the season. It's amazing shit, though. If you're in Melbourne, we should arrange a handover so they don't go to waste (we tend to give people bags of the things all season).

"greenies" was posted by dogpossum on January 26, 2007 8:35 PM in the category greenies | Comments (1)

December 24, 2006

hawt gardening prn

We finally revamped the veggie patch. I've decided to ditch the veggies and go for solid herbs. That bed there that I'm standing on is really difficult to get things growing in. We've a few tomatos who've self-seeded themselves near the compost there, and a few left over herbs at the front and to the side, but it's pretty much empty now. The other bed, on the other hand, is now full of new herb seedlings, as well as the old rosemary and lemon grass and a lavender I should dig out. Now it has a million types of basil, plus other good bits and pieces. They're left in the hands of The Squeeze's mother - hopefully they'll still be well when we get home.

But check out the photos for the whole mulching process. Keep in mind the fact that we weeded thoroughly before hand and dug in some sweet compost from the compost bin.

"hawt gardening prn" was posted by dogpossum on December 24, 2006 1:07 AM in the category greenies