The warmest day this week saw the first lizard on the move!Temperatures this week:
Lowest Min 1.5C
Lowest Max 10.3C
Highest Max 18C
22mm Rain
Lowest Min 1.5C
Lowest Max 10.3C
Highest Max 18C
22mm Rain
What's the weather been like in the garden?
Again a week of mixed weather that included a very loud thunderstorm! No icy mornings and one warm day before it was blown away by strong winds again.
Propagation:
Seeds:
Cucumber Crystal Apple Cucumis sativus (Phoenix Seeds)
Cucumber Crystal Apple Lemon Cucumis sativus (The Lost Seed)
Cucumber Lebanese Cucumis sativa (Phoenix Seeds)
Cucumber White Wonder Cucumis sativus (The Lost Seed)
Kale Tuscan Black (Cavalo Nero) Brassica oleracea (Diggers)
Lettuce Crispmint Lactuca sativa (Diggers)
Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus (DT Brown)
Pumpkin Hercules Butternut Cucurbita moschata (New Gippsland Seeds)
Pumpkin Lady Godiva Cucurbita pepo (The Lost Seed)
Pumpkin Potimarron Cucurbita maxima (Diggers)
Pumpkin Queensland Blue Cucurbita maxima (Phoenix Seeds)
Pumpkin Waltham Butternut Cucurbita moschata (The Lost Seed)
Rockmelon Delicious 51 PMR Cucumis melo subsp. melo (Phoenix Seeds)
Squash Winter Delicata Cucurbita pepo var. pepo (Phoenix Seeds)
Squash Winter Sweet Meat Cucurbita pepo var. pepo (Phoenix Seeds)
Sunflower Sun King Helianthus annus (DT Brown)
Watermelon Blacktail Mountain Citrullus lanatus (Phoenix Seeds)
Watermelon Golden Midget Citrullus lanatus (Diggers)
Watermelon Sugarbaby Citrullus vulgaris (Eden Seeds)
Zucchini Cocozelle Cucurbita pepo (The Lost Seed)
Zucchini Golden Cucurbita pepo (Eden Seeds)
Zucchini Romanesco Cucurbita pepo (Phoenix Seeds)
Zucchini Rondo De Nice Cucurbita pepo (Eden Seeds)
Potting up:
Tomato - Green Zebra, Kotlas, Ida Gold, Sunrise, Red Cherry, Silvery Fir Tree
Tomatillo
An organic Orange Sweet Potato (Kumera) was put into a container and placed on the heated propagation tray to see if it will sprout!
Planting out:
Grapevines x 2 on the Chook Run fence.
In the Garden This week:
Yet more Tomatoes and the Tomatillos have been potted on and placed in the hothouse.More spring seeds have been sown.
Yes more than I'll ever use BUT
FIRST they have to germinate,
THEN the have to survive any frosts until planting,
THEN they have to survive any frosts after planting!
If too many survive at the end (they usually do) then there are friends and fellow community gardeners to share the leftovers with.
The Onions in the Dog Pen Beds have taken off with the rain we've had. That's a volunteer Coriander growing in the middle of the row!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.
Beetroot Golden***150g
Cabbage Ethiopian***60g
Chicory Red Ribbed Dandelion***30g
Kale Mixed***150g
MangelWurzel***550g
Parcel***65g
Parsley***75g
Parsnip Hollow Crown***1026g
Radish Cherry Belle***35g
Silverbeet Mixed***250g
Shallot Red***30g
Eggs
18 From the 5 Farmyard Ferals
17 From the 4 Barnevelders
14 From the 5 Faverolles
To see how the various Garden areas fit on our half acre block check out the newest Map of our place HERE
Websites or addresses for the seed suppliers are listed on the page My Seed Suppliers Here
Hi!Does Cucumber Crystal Apple grow well on trellis?Or are they very bushy type?This spring will be my first time growing them and I also bought the seeds from phoenix seeds. Cheers, Diana
ReplyDeleteHi Diana
ReplyDeleteThose cucumbers will be happy growing up a trellis. I hope they will be the best cucumbers you have ever eaten!
I saw the first snake for this season about 4 weeks ago here, on the road, in the Mt. Lofty Ranges. It was a red bellied black, I thought it was dead but it must have been sunning itself because when I returned about 10 minutes later it was gone. After a long, cold, wet winter I expect it thought that spring was here already and took the opportunity to warm up a little
ReplyDeleteNice to see all that you are seeding now. I planted out the last of our cauliflower and brocolli yesterday and was wondering what to seed now for spring! Many thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHi Olive
ReplyDeleteYes I suppose with lizards on the move it means snakes too!!! They are very hungry when they wake up from their winter sleep...it must mean spring isn't too far away. With -3C up here this morning I can't see it myself. :)
Hi Bec
ReplyDeleteDepending on just where you are in Qld your planting seasons may be different to mine.
Check out the Gardenate site for a better guide. You can choose the best climate zone for your area.
If you subscribe to it (free) they will send out an email to remind you each month!
Thank you. I might sow those seeds next weekend.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to find this site! I just moved to Adelaide from the eastern US where I gardened and raised chickens and worms. Now that I'm here I'm trying to start up a good container food garden in little space from scratch. With all the seasons being opposite it is a pleasure to find this site for information....very good work! And thank you ^.^
ReplyDeleteHi Dandilyon
ReplyDeleteWelcome to South Australia!!
Your growing times will be a bit different down in Adelaide to mine up here with our frosts!
The Gardenate chart for temperate zones should be helpful for you.
As for container gardening why not set up some Wicking Box type containers. You can use anything that will hold water in the base and as long as you allow an overflow they don't "fill up with water". That way you can use your worm keeping skills and grow your veg at the same time!!!
I like your gardens-you must have the greenest thumb ever!
ReplyDeletei was about to say "my god she sows a lot of different seeds" so thanks for the explanation - playing chicken with Mr frost.
ReplyDeleteSo does your Almond ever set fruit there or do they all get blasted by the frost?
Our Acacias are going to have a bumper year here in the center after all the rain we have had and the continuing rain we are getting - more forecast this week. I think our frosts have finished - cross fingers
I love this blog! Keep up the inspiraing work you are doing!
ReplyDeleteHi Chris
ReplyDeleteYes there are a lot of seeds this year...happens every year!
We get a great set with the Almond trees...our main problem is keeping the parrots and Galahs from eating them all! The trees are too big to net but some of the younger trees will be trained to a height to allow easy netting so we can get to eat some almonds again!!
They seem to cope with the late frosts we get here. We can have frosts until October...we even had snow on the last day of October one year!!!
Hope you are right about your frosts!
Thanks for the comment Quachy.
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