What's going on in your garden (2018-2022)?

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

My seeds are all wrapped up again for the night. It's forecast to be 3°C. This morning was forecast to be 5°C, it was 3°C. Don't want to risk losing them all.

 

[TastyReuben]

Katydid

• TastyReuben
• 12 Oct 2019

 

[rascal]

Suns out, seeds are out. Yellow tomatoes are up, about a dozen so some will be given away.

Russ

 

[Lullabelle]

It is pouring with rain so I have put my houseplants outside for a good soaking.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

My decking with trays out. There's more in the greenhouse.

Russ

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My setup currently for seeds and seedlings which given the state of my rhubarb this morning is definitely needed. My rhubarb has been eaten by one of the pests, either sulphur crested cockatoos (most likely suspects) or crimson rosellas. It has been broken off and the stems eaten to a certain thickness before the leaf. I've seen this repeatedly from sulphurs. It is one of their common habits. I'll have to get protection up and running for it in the next few days.

Seedlings in the dog cage

• SatNavSaysStraightOn
• 14 Oct 2019

Seedlings

• SatNavSaysStraightOn
• 14 Oct 2019

Seedlings

• SatNavSaysStraightOn
• 14 Oct 2019

Seedlings

• SatNavSaysStraightOn
• 14 Oct 2019

The seed potatoes are just out on the table (covered over because it has been sanded down and I'm just waiting for a suitable day that isn't windy to varnish it).

Seed potatoes

• SatNavSaysStraightOn
• 14 Oct 2019

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Virtually everything on the top row is a free seed (and seed pot, everything needed to grow the seeds) with your shopping. For every $30 spent you get a random pot. At the start they were rather more generous handing them out than they are now. Now they stick to every $30. At the start they were handed out liberally at a rate of roughly one every $20. There is everything in there from bok choi, kale, tomato, radish, cress, thyme, basil, lettuce and pansy. There are 24 to 'collect'.

 

[rascal]

Virtually everything on the top row is a free seed (and seed pot, everything needed to grow the seeds) with your shopping. For every $30 spent you get a random pot. At the start they were rather more generous handing them out than they are now. Now they stick to every $30. At the start they were handed out liberally at a rate of roughly one every $20. There is everything in there from bok choi, kale, tomato, radish, cress, thyme, basil, lettuce and pansy. There are 24 to 'collect'.

Awesome set up,

Russ

 

[rascal]

Some of mine

Russ

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Frost again tonight so everything is against the house and wrapped up

 

[rascal]

Frost again tonight so everything is against the house and wrapped up

Cold snap here as well. Brrrr

Russ

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Cold snap here as well. Brrrr

Russ

1°C and a visible frost here this morning. Same time it was 7°C in Canberra! Grrr. Glad we had the fire lit. Due quite a few more cold nights next week as well. There's a simply massive weather system coming up from the southern ocean covering 3 states!

Luckily I haven't lost anything because the veranda is on the sheltered side of the house and the cage was pulled right up into the doorway (protected on 3 sides and from above).

 

[rascal]

1°C and a visible frost here this morning. Same time it was 7°C in Canberra! Grrr. Glad we had the fire lit. Due quite a few more cold nights next week as well. There's a simply massive weather system coming up from the southern ocean covering 3 states!

Luckily I haven't lost anything because the veranda is on the sheltered side of the house and the cage was pulled right up into the doorway (protected on 3 sides and from above).

We don't need cages to protect plants. Slugs are my wife's pests.

Russ

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

We don't need cages to protect plants. Slugs are my wife's pests.

Russ

Very few slugs here, too many chooks and not enough water.

Did get this one through the garden just now. S/He's harmless though and one we love to see. We actually think it lives locally because we do see it so often.





It's a shingle back (lizard).

 

[rascal]

Very few slugs here, too many chooks and not enough water.

Did get this one through the garden just now. S/He's harmless though and one we love to see. We actually think it lives locally because we do see it so often.

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It's a shingle back (lizard).

We don't have them, we have skinks, but I havnt seen one in years. Birds attack strawberries so netting over them.

Russ

 

[rascal]

El Paso chillies are up, more Serrano as well. Planted green beans out along with courgettes/ zuchs. 6 cucumbers are up as well. Carnations are popping up everywhere as well, stopped counting after 30.
Beautiful sunny day today, wife was busy In the garden planting out. Gotta go get ready, busy night ahead.

Russ

Russ