Tag: growyourfood
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Winter veggie bed #1 is in
I know it’s not a lot like Autumn over here in Oz, but the plants seem to be keeping their own sage advice and are growing too quickly to leave. Even these have gotten a bit ‘leggy’. Today I prepared a wicking bed for them, the one that had Tomatoes, Amaranth and Okra in it…
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Cats are on patrol in the garden.
They look mean but are totally ineffective in chasing off the sparrows. The little buggers sit on the mesh right alongside without a care in the world. share2steem via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv8hYqiFru1/
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All during this hot weather we’ve had fungi in the garden
Lots of visible mushrooms, even though they are inedible, means good news. They pop up all over the place and that’s great! It means that we have a decent web of mycelia hroughout the soul and mulch. Mycelia are the nervous system of a garden and if they’re intact and fruiting, it means the garden…
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The Money Tree…a plant with many names
Portulacaria afra is a plant found in many gardens. It’s hard to kill and asks so little that we take it for granted as an ornamental. It goes by many names in many places, often named the same as other plants, so it gets a bit mixed. I’ve heard it called ‘Money tree’, ‘Fortune plant’…
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After 3 years… our first ripe Tamarillo!
Every year, something seems to harm our Tamarillo tree. Weather, caterpillars, not so gentle builders (mea culpa!) all conspire to prevent it from giving a crop. This year though, one has made it full term and two others are sneakily ripening, hoping to avoid the slings and arrows of outrageous Tamarillo fortune. share2steem via Instagram…
