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It's been damp and mild
The garden is running rampant as it is too wet to work, every time it seems
dry enough there is another couple of days of rain. Grrrrrr But on the bright side; what likes mild damp conditions? Artichokes! We feast almost daily. For the first time the plants are producing buds down to the third tier of axils and they are still large enough to eat. David |
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It's been damp and mild
"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message ... The garden is running rampant as it is too wet to work, every time it seems dry enough there is another couple of days of rain. Grrrrrr But on the bright side; what likes mild damp conditions? Artichokes! We feast almost daily. For the first time the plants are producing buds down to the third tier of axils and they are still large enough to eat. David My chili plants have taken off & the 3 inches this week have gone down a treat. Only problem we have to wait for the yard to dry a bit (black soil). The non hearting lettuce are zooming start picking next week, fresh salad.... |
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It's been damp and mild
SG1 wrote:
"David wrote in message ... The garden is running rampant as it is too wet to work, every time it seems dry enough there is another couple of days of rain. Grrrrrr But on the bright side; what likes mild damp conditions? Artichokes! We feast almost daily. For the first time the plants are producing buds down to the third tier of axils and they are still large enough to eat. David My chili plants have taken off& the 3 inches this week have gone down a treat. Only problem we have to wait for the yard to dry a bit (black soil). The non hearting lettuce are zooming start picking next week, fresh salad.... I don't know whether it's normal, but one of my rainbow chard has taken off and is now a *tree*! There's no sign of flowers on it, just a six-foot stalk and *branches*! My husband reckons the kids can draw lots as to who gets to shinny up it in search of the family fortune. Although, wasn't that beans...? -- Trish Brown {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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It's been damp and mild
"Trish Brown" wrote in message ... SG1 wrote: "David wrote in message ... The garden is running rampant as it is too wet to work, every time it seems dry enough there is another couple of days of rain. Grrrrrr But on the bright side; what likes mild damp conditions? Artichokes! We feast almost daily. For the first time the plants are producing buds down to the third tier of axils and they are still large enough to eat. David My chili plants have taken off& the 3 inches this week have gone down a treat. Only problem we have to wait for the yard to dry a bit (black soil). The non hearting lettuce are zooming start picking next week, fresh salad.... I don't know whether it's normal, but one of my rainbow chard has taken off and is now a *tree*! There's no sign of flowers on it, just a six-foot stalk and *branches*! My husband reckons the kids can draw lots as to who gets to shinny up it in search of the family fortune. Although, wasn't that beans...? -- Trish Brown {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia Alas it is no longer edible. But as the others have not followed suit eat them. I love the colour of the water when we have home grown coloured silverbeet. |
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It's been damp and mild
Trish Brown wrote:
SG1 wrote: "David wrote in message ... The garden is running rampant as it is too wet to work, every time it seems dry enough there is another couple of days of rain. Grrrrrr But on the bright side; what likes mild damp conditions? Artichokes! We feast almost daily. For the first time the plants are producing buds down to the third tier of axils and they are still large enough to eat. David My chili plants have taken off& the 3 inches this week have gone down a treat. Only problem we have to wait for the yard to dry a bit (black soil). The non hearting lettuce are zooming start picking next week, fresh salad.... I don't know whether it's normal, but one of my rainbow chard has taken off and is now a *tree*! There's no sign of flowers on it, just a six-foot stalk and *branches*! My husband reckons the kids can draw lots as to who gets to shinny up it in search of the family fortune. Although, wasn't that beans...? I have that here as well, the "branches" are elongating between the leaves so much it is too top heavy for the roots and falling over in the wet soil. It will start to flower soon. David |
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It's been damp and mild
SG1 wrote:
"Trish wrote in message ... SG1 wrote: "David wrote in message ... The garden is running rampant as it is too wet to work, every time it seems dry enough there is another couple of days of rain. Grrrrrr But on the bright side; what likes mild damp conditions? Artichokes! We feast almost daily. For the first time the plants are producing buds down to the third tier of axils and they are still large enough to eat. David My chili plants have taken off& the 3 inches this week have gone down a treat. Only problem we have to wait for the yard to dry a bit (black soil). The non hearting lettuce are zooming start picking next week, fresh salad.... I don't know whether it's normal, but one of my rainbow chard has taken off and is now a *tree*! There's no sign of flowers on it, just a six-foot stalk and *branches*! My husband reckons the kids can draw lots as to who gets to shinny up it in search of the family fortune. Although, wasn't that beans...? -- Trish Brown {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia Alas it is no longer edible. But as the others have not followed suit eat them. I love the colour of the water when we have home grown coloured silverbeet. Oo yeah! I've been kept busy making spinach and feta pies, which are *so* much nicer with 'real' spinach rather than the frozen sort. -- Trish Brown {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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It's been damp and mild
Trish Brown wrote:
I don't know whether it's normal, but one of my rainbow chard has taken off and is now a *tree*! There's no sign of flowers on it, They do not look like flowers. Just stake it, let it do its thing and let it dry off, then strip the nodules and store in a cool dry place until you want to plant more. Rub a pile of nodules in gloved hands and broadcast. Or just thrash a wire mesh with the dry plant beside the area you want them in. we try to collect one red, one yellow and one green each season. It just grows feral along with the flat parsley, borage and occassionally the curly parseley. |
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T is no longer edible. However, as the others did not follow the example of eating them. I like the color of the water, we have native color silverbeet.
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