Category: Vegetables
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It’s been 2 months since we planted our one and only tomato plant, and all we can think is C’Mon Dude! All around us patches with various types of small tomatoes: cherry, grape and pear – all of them are starting to really bear fruit, and heaps of it. Whilst our plant is clearly healthy,…
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The word from the guys at the Little Veggie Patch was – Competition Time! Decorate your patch, measure your zucchinis, find a heap of caterpillars (the latter was, in fairness, more for the good of the plants than really for fun). So we set to work, utilising newly required stakes for our sole Black Russian…
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During December it seems that our zucchinis are becoming masters of the patch, easily dwarfing our carrots, beans and even the pumpkin plants. Even though we culled some plants in November, there are still four plants going great guns. We’re starting to wonder if we shouldn’t have planted less…
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We’re calling them zumpkins.
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…and so do our plants. Turns out the apple crates are the business – looking around the rest of the car park, most gardens are flourishing. Those who decided to plant salad leaves are harvesting already. Ours will take a little longer, but we’re pleased that almost all of our transplanted beans have survived (toilet…
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Our veggie patch is located at Federation Square, Melbourne’s (newish) city square (the old one was on the corner of Collins Street and Swanston Street). In fact many people don’t realise just how close it really is. So I thought it was about time I showed a few of the views from our garden –…
