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What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message
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What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

today i put in some little lettuces i haven't managed to kill yet (they
should be dead by tomorrow ;-). and some leeks shortly (as replacements * ).
i was going to put in more carrots shortly too, hopefully with spring onions
as i haven't any ordinary onion seed i am supposed to plant atm. (but my
last lot of spring onions has completely failed to come up at all, so i
don't know.) also today i planted more radish seeds and more pea seeds,
seeing as how i have turned into a pea champion overnight from my prior
status as complete pea dud. i was going to put in my celery seedlings too,
but i didn't get to that. i was going to put parsnips with them, except i
haven't looked to see if it's too late for parsnips, so i don't know about
that either. if it is, more carrots :-) and maybe some beans somewhere too.
i love beans & they've been awful so far, but are fiiiinally coming on -
which tells me to plant more of them so i can gorge myself on beans before
the first frost & thereafter go beanless until this time next year (sigh).
kylie who doesn't like shop beans because they mostly sell the round ones -
too big & tough.
* speaking of jackie french and my wrong attitude to weeds - even though i
know better, because i've done it before (sigh), that was me last week
pulling out the "grass" that was growing in the baby leek bed. OH NO.

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On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 22:10:28 +1100, "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow
wrote:

What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

Nothing, it's dark outside and I can't see

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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote:

What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

After the hot spell finishes (supposedly in time for watering day!) I have a
few more tomato seedlings to pop in (cherry varieties). I want to put in some
more sweet corn, and I have beetroot and capsicum seedlings ready to go. Will
have to wait a bit longer for the eggplant seedlings. The other thing I want
to plant is beans -- climbing as well as bush beans. I have never figured out
whether I should plant climbing beaans in spring or mid-summer for best
results, so I'm trying mid-summer.

I use this guide:
http://www.global-garden.com.au/plnttemp.htm

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

"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue

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"0tterbot" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message

What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

today i put in some little lettuces i haven't managed to kill yet
(they
should be dead by tomorrow ;-).

No doubt the heatwave will do them in nicely - my newly planted peas
are heading the same way despite being covered.

and some leeks shortly (as replacements * ).
i was going to put in more carrots shortly too, hopefully with
spring onions
as i haven't any ordinary onion seed i am supposed to plant atm.
(but my
last lot of spring onions has completely failed to come up at all,
so i
don't know.) also today i planted more radish seeds and more pea
seeds,
seeing as how i have turned into a pea champion overnight from my
prior
status as complete pea dud. i was going to put in my celery
seedlings too,
but i didn't get to that. i was going to put parsnips with them,
except i
haven't looked to see if it's too late for parsnips,

There is still time for them to go in. I just love fresh parsnips -
so different to the ghastly things from the shps. I wouldn't mind
betting that very few people have ever really had a good fresh parsnip
given the appallling press they get.

so i don't know about
that either. if it is, more carrots :-) and maybe some beans
somewhere too.
i love beans & they've been awful so far, but are fiiiinally coming
on -
which tells me to plant more of them so i can gorge myself on beans
before
the first frost & thereafter go beanless until this time next year
(sigh).
kylie who doesn't like shop beans because they mostly sell the round
ones -
too big & tough.
* speaking of jackie french and my wrong attitude to weeds - even
though i
know better, because i've done it before (sigh), that was me last
week
pulling out the "grass" that was growing in the baby leek bed. OH
NO.

:-))

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wrote in message
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On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 22:10:28 +1100, "Farm1"
please@askifyouwannaknow
wrote:

What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

Nothing, it's dark outside and I can't see

??? Don't you have a torch or a hurricane lamp? There's something
rather nice about planting at night.

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"Stuart Naylor" wrote in message
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On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 22:10:28 +1100, "Farm1"
please@askifyouwannaknow
wrote:

What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

Potatoes in the garden.
Spring onions and radishes in hanging baskets.

I think that spuds would look rather fetching in hanging baskets.

BTW, I visited the webpage http://www.tumbleweed.com.au
I'm not really interested in more compost bins but Pet Poo Converter
http://www.tumbleweed.com.au/pages/d...?page_id=19692
interested me to the extent that I bought one.

For anybody who is interested "Worm Farm" and "Pet Poo Converter"
are
the same product and Tumbleweed are happy to fax the slightly
different operating instructions for Pet Poo type people.

I kill worms in my worm farm. Must give it another go.

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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message
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What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

tomatos, beetroot, chives, fennel, probably some more lettuce and spring
onions shortly.

rob

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"Chookie" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote:

What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

After the hot spell finishes (supposedly in time for watering day!)
I have a
few more tomato seedlings to pop in (cherry varieties). I want to
put in some
more sweet corn, and I have beetroot and capsicum seedlings ready to
go.

I put in a whole tray of beetroot seed this morning - dunno if they'll
be any good as the seed was rather old. I soaked then overnight so
we'll soon see.

Will
have to wait a bit longer for the eggplant seedlings.

What sort are you planting - the big purple ones or the smaller ones?

The other thing I want
to plant is beans -- climbing as well as bush beans. I have never
figured out
whether I should plant climbing beaans in spring or mid-summer for
best
results, so I'm trying mid-summer.

I've only ever been good with Scarlet Runners (and who can fail with
them?) but beans aren't a big item in this house as only one of us
will eat them.

I use this guide:
http://www.global-garden.com.au/plnttemp.htm

Interesting but it doesn't allow for variations for climate conditons.
For eg, there is no way I could plant pumpkins of any vairety now and
expect a crop before frosts.

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"George.com" wrote in message
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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message

What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

tomatos, beetroot, chives, fennel, probably some more lettuce and
spring
onions shortly.

IIRC, you're in NZ aren't you Rob? How are the seasonal conditions
over there, and do you still get rain there?

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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message
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"George.com" wrote in message
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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message

What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

tomatos, beetroot, chives, fennel, probably some more lettuce and
spring
onions shortly.

IIRC, you're in NZ aren't you Rob? How are the seasonal conditions
over there, and do you still get rain there?

unseasonably cool before christmas, 2 odd degrees down in some places and
slightly less rain in our area but the cool temperatures compensated for
that. My lawn was growing well right in to december. Things picked up slowly
after christmas but some areas had a real downpour over new years. Fine and
hot since then and just as we needed some rain (including a dryinh looking
lawn) a nice wet spell has arrived followed with showers over the next few
days. Damn humid though. Things are growing well.

rob

rob

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What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

Nothing. My garden is an abject failure, so I'm giving up until we buy our
own house and I can start a proper garden....I'm seriously thinking of the
straw bale idea....it would rot down nicely up here, although where I would
get that amount of stra in Cairns I am not sure....would using just sugar
cane straw do the trick ? Does anyone know? Because there's piles of
that....
I'm not sure if they bale it though. Hmmm. More research needed.

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sugar cane bales cost about $6 each here in the Sunny coast hinterland.

Rob


"meeee" wrote in message
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What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

Nothing. My garden is an abject failure, so I'm giving up until we buy our
own house and I can start a proper garden....I'm seriously thinking of the
straw bale idea....it would rot down nicely up here, although where I
would get that amount of stra in Cairns I am not sure....would using just
sugar cane straw do the trick ? Does anyone know? Because there's piles of
that....
I'm not sure if they bale it though. Hmmm. More research needed.

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in the next week or 2 we will be planting tomatoes, capsicums,
zucchini & snake beans, we now have another bed on the go so these
will be our this end of season plantings the beginning season
plantings are just about done for production.

we put our dog poop around the food trees.

and our worm farms come compost heaps are our garden beds, the worms
love it.


On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 22:10:28 +1100, "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow
wrote:

What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?


With peace and brightest of blessings,

len

--
"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/

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That's a good sign...should be fairly easy for me to track down then.

"robnshel" wrote in message
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sugar cane bales cost about $6 each here in the Sunny coast hinterland.

Rob


"meeee" wrote in message
...

What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

Nothing. My garden is an abject failure, so I'm giving up until we buy
our own house and I can start a proper garden....I'm seriously thinking
of the straw bale idea....it would rot down nicely up here, although
where I would get that amount of stra in Cairns I am not sure....would
using just sugar cane straw do the trick ? Does anyone know? Because
there's piles of that....
I'm not sure if they bale it though. Hmmm. More research needed.

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Farm1 wrote:
What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

Potatoes, spring onions, lettuce, capsicum, chinese cabbage.

self sown; borage, capsicum/chillies(?), spinach (oodles)

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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote:

I put in a whole tray of beetroot seed this morning - dunno if they'll
be any good as the seed was rather old. I soaked then overnight so
we'll soon see.

I find them pretty forgiving -- hope you get plenty.


Will have to wait a bit longer for the eggplant seedlings.

What sort are you planting - the big purple ones or the smaller ones?

Mixed Heirlooms from Diggers. Be interesting to see if the orange one comes
up.

I've only ever been good with Scarlet Runners (and who can fail with
them?) but beans aren't a big item in this house as only one of us
will eat them.

cough *I* have failed with Scarlet Runners; Sydney is too humid for them, I
suspect.

I use this guide:
http://www.global-garden.com.au/plnttemp.htm

Interesting but it doesn't allow for variations for climate conditons.
For eg, there is no way I could plant pumpkins of any vairety now and
expect a crop before frosts.

It's a bit out for me too. I've worked out I would have to plant Brussels
Sprouts in December in order to get a crop, which means nursing them through a
Sydney summer... no point, which is a pity, because a fresh Brussels Sprout is
a thing of beauty and a joy forever :-)

GG have other planting guides -- would you perhaps be in the Cool zone, like
Ant? (Forgotten where you are, if I ever knew.)

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

"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue

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"Chookie" wrote in message
In article
,
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote:

I put in a whole tray of beetroot seed this morning - dunno if
they'll
be any good as the seed was rather old. I soaked then overnight
so
we'll soon see.

I find them pretty forgiving -- hope you get plenty.

There would be well over a hundred seeds in this seed tray, so if I
only get 10%, I think I'll have more than enough. If the lot come up,
I'll be looking for volunteers!

Will have to wait a bit longer for the eggplant seedlings.

What sort are you planting - the big purple ones or the smaller
ones?

Mixed Heirlooms from Diggers. Be interesting to see if the orange
one comes
up.

Can you report back on how these go please? I think we all should do
more of that here on a regular basis as sometimes it's really hard to
know which producers sell good seed and which regions they do well in.

I've only ever been good with Scarlet Runners (and who can fail
with
them?) but beans aren't a big item in this house as only one of us
will eat them.

cough *I* have failed with Scarlet Runners; Sydney is too humid
for them, I
suspect.

You could be right in that. I know that they do well in most inland
gardens and the coast is more humid.

I use this guide:
http://www.global-garden.com.au/plnttemp.htm

Interesting but it doesn't allow for variations for climate
conditons.
For eg, there is no way I could plant pumpkins of any vairety now
and
expect a crop before frosts.

It's a bit out for me too. I've worked out I would have to plant
Brussels
Sprouts in December in order to get a crop, which means nursing them
through a
Sydney summer... no point, which is a pity, because a fresh Brussels
Sprout is
a thing of beauty and a joy forever :-)

Not many people think that - I do too but it's the same with poor old
parsnips which most people hate. Fresh parsnip is devine (salivate,
salivate).

GG have other planting guides -- would you perhaps be in the Cool
zone, like
Ant? (Forgotten where you are, if I ever knew.)

Not too far from Ant - within several bull's roar of the ACT.
Speaking of Ant, where has he been of late, I wonder.

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"Terryc" wrote in message

om.au...
Farm1 wrote:
What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

Potatoes, spring onions, lettuce, capsicum, chinese cabbage.

self sown; borage, capsicum/chillies(?), spinach (oodles)

:-)) I actually really like all the volunteer plants that come up -
they so often do much better than the carefully planted ones.

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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote:

Mixed Heirlooms from Diggers. Be interesting to see if the orange
one comes
up.

Can you report back on how these go please? I think we all should do
more of that here on a regular basis as sometimes it's really hard to
know which producers sell good seed and which regions they do well in.

Sure. I find that because Diggers are Victorian, they think in terms of
Mediterranean climate patterns. My heat and cool zone numbers per Diggers
theoretically allow me to plant peonies, for example -- but no, they don't
cope with our humid summers. Sometimes I find the packet planting guide a bit
out, but I generally find their seeds reliable.

Not many people think that - I do too but it's the same with poor old
parsnips which most people hate. Fresh parsnip is devine (salivate,
salivate).

I have them coming up by themselves now! Yum!

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

"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue

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"Chookie" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote:

Mixed Heirlooms from Diggers. Be interesting to see if the
orange
one comes
up.

Can you report back on how these go please? I think we all should
do
more of that here on a regular basis as sometimes it's really hard
to
know which producers sell good seed and which regions they do well
in.

Sure. I find that because Diggers are Victorian, they think in
terms of
Mediterranean climate patterns. My heat and cool zone numbers per
Diggers
theoretically allow me to plant peonies, for example -- but no, they
don't
cope with our humid summers.

It could perhaps be more to do with Sydney's lack of cold winters even
if they do succumb in the heat of summer???? Britain can be
incredibly humid (25 degrees there is worse than 40 here in inland NSW
because of the disgusting humidity) and they do well there.

I can grow brilliant paeony plants but I can't get the *******s to
flower and believe me, I've tried everything. Plant shallow, plant
deep, lots of manure, less manure, winter watering, little watering
(same for summer) lots of lime, no lime. I am so frustrated with
these sodding things.

I've seen stunnign ones half an hours drive from here, looking
neglected as did the rest of the garden and I've seen stunning oens
down at Nimmitabel but I just can't do it. Grrrrrrrr.

Sometimes I find the packet planting guide a bit
out, but I generally find their seeds reliable.

The only thing I object to about Diggers is the need to be a
subscriber/member. I love Heronswood but can't imagine living in such
a fishbowl environment and I've always found anythign I get from them
to be good quality too..

Not many people think that - I do too but it's the same with poor
old
parsnips which most people hate. Fresh parsnip is devine
(salivate,
salivate).

I have them coming up by themselves now! Yum!

Envy, envy!

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Farm1 wrote:
"Chookie" wrote in message

"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote:


Mixed Heirlooms from Diggers. Be interesting to see if the

orange

one comes

up.

Can you report back on how these go please? I think we all should

do

more of that here on a regular basis as sometimes it's really hard

to

know which producers sell good seed and which regions they do well

in.

Sure. I find that because Diggers are Victorian, they think in

terms of

Mediterranean climate patterns. My heat and cool zone numbers per

Diggers

theoretically allow me to plant peonies, for example -- but no, they

don't

cope with our humid summers.


It could perhaps be more to do with Sydney's lack of cold winters even
if they do succumb in the heat of summer???? Britain can be
incredibly humid (25 degrees there is worse than 40 here in inland NSW
because of the disgusting humidity) and they do well there.

I can grow brilliant paeony plants but I can't get the *******s to
flower and believe me, I've tried everything. Plant shallow, plant
deep, lots of manure, less manure, winter watering, little watering
(same for summer) lots of lime, no lime. I am so frustrated with
these sodding things.

I've seen stunnign ones half an hours drive from here, looking
neglected as did the rest of the garden and I've seen stunning oens
down at Nimmitabel but I just can't do it. Grrrrrrrr.

Sometimes I find the packet planting guide a bit

out, but I generally find their seeds reliable.


The only thing I object to about Diggers is the need to be a
subscriber/member. I love Heronswood but can't imagine living in such
a fishbowl environment and I've always found anythign I get from them
to be good quality too..

Not many people think that - I do too but it's the same with poor

old

parsnips which most people hate. Fresh parsnip is devine

(salivate,

salivate).

I have them coming up by themselves now! Yum!


Envy, envy!


Sometimes its just the local soils. Make sure they have plenty of trace
elements and the soils not too acid or alkaline. (Buy it at you local
nursery.)If you havent got a YATES gardening guide, get one. I liked the
very old ones (cause I'm very old? nearly 60)
And if it needs to be mollycoddled, work out where it came from, and
conditions, and other relative things. (play private eye) You'll be
amazed at what you find out over time.
And if it dies, it dies. Serves it right for being fussy. You've just
found another place for another plant which will do as you say....