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23-03-2019 07:50 PM
23-03-2019 07:50 PM
Re: Self care by growing a garden
We're due to get a little bit of rain here too @Former-Member, and a few cooler days- 20 deg. plus or minus a few. Today was 30-ish, windy and dusty, so the silverbeet plants I put in the pot yesterday have fainted a bit. They've lost their root network in the transplanting process, and the wind carries the moisture away from their leaves. They'll be putting out new fine "feeder" roots within a day or two, and the cooler weather will also help.
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25-03-2019 06:12 PM
25-03-2019 06:12 PM
Re: Self care by growing a garden
Picked the first of our cherry tomatoes today 😀.
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26-03-2019 10:08 AM
26-03-2019 10:08 AM
Re: Self care by growing a garden
Love to hear about your gardening adventures here @Tufftimes
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27-03-2019 09:53 PM
27-03-2019 09:53 PM
Re: Self care by growing a garden
Made it to garden club this week, the first time in a long time.
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27-03-2019 10:07 PM
27-03-2019 10:07 PM
Re: Self care by growing a garden
Garden Club day here is one of my big "self care" things @Former-Member. I very jealously defend its date each month.
Ours is a friendly bunch, and I know of at least one occasion where our good reputation got us entry to a lovely garden that wasn't often opened up to groups. It was one that has featured on Gardening Australia (TV and magazine articles) and it was in the Australian Open Gardens schedule a few years back. 🙂
(I'm the "junior" member of the group... have been ever since I joined it nearly 19 years ago.)
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28-03-2019 05:30 AM
28-03-2019 05:30 AM
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28-03-2019 06:00 AM
28-03-2019 06:00 AM
Re: Self care by growing a garden
In a transition phase re: garden with house on market @Smc . Not wanting to spend too much on it, but seeing how a few more plants in a number of spots would improve visual appeal greatly. Our newer hedge plantings are only just starting to take off, but still too small to shade out the weeds. I might throw around some more annual flower seeds but have not had a great deal of success with them.
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29-03-2019 07:19 PM
29-03-2019 07:19 PM
Re: Self care by growing a garden
Mr Darcy moved the large pile of weeds in our front yard into the chook pen. Once the grass grows a bit the area will be ascetically more pleasing (and not off putting to a potential buyer).
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29-03-2019 07:35 PM
29-03-2019 07:35 PM
Re: Self care by growing a garden
I got a couple more silverbeet plants in today, and another little batch of Egyptian Onions. Also did some pruning.
Cool (cold, actually) weather predicted for tomorrow, so the new plantings will like that. The toms, basil and capsicums that are still going may not be so happy.
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02-04-2019 06:49 PM
02-04-2019 06:49 PM
Re: Self care by growing a garden
Shuffled through a spot where I'd planted Elephant Garlic last year, found six full sized bulbs starting to put out new roots, and seven little baby bulbils. Got a fresh spot ready for those and replanted them, and put two silverbeet plants in their old spot.
I planted the garlic/perennial onions too late in the season last year. They didn't do too badly, but weren't as big as they could have been. Hoping that earlier plantings this year will give them the time to develop properly.
Oooh, and I spotted the Dutch Irises starting to shoot up today! 😄 They haven't flowered yet for me, but I recently lifted them, added composty stuff to the soil and replanted, so hoping maybe this year.