I thought adding a web link from you tube into this blog would be easy, turns out I ma wrong.
Finding it harder than I am reading.
perhaps copy link from below ansd paste
http://youtu.be/XjsPpSZqtfg
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Janaury & Februray 2013
I wish I could say I have spent alot of time in the garden in this new year, but due to the weather in Sydney, garden time has been minimal.
A little rain would not normally keep me out of the garden, but we have had torrentail rain. In fact 2 weeks ago the suburb where I live had the highest recorded rainfall in Sydney 266mm in a 24 hour period.
I have dug up all my beetroot and pickled, with more beetroot seeds being planted. You can never have to much Beetroot. The last of the carrots have also been dug up. They were very small and ended up being juiced. My perpetaul spinach started to show signs of rust, I could have sprayed them, but all in all they were 5 months old & counting so I thought it best to replant some new.
I chose Silverbeet this time instead of perpetual spinach, it may be slower to grow and less productive. I may end up planting more perpetual spinach cause it is lovely in salads.
I planted bush beans seeds (a Christams present from my dad) early Jan 2013 and they are going gang busters. I had bought a punnet of bean seedlings in late Dec 2012 & planted them; only to discover that half the punnet was also bush beans & the other half were good 'ol climbers. I only discovered a few weeks after planting that it was a mixed punnet & I had planted the smaller beans at the back. Oh well it all worked out in the end.
My Aubergine (Eggplant) are going really well. I have 3 plants and have already picked and marinated in oil a couple of the eggplant.
The cucumbers (burpless i think) are being picked at a rate of about 1 every couple of days. They are being used in salads and made into juices. They are OK as a juice so long as the seeds are removed and they are skinned.
Whenever I plant anything I throw in some radish seeds, this time I went for small rounds one over the elongated radish, simply because they are smaller.
A little rain would not normally keep me out of the garden, but we have had torrentail rain. In fact 2 weeks ago the suburb where I live had the highest recorded rainfall in Sydney 266mm in a 24 hour period.
I have dug up all my beetroot and pickled, with more beetroot seeds being planted. You can never have to much Beetroot. The last of the carrots have also been dug up. They were very small and ended up being juiced. My perpetaul spinach started to show signs of rust, I could have sprayed them, but all in all they were 5 months old & counting so I thought it best to replant some new.
I chose Silverbeet this time instead of perpetual spinach, it may be slower to grow and less productive. I may end up planting more perpetual spinach cause it is lovely in salads.
I planted bush beans seeds (a Christams present from my dad) early Jan 2013 and they are going gang busters. I had bought a punnet of bean seedlings in late Dec 2012 & planted them; only to discover that half the punnet was also bush beans & the other half were good 'ol climbers. I only discovered a few weeks after planting that it was a mixed punnet & I had planted the smaller beans at the back. Oh well it all worked out in the end.
My Aubergine (Eggplant) are going really well. I have 3 plants and have already picked and marinated in oil a couple of the eggplant.
The cucumbers (burpless i think) are being picked at a rate of about 1 every couple of days. They are being used in salads and made into juices. They are OK as a juice so long as the seeds are removed and they are skinned.
Whenever I plant anything I throw in some radish seeds, this time I went for small rounds one over the elongated radish, simply because they are smaller.
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