Last Day of Autumn Downunder

Scarecrow’s Log: 31:05:2009:Temperatures that week:Lowest Min -0.4CLowest Max 11CHighest Max 15.2C9mm RainWhat’s happening in the garden?Apium prostratum Native Sea Parsley (or Sea Celery) has survived the summerand seems to be enjoying the cooler weather too. The Broccoli and Lettuce in the old spudz bin has settled in well.Even with the cold temps that little Cosmos is flowering!Propagation:Seeds:A pop quiz planting of some seeds saved from an apple we bought at a market…Potting up and Plant…

Organice Vegetable Gardening Tips

Organic vegetable gardening is easy. But to help you, here are some tips you should know.
The most critical thing to do is to decide what you want to grow. There are so many vegetables to choose. Keep in mind, though, that undoubtful vegetables cannot be grown considering of the climate so be certain to take that into consideration as well.
So you will not have a hard duration taking care of it, choose vegetables that are well adapted to the soil, temperature, sun and shade exposure.
If you …

What You Need to Know about Organic Gardening

Organic food products are the trend these days after studies have shown that the age old practice of using fertilizers and pesticides happen to be harmful to our health. that means that we have to change our approach and try something else.
The concept of organic vegetable gardening is not new given that ancient civilizations have been doing it for years. We somehow forgot that and thought contemporary science could help us produce better crops.
But whether we go back to the basics, we realiz…

Food Gardening for Beginners

Please go on the hyperlinks to read the info:Part 1 BasicsPart 2 Planning It OutPart 3 Improve Your SoilPart 4 Fast Food GrowingPart 5 Keeping RecordsPart 6 Growing From SeedPart 7 Taking Cuttings Part 8 Fruit Tree CompanionsPart 9 Compost MakingPart 10 Tea For Plants I have been through these and checked all the hyperlinks……removed the urls no longer working. [Source] Scarecrow

Trees For Life - Ordering Season

Trees For Life adverts are appearing in the local papers right now!This scheme is for landholders in South Australia.Through that scheme volunteers (like us)will grow up to 500 indigenous plant seedlings for youor you may grow your own (up to 1000) for your own use.Help Re-Vegetate SA Now……only we can do it!Phone now to join (08) 8406 0500or mail: info@treesforlife.org.auContact Trees For Life on the same numberif you’d like to become a volunteer grower![Source] Scarecrow

Autumn’s Mosaic

Scarecrow’s Log: 24:05:2009:Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor,summer an oil paintingand autumn a mosaic of them all.~Stanley Horowitz~Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 3.9CLowest Max 15CHighest Max 21C1mm RainWhat’s happening in the garden?We have cleaned out one of the garden sheds for a new home for The Black Ninja…I’ll be using her old shed as a garden shed for me as it already contains all the garden tools.We have harvested all the Golden Delicious Apples and removed the netting. M…

Planting-up and New Chookies!

Scarecrow’s Log: 17:05:2009:Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus~Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 1C With ice on the car!Lowest Max 14.4CHighest Max 18.7C1.5mm RainThe ice on the car! What’s happening in the garden?The Trees For Life have been picked up and are on their way to a re-veg project in a nearby town! I hope my baby trees get lots of rain for that their first season.Doc and I have been doing some soil tests around the place.We’ve additionally did a pH p…

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