Lately we have had Rain and Weather with capital letters. Our grass which was a crispy brown that crunched under our feet is now a soft green; the basil, apple cucumber and Tropic tomato plants are zooming ahead; and the ground is so soft that weed pulling is easy. I am about to give up …
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Organic vegetable gardening – Annette McFarlane
I managed to spy Organic Vegetable Gardening by Annette McFarlane on the library shelves as I was chasing Little F through the place and added it to the books I was getting out. It was a lucky find, I'm enjoying flicking through it. It has section on beginning gardening, plants for small spaces, what plants do …
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Next gen, vegetable style
In my third garden bed where I planted lettuce, basil and tomatoes, the tiny plants that have sprouted look suspiciously like marigolds, pak choy and sunflowers. I first planted pak choy years ago, my first year gardening, and it did really well. We had a lot of stir fries that year. The pak choy blossomed …
Felling the giant sunflower
We took down the giant sunflower to make way for other things to be planted in the bed (tomatoes, carrots, basil and lettuce). Once it was down, we could finally measure it properly. Before we were measuring by standing next to it, sticking our hands in the air, and trying to see how much distance …
Growing
I did think of a witty pun for the title earlier in the day but I've forgotten it by now. That's the way it goes. I got my garden off to a bit of a late start this year, and grasshoppers took care of my carefully planted on time basil, so we're off to a …
