The Heat is On…
November 7, 2009 · Print This Article
Scarecrow’s Log: 8:11:2009:
Lowest Min 3.4C
Lowest Max 19.8C
Highest Max 36.8C
No Recorded Rainfall
What’s happening in the garden?
With the heat on it’s way the shade covers are up, we use 50% white shade cloth on the vegetable beds as it allows abundant light through for flowering but cuts the heat. We left the main cover loose so we can move it as the sun goes by. The newly planted seedlings will need all the help they can get that week.
Sugarcane mulch has been applied, now all we have to do is get through that week or as faraway as that heat lasts!
Propagation:
Seeds:
Kakai Pumpkin seeds saved from last year.These are a hull-less seeded variety.
They germinated quickly in the hot weather.
Planting out:
Cucumber Marketmore seedlings in Tank Bed a
Seedlings of Basil Genovese planted on Bed 2
with the Roma tomatoes
Potting up:
Cuttings of Sage - Golden
Cuttings/Division:
Plumbago auriculata
Around the Garden that week:
Red Drumhead Cabbages
Red Lima Beans slowly emerging in Tank Bed a
Blue Lake Climbing Beans in Bed 3
Mauve Pigface
Kamut wheat heads,
pity those farmyard ferals
didn’t leave more than a few plants for us.
The Cherries are colouring up already!!
Weekly Harvest Tally:
Doesn’t include Greens fed to the chooks on a daily basis or herbs picked for use in the kitchen for cooking or tea making.
Asparagus***150g
Beetroot Detroit Red Globe***1249g (Doc has pickled this)
Broad Beans Early faraway Pods & Coles Early Dwarf***124g
Onions Red***200g
Strawberries***86g
Plus a yummy mix of greens for soups/stirfries/salads…Kale, Lebanese Watercress, Chives, Parsley, Sea Parsley.
Eggs
23 from the Farmyard Ferals
4 from the Ginger Girls
2 from Blackie
[Source] Scarecrow
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