Happenings...

I've finally planted a pineapple. It's meant to be simple and yet I've never tried it until now. They say you simply chop the top of your pineapple, leave it for a day or so to dry and then plant it - will keep you all updated on it's welfare as time goes by!

I also planted some Photinia cuttings at the end of last May. For those who don't know, this is a large and quite common hedging plant. It flushed with new and bright red growth making for a stunning display. I got my cuttings from Gloria Jeans near work and had dipped them in honey and baby formula before putting into pots covered with some 2 litre bottles to keep them toasty and warm and without too much water loss. A month on and they seem to be all growing well with some even developing side shoots! Will need to get some more cuttings on my next visit for coffee.

Farmer Brown has a cold. It couldn't be a co-incidence that Lemon trees bear fruit in the cold and flu season. More of that scrummy Lemonade coming up!

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Long Awaited Updates!

OK OK... so I've been slack - after all, it is winter though.





The vegie garden under the roses is growing well - well at least the half that has not been attacked by a pair of apparent vegetarian dogs!

Of the first lot of seed planted, the lettuce is nearly ready to start picking but the broccolli probably needs another few weeks yet. Only 1 silverbeet has taken. The peas that were grwoing have been eaten

Of the second lot of seeds, nothing took - trampling and digging by dogs appears to have taken it's toll!

So last weekend, another round of seed planting has taken place. Some iceberg lettuce across the front left, some butter beans on the left back and some more silverbeet across the center.

Worth noting also that the zygocactus is in full bloom but most other plants are starting to slow down due to winter - even the lawn is ony needing a light trim every few weeks

Vegie Garden Growing

The vegie garden is growing well under the roses as shown on the picture taken last weekend. Across the front is the lettuce which is now nearly double this size and across the back is the broccoli. These will need thinning as their meant to be about 50 to 60cm apart!
The roses are benefitting from this too ,probably becasue they get watered and fed more often now. The bed on the left hand side where the peas are is starting to repel water. Not sure why and will need to do some investigation. It's almost as if the top is covered with oil!
Any ideas, pelase let me know!