The Sequel - Lucerne
May 29, 2008
Kate from Hills and Plains Seedsavers left a comment regarding my Lucerne planting……and that wee hours gave me a reminder! Information on Growing Lucerne:I bought that seed from Green Harvest They have 2 varieties one spring, summer vigorous ‘Hunter River’ and that one ‘Sequel’ that’s winter vig…
Do I Spray?
May 29, 2008
ApricotsThe Weekend Farmer asked:”Do you spray your trees to keep the bugs off? We have a few fruit trees…but the fruit gets violated before they can mature and we don’t get anything for the house”.I have been tempted but so far have resisted. I believe that using insecticides in an indiscriminate…
Just One Word…HOT…
May 29, 2008
Hot Chillies…just like the weather!Garden Log: 10 Mar 08With temperatures of more than 35C predictedfor the rest of that week it looks like that summer just doesn’t want to let go.Just when we thought we were heading into winterthis last blast of heat will certainly spell the endfor most summer c…
We’ve Been to Nirvana.
May 29, 2008
Some how it didn’t seem quite so hot there……Sunday 16 March Doc and I surfaced early (before 5 am) to leave on the dot of 6 am for the trip down to the big smoke. Fortunately that meant travelling before the heat got too poor and we actually arrived at the hills site early!Deb Cantrill was host…
Feeding Worms in the Garden…
May 29, 2008
Having now realised that an integral part of the Wicking Bed set up are the compost worms kept in them, I was very interested in a system I saw at Nirvana farm last weekend.Deb has a tube-like structure which is buried under the soil into which you you place the worm’s food. that is covered with a m…
Wicking Boxes and the Heat
May 29, 2008
The great news with these Wicking Boxes is thatdespite that record heatwave they are going great.I’ve only watered them onceat the beginning of the last weekendwhen I was going to be too busyto keep a close ample eye one them.I’ve been picking Kale leaves for about three weeks now and the trimmings …
A Cool Change…Now A Frost Risk!
May 29, 2008
With the cool change I have to wonder whether these will ripen!Garden Log: 23 March 08From last weekend’s heatwave temps of 38C (100.4F)the cool change has brought the temps down considerably to 20C (68F) that weekend.Friday’s minimum of 5C (41F) was even chilly.Being Easter weekend it was a chancet…