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Poppy issue
"Trish Brown" wrote in message
... A hearty ROTFLMAO from me, Otterbot! I hope you won't be offended if I say you're preaching to the converted? I was converted about thirty years ago when I studied Landscape/Amtosphere systems and learned about energy transfer. Like you, I tend to get pretty ranty about it and like you I am the Queen of the Second-Hand Shops and Council Pickup Day. Sadly, I have never ever seen a decent garden fork for sale in such a place, but there's always a first time. You'll hear me cheering when I find one! :-) well, keep your ear to the ground concerning advances in 2nd-hand supplies in your area & you'll be set! Yes, I do take your point about Bunnings, but (and I say this in all sincerity) they are just small fry compared to the biggies like Coles Myers and Woolworths. I mean, people only spend a percentage of their incomes at places like Bunnings or Home Hardware or even Spotlight, but everyone has to eat and everyone, like it or not, has to spend their grocery dollar at supermarkets because that's all there is. well, not really - only if you live somewhere really useless... but that might be a discussion for another day. bunnings does actually use the exact methodology that supermarkets use, though - have you noticed that? I dunno about your local Bunnings, but ours is just a big hardware warehouse with a nursery section. I don't know what you mean about craft aisles and coffee shops. christ, you're lucky. pray the store doesn't get an "upgrade". the one i (unfortunately) go into from time to time even has a playground. they're trying to turn it into a stand-alone suburb!!! the supermarkets to whom we look for our daily bread (which is white and overprocessed and square usually far too sweet - because the supermarket Said So). not to be defending woollies - but i've not been in a supermarket for a long time which doesn't sell some sort of decent bread! of course, we get ours from the local baker runs away tittering ;-) Getting back toward the topic, though, can you tell me when it's time to plant celery? I made a massive batch of celery soup last week and I'm thinking I can't wait until I can make it from my own home-grown celery! now here is a timely question! the short answer is: spring or autumn into punnets, plant out when big enough. longer answer: my celery's been dreary for 2 years running - winter celery because it's meant to be frost-hardy. but dammit, i am having to accept it's not. i have seed "stringless" from digger's. the weird stalks just MUST be frost-damaged because i did everything else right, it's time i accepted it :-) other cultivars may well be hardier. consulting my planting chart, the answer is aug-dec for my area (cold) with the band moving forward a few months each for "warm" and "hot" (jan-june) zones. not sure if newcastle is warm or hot via digger's method. so i'm going to plant some punnets in august or september & see how that goes instead - you might want to wait until mid-spring in your area, and maybe another lot in summer to be ready for late autumn/winter if you are feeling adventurous (you can only learn by trying). if it's not too hot (they love water & will go all funny texture-wise without enough of it; also dryness will make them bolt) and there's no frost either, you should be set - they grow regardless of cold, unlike some things. also, avoid wallabies g - when i was plagued with them, i found the plants found it very hard to recover from having their growing points eaten out - everything survived, but it's all growing flat :-) what about celeriac too? planting etc is exactly the same apparently, i've never tried it though. as my gardening gets more adventurous so does my eating, but apparently i need to do it in that exact order. g kylie |
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