Not the Moon

Posted on July 30, 2019

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Rather, a fabulously refreshing day in the garden, especially after planting some of the below plants the day before into our work in progress – a garden, with a path that winds through, complete with cubby house, teepee which is soon to be shelter to a sandpit, an old swing and a couple of raised beds exclusively for the kids to plant in… so far.

Same succulent.
Succulent (yellow flowers pictured in this gallery are from this plant.
One of the children’s gardens, planted with pansies, spring onions, a blueberry bush, strawberries, a basil struggling to hang on til warmer weather (formerly protected by many weeds), the odd pea shoot from the mulch (one of said weeds), as well as a couple of succulents.
Found in a garden I planted over a year ago with mostly natives, under the palm trees.
Blood orange tree in the making.
In bloom. Yellow mound of flowers on a tall lanky succulent we’ve had in a pot for a very long time.
Jewels twinkling on the bare moptops (overdue for that hard trim).
Don’t know what this is called, only that it grows only to maybe half a metre, and that it is very pretty.
Magpie in the rain
This is in the previously planted garden, replacing one of the plants that didn’t make it.
Eastern Rosellas also having a shower.
Succulent given to me by my Dad.
One of the two Jasmine plants, one is planted at the front fence beside the cubby. I can’t wait to see how that grows.

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Succulents and Sunshine

Posted on July 14, 2016

Well this is the wettest winter I can remember! With that comes a lot of weeds, but I managed to dodge some of those to find some of our succulents flowering; small but stunning!

I didn’t notice how many ants were here until I saw the photo.
This is the same type of succulent as the previous yellow flowering one, but in a different garden (Ambrose’s garden)

Apparently it won’t rain here for a few days so I hung some washing outside for the first time in ages.

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‘Blue Chalksticks’
‘Jellybeans’

I thought about doing some gardening (that’s as far as the idea went), instead I grabbed the camera and made the most of the sunshine while it lasted.

IMG_3364Maybe I’ll pull some weeds tomorrow…

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Garden of Eatin’

Posted on December 19, 2015

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In the middle of a stinking hot Summer day, in the midst of a heatwave in Australia, you are either in water or inside.  Today I opt for inside and take the chance to share with you some nicer pictures of my garden taken in the last few days, as opposed to the wilting garden trying to make it through the day on the water I gave it early this morning.

Edible Zucchini flower

I grow food and have done for about 20 years off and on.  I’ve been using heirloom variety seeds for a lot of that time, as well as buying seedlings from markets or nurseries when I needed a catch up or head start.  This has been done while renting, and it continues in this home which we moved to in June this year.

This time round I aim to grow all or mostly heirloom varieties, and all from seed.  I have always grown organically and nothing changes there.

We have an apricot (pictured), plum and two lemon trees. Both the stonefruit are fruiting now; apricots are being eaten by large black ants and the plum by the local parrots before they are ripe… sharing is caring!
French purple globe artichoke. I’m letting one go just so I can see the flower. The only other time I’ve grown these was at the last place we were renting, I planted them at the wrong time of year and the frost knocked their socks off, so I didn’t get to the flowering stage.
Since taking this photo, these butternuts have grown even wilder, out onto the path – I’m constantly pushing them back so I can get to the clothesline! They are starting to reach towards the top of the neighbours fence (maybe they’ll get free butternuts).
I’ve planted sweetcorn, tomatoes, cucumbers and climbing beans together in one bed. I’m using the corn like stakes for the other plants; the beans (pictured left – purple king climbing bean) haven’t needed much encouragement. The cucumbers (right) I’ve gently wrapped around and onto the corn stems and leaves, as well as leaning tomatoes towards them and hooking some of the lateral growth over the leaves of the corn. I did originally plan to tie the tomatoes to the corn stems as you would to a stake, but later decided to see if I could train them well enough to be supported by the corn. A plant was planted next to every corn plant. Next time I’ll plant closer together with the expectation that this will make it easier to keep plants upright and supported, particularly tomatoes.
The zucchinis with dead flowers on the end need harvesting. You can pick them as early as you like, usually the earlier the sweeter. If they are left they become a darker colour and take on a ‘woody’ texture – the outer skin becomes tougher. That said, I have had large woody zucchinis before which were perfectly tasty on the inside. I love baking them.

 

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