Frosty All Week!!

Garden Log 27 Jul 08:

These frosty mornings are a distress now that the Almond tree is in blossom but it was pleasing to see the bees were out on Friday.

The lower temps mean that growth slows down considerably at that date of the year so I’ve popped a light plastic cover by the Tank Bed Greens for warmth.

I roughly broke the soil up for 2 rows

in the chook run where I’ll be planting Potatoes that season and made a manure gap in there too for planting some Queensland Blue Pumpkins…these areas have been covered with bread crates while the girls are still in that run. They will be moving out to their new run soon.

Doc managed to find me an old bath tub that week so that will go into the shadehouse on Bed 9 to grow some Aquatic food plants in summer. I have some Duck Potatoes (Sagittaria sagittifolia) on their way from Green Harvest. These will be planted along with a few Waterchestnuts (Eleocharis dulcis) that I got from Cornucopia Seeds. I’ll additionally pop in some Kang Kong (Ipomoea aquatica) from Phoenix Seeds and Water Cress (Nasturtium officinale) additionally from Cornucopia Seeds.

[Source] Scarecrow