What are you planting now? And what is your climate?

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What are you planting now? And what is your climate?



East coast NSW OZ (warm temperate, late winter). I am not planting yet due
to the possibilty of a late frost. I have all my summer seedlings in trays
in a plastic hot house ready to go in about 2 weeks. I have 48 cultivars in
trays mostly veges but some flowers.

Right now I am picking asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, peas, several letuces
and leafy greens, leeks, colards, kale. Waiting for strawberrys and
artichokes.

David

David Hare-Scott wrote:
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What are you planting now? And what is your climate?



East coast NSW OZ (warm temperate, late winter). I am not planting yet due
to the possibilty of a late frost. I have all my summer seedlings in trays
in a plastic hot house ready to go in about 2 weeks. I have 48 cultivars in
trays mostly veges but some flowers.

Right now I am picking asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, peas, several letuces
and leafy greens, leeks, colards, kale. Waiting for strawberrys and
artichokes.

David


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David Hare-Scott wrote:
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What are you planting now? And what is your climate?



East coast NSW OZ (warm temperate, late winter). I am not planting yet due
to the possibilty of a late frost. I have all my summer seedlings in trays
in a plastic hot house ready to go in about 2 weeks. I have 48 cultivars in
trays mostly veges but some flowers.

Right now I am picking asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, peas, several letuces
and leafy greens, leeks, colards, kale. Waiting for strawberrys and
artichokes.

David


Show off (grin!)

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What are you planting now? And what is your climate?

Planted some Painted Lady beans today to make up for all the peas that never
came up :-(

PLanted punnets of tomatoes, chillies, eggplant and capsicum, and perilla.
Will put them in my mini-greenhouse to encourage early germination.

And I crawled around the back yard pulling up bindies :-/

Front yard has heaps more bindies...

I have lots of lemons. Silver beet and beetroot are doing well.
Crimson-flowered broad beans are flowering prolifically. Parsnips are coming
up all over the place, along with oakleaf lettuce. Radishes and carrots in
there somewhere.

--
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

On Aug 30, 5:37 pm, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:
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What are you planting now? And what is your climate?

North Queensland tropical spring.........

Just planted Cucumber, Tomato, Spring Onion, Lettuce & Cabbage as well
as cottage garden flowers.....wife has strawberries in pot and
Gerbera's in pots. Have also just potted up some mixed herbs....

Should be interesting to see how the crop turns out.

"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
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What are you planting now? And what is your climate?



East coast NSW OZ (warm temperate, late winter). I am not planting yet
due
to the possibilty of a late frost.

Wise man given the stinker we got last year in October.

I have all my summer seedlings in trays
in a plastic hot house ready to go in about 2 weeks. I have 48 cultivars
in
trays mostly veges but some flowers.

You've been very busy!

Right now I am picking asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, peas, several letuces
and leafy greens, leeks, colards, kale. Waiting for strawberrys and
artichokes.

Waht are collards? I've seen references to them but never come across them

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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

What are you planting now? And what is your climate?

Planted some Painted Lady beans today to make up for all the peas that
never
came up :-(

Didn't you have trouble with Scarlet Runners last year?

PLanted punnets of tomatoes, chillies, eggplant and capsicum, and perilla.
Will put them in my mini-greenhouse to encourage early germination.

And I crawled around the back yard pulling up bindies :-/

Front yard has heaps more bindies...

I have lots of lemons. Silver beet and beetroot are doing well.

Our beetroot was a total failure this year :-((

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On Aug 30, 5:37 pm, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in
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What are you planting now? And what is your climate?

North Queensland tropical spring.........

Just planted Cucumber, Tomato, Spring Onion, Lettuce & Cabbage as well
as cottage garden flowers.....wife has strawberries in pot and
Gerbera's in pots. Have also just potted up some mixed herbs....

Should be interesting to see how the crop turns out.

You are way ahead of those of us in Soutern climes. Fancy having tomotoes
in! Here they don't go in till after the Melbourne Cup is run.

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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

Planted some Painted Lady beans today to make up for all the peas that
never came up :-(

Didn't you have trouble with Scarlet Runners last year?

Nah, few years back. I think climbing beans should either be planted in early
spring or late summer, so I'm trying them now. I can plant dwarf beans right
through summer.

PLanted punnets of tomatoes, chillies, eggplant and capsicum, and perilla.
Will put them in my mini-greenhouse to encourage early germination.

And I crawled around the back yard pulling up bindies :-/

Front yard has heaps more bindies...

I have lots of lemons. Silver beet and beetroot are doing well.

Our beetroot was a total failure this year :-((

Is it too late to plant more? It's an all-year plant in Sydney.

Mmmmm, summer vegies...

--
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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Right now I am picking asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, peas, several
letuces
and leafy greens, leeks, colards, kale. Waiting for strawberrys and
artichokes.

Waht are collards? I've seen references to them but never come across
them



Collard greens are a brassica, a bit like kale in that they don't form a
head and you keep cutting them and they last more than one season. The
leaves are quite large and fleshy where kale is thinner. Cabbage moth grubs
don't bother them nearly as much as cabbage or cauliflower and they keep
going in hot weather.

David

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Right now I am picking asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, peas, several
letuces
and leafy greens, leeks, colards, kale. Waiting for strawberrys and
artichokes.
Waht are collards? I've seen references to them but never come across
them


Collard greens are a brassica, a bit like kale in that they don't form a
head and you keep cutting them and they last more than one season. The
leaves are quite large and fleshy where kale is thinner. Cabbage moth grubs
don't bother them nearly as much as cabbage or cauliflower and they keep
going in hot weather.

David


That reminds me. In Victoria I have seen the first white cabbage moths.
Time to get out the Dipel.

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What are you planting now? And what is your climate?



East coast NSW OZ (warm temperate, late winter). I am not planting yet
due
to the possibilty of a late frost.

Wise man given the stinker we got last year in October.


Oh, and where are you that you get frosts in October? Up a hill somewhere?

David

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Right now I am picking asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, peas, several
letuces
and leafy greens, leeks, colards, kale. Waiting for strawberrys and
artichokes.

Waht are collards? I've seen references to them but never come across
them

Collard greens are a brassica, a bit like kale in that they don't form a
head and you keep cutting them and they last more than one season. The
leaves are quite large and fleshy where kale is thinner. Cabbage moth
grubs
don't bother them nearly as much as cabbage or cauliflower and they keep
going in hot weather.

They sound like worth trying. Did you use seeds?

"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message

What are you planting now? And what is your climate?

East coast NSW OZ (warm temperate, late winter). I am not planting yet
due
to the possibilty of a late frost.

Wise man given the stinker we got last year in October.


Oh, and where are you that you get frosts in October? Up a hill
somewhere?

Do you remember the killer frost that all of Southern Oz got last year? I
think it stretched from the Blue Mountains right down into Victoria and got
all the grape vines etc. I'm in the Southern Tablelands of NSW.