Category: Gardening
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Kangkong
Kangkong, an asian water spinach, much loved in the Philippines. These pieces, from the week’s food shopping, will take root and grow us many more leaves during the summer. There are 2 types of Kangkong, both love water but this variety can handle soil and dry spells better.
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Seeds
New seeds from Eden Seeds arrived this morning. In the letterbox were Astragalus, Pigeon Pea, Jobs Tears, Chickweed, Valerian and Edible Chrysanthemums
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Rain is better.
A little overnight rain has given the garden a bit of a lift. The tomatoes have responded especially well A little rain always does the garden good, no matter how much tap water I have used.
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Afternoon shade.
These grape vines are providing nice shade on the western side of the Elderly Centre in Gawler. A cool use for an edible plant.
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Funny fungi.
An amazing pillow of fungus. I don’t know what it is. It looked so delicate growing from the straw mulch that I had to touch it. The last pic shows some on my finger. It is slimy when touched and squishes easily. I was tempted to taste it. A tiny dab on my tongue let…
