it finally rained March 31, 2008

at last

sweetcorn March 29, 2008

CORN MUST BE SOWN
Fall gently and still, good corn,
   Lie in they earthy bed:
And stand so yellow some more -
   For beast and man must be fed.
Thomas Carlyle

we’ve started eating March 26, 2008

our Chinese cabbage…..we have enough plants to pull off the outer leaves and get more than a mouthful each……they’ve certainly not hearted up yet, but I’m hopeful they’ll keep growing like the silverbeet….well, maybe not quite as prolifically as the silverbeet, but you know what I mean
excited to see more broccoli and caulis getting nearly [...]

ongoing March 22, 2008

planted (mostly in seedraising mix, a few directly in the garden)…baby beetroot
planted in the garden: turnips, carrots, radishes, red onions
discovered: self-seeded coriander (I was busy picking the *weeds* out when I realised what I was tugging at with gay abandon……so I gently repatted them into the soil……I can’t quite bring myself to throw plants away, [...]

21 March 2008 March 21, 2008

I had thought there would be nothing more to report, but I want a record of the fact that today I transplanted a huge lemon grass clump. Will it take? And if it doesn’t, is it because they don’t take kindly to being moved or because I’ve put it in a less sunny more clay-y [...]

surveying March 17, 2008

As I looked round the garden tonight whilst watering, I realised I only have a few sessions left of pulling out summer crops and putting winter seedlings. And I was pleased. I’m only too aware that we are going away in the spring and so soon the garden will be able to go on the [...]

serious strawberries March 15, 2008

runners and rooty bits on the ends of them transplanted….almost filled an entire patch
more still to do when the beans come out

new direction March 11, 2008

I’ve decided (on the spur of the moment, as most of my decisions are made) to try to make my vegetable garden low maintenance for while we are away. By their very nature, vege patches require regular attention, but I thought if I plonked in lots of non-annual herbs and let the strawberries and rhubarb [...]

autumn advances March 11, 2008

planted out this week:

coriander; hopefully it will do better in the cooler weather

endive

lettuce

spinach

pulled out this week:

zuchinni

scallopinni

gone-to-seed lettuces

and then it rained all day March 4, 2008

yay