"Jeßus" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:53:49 +1000, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given
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I figured out how many weeks till Spring and how many tasks I had to do in
the garden before the wqrmer weather comes. I'm pretty much on track.
You?

Reasonably... much more prepared this year than the previous couple
years as I have the hothouse, shade house and open veggie garden areas
all established. Still need a dedicated propagation area though, tired
of trying to raise seedlings on an ad-hoc basis.

I know just what you mean. I have a propogating area, but it's not quite as
I'd like ti to be - still some more improvements/refinements needed.

Planted a few more fruit trees this week, all apples this time -
Bramley and three other cider apples (exact varieties escape me ATM).
That makes about 36 fruits trees in the orchard now.

I've jsut been reading Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstalls cookbooks and am now
quite interested in planting Bramleys given how highly he praises them as a
cooking apple. He's also into cider apples and has piqued my interest in
them too.

We ahd a fantastic year for pears this year and the chooks have only just
finished cleanign up the drop from under our last netted tree. Watching the
rooster 'telling' the girls about the where they could find the best bits of
pear was wonderful to watch. He's such a lovely rooster and worth every
penny of his high price tag.

I hope we (here in TAS) don't have another odd spring, summer and
autumn... it was quite mild last year and did strange things to some
crops. Already many trees here are budding, which is a little early
once again. Hmm.

That does sound early. I can't see any signs of budding yet, but I'll now
pay closer attention.