Visitors
October 26, 2009
Scarecrow’s Log: 25:10:2009:Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 2.7CLowest Max 17.5CHighest Max 30.2C3mm RainfallWhat’s happening in the garden?Two groups have visited the garden that week so we’ve been busy getting it ready…mainly weeding! The Strawberries are slowly ripening!!!Propagation:Seeds:I’ve been sprinkling lots of flower seeds around the garden as they anatomy on the plants, Erigeron, Borage, Calendulas and any others that are seeding. Erigeron karvinskianus in flower and seedBorago o…
From Winter to Summer in One Week
October 19, 2009
Scarecrow’s Log: 18:10:2009:Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 1.8CLowest Max 13.2CHighest Max 20C27.5mm RainfallWhat’s happening in the garden?Rain was falling most of last week but it seems that might be all for the next month with only a chance of rain that coming weekend and next nothing more on the 28 day chart!Temps are on their way up now and I shall have to dust off the shade covers whether summer arrives early!Propagation:Seedlings ready for potting-on!On Market day that weekend many see…
First Tomatoes - Yum!
October 11, 2009
Scarecrow’s Log: 11:10:2009:Those little Ida Gold Tomatoes were very yummy!Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 1CLowest Max 15.4CHighest Max 23CNo Recorded RainfallWhat’s happening in the garden?We have started to tidy the compost area. Doc got stuck into the pile of tree prunings and sorted which ones he wanted for the Cob Oven or the Rocket Stove.We resurrected the compost heap and I’ve built a new bed for the compost tumbler.I’ll be growing Yarrow Achillea millefolium and Comfrey Symphytum offi…
Gardening Tips: How to Spend Less on Your Garden
October 5, 2009
It’s easy to spend a fortune every year creating a beautiful yard. These five tips can help save you money in both that, and future gardening seasons.
1. Plan your vegetable garden according to what your neighbors are planting so you can share your vegetables when they’re ready for eating. Often I’ve had too many of one kind of vegetable I couldn’t give away considering my friend’s were ripe at the same duration.
2. choose perennials rather than annuals for your flowerbeds. As they m…
Real Duck Weather
October 4, 2009
Scarecrow’s Log: 04:10:2009:The ducks around town loved the rain that week!At a local park…Any puddle will do…But no ducks in our driveway puddles!Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 0.6CLowest Max 12.8CHighest Max 27C28.5mm RainfallWhat’s happening in the garden?Lots of new growth with the rain…The overgrown Strawberry Tank bed……that was ‘tidied’ (or butchered )back on 19 Aug 09……has put on new growthand there are flowers on the Strawberries! The Rosemary hedge around the Kitchen Ga…
Container Gardening Tips
October 2, 2009
Here are several tips for creating a wonderful hanging basket or container garden. The first gardening tip is to use an artificial soil composed mostly of peat moss.
Good soils such as Fafard or Pro-Mix use perlite, peat, and other ingredients to produce a soil that will not compact by the summer.
Real garden soil compacts and turns into concrete under the pressure of regular watering. And when it does, plant roots stop growing considering they require good open spaces to move into and absorb…