Today in the Garden.
February 26, 2009
We are on the way to a top temperature of around 38C again today so I had a quick look around the garden that AM to check on everything.The Strawberry Tank bed has runners escaping…I shall take a few of these to set up another strawberry bed…the plants are only in their second year and fruited v…
Spring-like Weather
February 22, 2009
Scarecrow’s Log: 22:02:2009:Those Parrots have been raiding the Sunflowers again and not leaving a lot for the chooks. Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 12CHighest Max 33.2CNo Recorded RainfallVery mild week and in the garden new growth is sprouting. The cool won’t last and our temperatures head bac…
Much Cooler that Week!
February 15, 2009
Scarecrow’s Log: 15:02:2009:Much cooler that week,so that tiny sunflower,that has struggled through the heatwave,has decided to flower! Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 7.7CHighest Max 30CNo Recorded RainfallI’ve been busy harvesting and tidying up the garden that week.On Saturday we picked 17.5kgs…
Planning Your Vegetable Garden Layout Part 3
February 11, 2009
Early June
Sowing seeds inside cauliflower (on sods), muskmelon, watermelon, corn.
seedbeds can be started too for celery, cabbage, lettuce.
Onions, carrots, smooth peas, spinach, beets, chard, parsnip, turnip, and radish. Lettuce, cabbage (plants). Beans, corn, spinach, radish. kale, winter squas…
The Heat Is Gone!
February 10, 2009
Scarecrow’s Log: 08:02:2009:At last the Rooster weather vane indicated the cooler southerly wind change.Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 15.9CHighest Max 44CNo Recorded RainThe cool change finally arrived here in SA on Saturday night…With the news of the cool change here came the news of the deva…
Planning Your Vegetable Garden Layout Part 2
February 9, 2009
Planning should typically rather be done earlier and in due instance, than rushing it when it is nearly duration to plant. The rule of thumb is that the more moment you spend planning, the more you actually save yourself in hour’s worth of labor in the garden itself, later on. Again, working smar…
Planning Your Vegetable Garden Layout
February 6, 2009
Keeping track of what is happening in and around your garden and having, a written record of it will go a distant way in setting you up next year, saving you instance and money! You will be working with some known facts as opposed to mere unknowns.
These tools are highly customizable and you can t…