Category: Planting
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Not much luck with seeds this winter. Even with a second try, next year we will stick to seedlings (if we repeat this year’s cover of sugar cane mulch). We tried Beetroot (okay), Carrots (not bad), Dwarf beans (3 plants, 1 died after being trampled), Sugar & Snap peas (4 plants).
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We were on holidays, so our crops have been neglected. Also, #fruitfly has affected the entire Veg Out garden. Some of our tomatoes (mostly, the larger ones) definitely had wee worms when we returned. Unsure if it’ll happen again in the 2025/26 season, but we are going back to self-seeding our own tomatoes next year.…
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It’s officially Autumn. Cool nights and brisk days have arrived. There is excitement around the Patch, with pretty much everyone planting new crops – walking around the crates is a guessing game of what-do-you-think-is-that-seedling? On our list this season: Snap sugar peas (handy to have our tomato trellis already installed) Snow peas (Lisa likes them…
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Two weeks after planting the seeds, it became clear that the half-toilet rolls weren’t going to hold the rapidly growing beans for much longer. It was time to transfer them to our garden. Carefully packed into a left over case of beer box, the beans got on a 67 tram to the city, amidst some…
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So the time had come to pick our patch, and after a tiny bit of wandering around the car park, we settled on this one. It had some very nice things going for it – 1. A view of the river. 2. A ledge for leaning on over Friday afternoon beers. 3. Close proximity to conveniently placed…
