Winter Colour
June 14, 2009 · Print This Article
Scarecrow’s Log: 14:06:2009:
for good food and warmth,
for the touch of a friendly hand
and for a talk beside the fire:
it is the date for home.
~Edith Sitwell~
Lowest Min -1.0C
Lowest Max 9.6C
Highest Max 14.0C
32mm Rain
Colour in winter…Pink Correa
More colour and growth:
Propagation:
None that week again…my course topic that week was pruning…
Pruning Fruit trees, Rosemary and the Saltbush hedge out the front…some of the fruit I picked off for the chooks first.
New in the Garden that week:
See this link for more info
And here for photos of his earlier visit
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.
Carrots Atomic Red***479g
Celery Kintsai (Soup Celery)***60g
Pumpkin Queensland Blue***2708g Found hiding above the chookrun gate!
Swede Butter***168g
Turnip Golden***425g
Lemons***4959g Juice frozen in ice cube trays for later use.
Plus a yummy mix of greens for soups/stirfries/salads…Kale, Lettuce, Watercress, Chives, Parsley, Sea Parsley, Soup Celery, Beetroot, Turnip and Swede Greens.
Don’t tell the chooks but we are still buying eggs…
[Source] Scarecrow
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