happy new year in the garden!

[0tterbot]

happy new year everyone :-)

we are bringing in the new year with a lot of mulching, fertilising,
planting out and tidying up of dead things from spring (everything got out
of hand before xmas when i couldn't find the time to do anything much). the
veggie patch has had a makeover & is looking exceedingly organised & lovely
(i like an organised veggie garden, me).

we are really pleased with how much progress we've made in the
nearly-year-and-a-half since we came here to a virtual dead-zone, & now feel
we can take things a bit more slowly. which is good, as the weather's turned
HOT at last.

so, what are you all doing in the garden atm? if you're all having beers on
the verandah & just looking at it's lush loveliness, i shall die of envy <g>
kylie

[FarmI]

"0tterbot" > wrote in message
> happy new year everyone :-)

And to you and yours.

> we are bringing in the new year with a lot of mulching, fertilising,
> planting out and tidying up of dead things from spring (everything got out
> of hand before xmas when i couldn't find the time to do anything much).
> the veggie patch has had a makeover & is looking exceedingly organised &
> lovely (i like an organised veggie garden, me).

I do too but I've found it grows too if it's a mess and outside my beds,
it's an appalling mess at the moment. And given the heat we've had int he
past few days it can stay that way till some coolth arrives.

> so, what are you all doing in the garden atm? if you're all having beers
> on the verandah & just looking at it's lush loveliness, i shall die of
> envy <g>

Did that earlier this evening after the offspring and the granchild arrived.
The offspring even cooked dinner - all I did was make a salad and serve out
some strawberries from the garden which I'd had marinating in some sugar and
brandy - yum.

[len garden]

yes happy new year kylie,

and we will be doing similar to you always mulching to be done.

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:39:32 GMT, "0tterbot" > wrote:

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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

[Chookie]

In article >,
"0tterbot" > wrote:

> happy new year everyone :-)
>
> we are bringing in the new year with a lot of mulching, fertilising,
> planting out and tidying up of dead things from spring (everything got out
> of hand before xmas when i couldn't find the time to do anything much). the
> veggie patch has had a makeover & is looking exceedingly organised & lovely
> (i like an organised veggie garden, me).

Waaaah! Mine is being strangled by kikuyu! I have been hitting bits of it
with Roundup if I can manage not to kill food plants...

> we are really pleased with how much progress we've made in the
> nearly-year-and-a-half since we came here to a virtual dead-zone, & now feel
> we can take things a bit more slowly. which is good, as the weather's turned
> HOT at last.
>
> so, what are you all doing in the garden atm? if you're all having beers on
> the verandah & just looking at it's lush loveliness, i shall die of envy <g>

Having cuppas and morosely eyeing the rank kikuyu isn't what you meant, is it?

Though I must admit I am pleased by the cucumbers. And there are signs that
tomorrow might bring our first tomatoes -- just tiddlers, though.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/

[Jonno[_16_]]

Chookie wrote:
> In article >,
> "0tterbot" > wrote:
>
>> happy new year everyone :-)
>>
>> we are bringing in the new year with a lot of mulching, fertilising,
>> planting out and tidying up of dead things from spring (everything got out
>> of hand before xmas when i couldn't find the time to do anything much). the
>> veggie patch has had a makeover & is looking exceedingly organised & lovely
>> (i like an organised veggie garden, me).
>
> Waaaah! Mine is being strangled by kikuyu! I have been hitting bits of it
> with Roundup if I can manage not to kill food plants...
>
>> we are really pleased with how much progress we've made in the
>> nearly-year-and-a-half since we came here to a virtual dead-zone, & now feel
>> we can take things a bit more slowly. which is good, as the weather's turned
>> HOT at last.
>>
>> so, what are you all doing in the garden atm? if you're all having beers on
>> the verandah & just looking at it's lush loveliness, i shall die of envy <g>
>
> Having cuppas and morosely eyeing the rank kikuyu isn't what you meant, is it?
>
> Though I must admit I am pleased by the cucumbers. And there are signs that
> tomorrow might bring our first tomatoes -- just tiddlers, though.
>
You may have to move to Melbourne, Australian weather has turned itself
upside down. The part of the garden what didnt suffer has the cucumbers,
and theyve been good now for some three weeks.
I also picked my first tomatoes from a tomato plant that decided to
overwinter in a pot, and we nursed it till it produced the earliest
tomatoes 3 WEEKS before the Melb. show. Black Russian self seeded .
Theyre fast but still subject to diseases. It died after its humongous
effort of giving birth. I reckon a breach birth... We kept the tomato
for seeds...Better luck next time...
Kikyu should be let run riot all over your garden with lush growth, then
whne still green murdered with round up, letting it have all barrrels
two or three times in a season, digging the garden, composting it
fiercely, and any left over cooked by solarisation. IE Black plastic
left over the ground for a month, making sure the area is kept wet for
maximum effect, and for at least a month. Then send in the goats,
chickens and finally one more dig with a rotary hoe, then move...If you
havent succeeded. A person has to know when to give up....

[0tterbot]

"FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> wrote in message
...
> "0tterbot" > wrote in message
>> happy new year everyone :-)
>
> And to you and yours.
>
>> we are bringing in the new year with a lot of mulching, fertilising,
>> planting out and tidying up of dead things from spring (everything got
>> out of hand before xmas when i couldn't find the time to do anything
>> much). the veggie patch has had a makeover & is looking exceedingly
>> organised & lovely (i like an organised veggie garden, me).
>
> I do too but I've found it grows too if it's a mess and outside my beds,
> it's an appalling mess at the moment. And given the heat we've had int he
> past few days it can stay that way till some coolth arrives.

well, hello - it's cool today!! hop to it ;-)

i just find i don't really know what's going on if it becomes a huge mess.
as though the eye is overwhelmed instantly <g>. i also get a bit thingy when
tomatoes need staking, or whatever. which reminds me to stake the tomatoes
again...
kylie

>
>> so, what are you all doing in the garden atm? if you're all having beers
>> on the verandah & just looking at it's lush loveliness, i shall die of
>> envy <g>
>
> Did that earlier this evening after the offspring and the granchild
> arrived. The offspring even cooked dinner - all I did was make a salad and
> serve out some strawberries from the garden which I'd had marinating in
> some sugar and brandy - yum.
>

[0tterbot]

"Chookie" > wrote in message
news:ehrebeniuk-023199.20582202012008@news...
> In article >,
> "0tterbot" > wrote:
>
>> happy new year everyone :-)
>>
>> we are bringing in the new year with a lot of mulching, fertilising,
>> planting out and tidying up of dead things from spring (everything got
>> out
>> of hand before xmas when i couldn't find the time to do anything much).
>> the
>> veggie patch has had a makeover & is looking exceedingly organised &
>> lovely
>> (i like an organised veggie garden, me).
>
> Waaaah! Mine is being strangled by kikuyu! I have been hitting bits of
> it
> with Roundup if I can manage not to kill food plants...

well, call me hopelessly naive, but i thought you can just pull out kikuyu!
(clearly i have never had kikuyu myself). i'm always battling with couch
grass. it completely boggles my mind the way it appears not to grow anywhere
at all except into vegetable beds or other places it is not wanted.

>
>> we are really pleased with how much progress we've made in the
>> nearly-year-and-a-half since we came here to a virtual dead-zone, & now
>> feel
>> we can take things a bit more slowly. which is good, as the weather's
>> turned
>> HOT at last.
>>
>> so, what are you all doing in the garden atm? if you're all having beers
>> on
>> the verandah & just looking at it's lush loveliness, i shall die of envy
>> <g>
>
> Having cuppas and morosely eyeing the rank kikuyu isn't what you meant, is
> it?

hmmm........... no. that wouldn't make me at all envious.

>
> Though I must admit I am pleased by the cucumbers. And there are signs
> that
> tomorrow might bring our first tomatoes -- just tiddlers, though.

i have a cherry roma (1) that is about to be ripe!! it's very exciting. at
one point i didn't think i'd get any plants at all coming up, never mind
fruit. now i have plants everywhere (how do they DO that?!)
kylie

[0tterbot]

"len garden" > wrote in message
...
> yes happy new year kylie,
>
> and we will be doing similar to you always mulching to be done.

makes you feel morally superior, doesn't it <g>

i've decided i like to mulch with rotting straw that has been in the rain,
because the sellers have nowhere to keep it undercover. (they still sell it
for a dry price, though!! which i find just a tad outrageous).
kylie

>
> On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:39:32 GMT, "0tterbot" > wrote:
>
> snipped
> With peace and brightest of blessings,
>
> len & bev
>
> --
> "Be Content With What You Have And
> May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
> A World That You May Not Understand."
>
> http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

[Chookie]

In article >,
"0tterbot" > wrote:

> > Waaaah! Mine is being strangled by kikuyu! I have been hitting bits of
> > it
> > with Roundup if I can manage not to kill food plants...
>
> well, call me hopelessly naive, but i thought you can just pull out kikuyu!
> (clearly i have never had kikuyu myself). i'm always battling with couch
> grass. it completely boggles my mind the way it appears not to grow anywhere
> at all except into vegetable beds or other places it is not wanted.

I've got that too, and it reacts the same way when it's "just pulled out" --
regrows from the bits left behind. I do have couch on part of the back yard.
It's nice and soft and the piggies like to eat it.

I've just sheet-mulched the most rampant kikuyu in the vegie patch and hope to
plant it out later today.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/

[0tterbot]

"Chookie" > wrote in message
news:ehrebeniuk-B2037E.14504407012008@news...
> In article >,
> "0tterbot" > wrote:
>
>> > Waaaah! Mine is being strangled by kikuyu! I have been hitting bits
>> > of
>> > it
>> > with Roundup if I can manage not to kill food plants...
>>
>> well, call me hopelessly naive, but i thought you can just pull out
>> kikuyu!
>> (clearly i have never had kikuyu myself). i'm always battling with couch
>> grass. it completely boggles my mind the way it appears not to grow
>> anywhere
>> at all except into vegetable beds or other places it is not wanted.
>
> I've got that too, and it reacts the same way when it's "just pulled
> out" --
> regrows from the bits left behind. I do have couch on part of the back
> yard.
> It's nice and soft and the piggies like to eat it.

it's excellent growing amongst grass. i just can't work out why it won't
stay there, & would rather travel into the beds!! it is evil!!!!

i did spend about 8 months in a rented house clearing it out of my wee
veggie patch. by the time we left it was no longer growing back. i hope to
replicate that result here (eventually).
kylie


> I've just sheet-mulched the most rampant kikuyu in the vegie patch and
> hope to
> plant it out later today.
>
> --
> Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
> (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)
>
> http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/