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Anyone else have a veggie patch?

bushies.girl — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 21:20:08 GMT

and what are you planting this year?

Re: Anyone else have a veggie patch?

kopenhagen5 — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:04:01 GMT

I haven't used it for a couple of years and the soil is a nice rich dark colour with lots of worms in it.

This year I have just put in -

cherry tomatoes

peas and snow peas

capsicum

cucumber

baby carrots

long radishes

corn

small watermelon

canteloupe

and have strawberries all year.

Re: Anyone else have a veggie patch?

sineaterdoodah — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:11:00 GMT

kope,what is a long radish,please?

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kopenhagen5 — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:29:36 GMT

Hi, same as the round radish but long shape.

I think they are called french breakfast radishes.

I find they grow easier especially if you get a clump together, with the round ones, some will grow large and some won't when they are clumped. I tend to sprinkle the seeds in rather than one by one.

I haven't found an easy way yet of a uniform spread for radish n carrot seeds if you have any suggestions?

Re: Anyone else have a veggie patch?

beadle_eze — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:32:18 GMT

I plant herbs every year. The growing season is about over here in Florida. This year, I pared the planting down to parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, basil, oregano, chives, and mint. The rosemary lives all year round and the oregano reseeds itself every year. We use a lot of herbs in cooking and I think it's so much better to use fresh.

Re: Anyone else have a veggie patch?

bushies.girl — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:36:54 GMT

Wow sounds great 🙂 My strawberries are planted, too early to plant the the rest yet. Our veggie garden is still a work in progress, should be finished this week, if the rain holds off

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sineaterdoodah — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:37:27 GMT

well,i used to grow the long white radishes,i think they're called icicle radishes? they're VERY hot. i grew them in circles to get uniform size. sprinkle the seeds in a straight line(meaning singly) in a shallow circular trench that spans a 6 inch circle. leave the center unseeded,and thin them as soon as the leaves hit an inch tall. leave about 1/2 an inch between sprouts,and harvest when the leaves are about 3 inches tall.

now,i don't know if this will work in a regular garden patch,as i grew them in an oversized windowbox greenhouse at work,but it's worth a try!

maybe you could plant round ones in the center part? i will ask brooke and tonya,the best home gardeners i know. those 2 can grow anything just right,they amaze me.

Re: Anyone else have a veggie patch?

kopenhagen5 — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:45:46 GMT

I forgot about the herbs, I put in dill, coriander, oregano and have chives all year.

Did have mint but became more of a pest.

Agree about using fresh herbs beadle.

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sandypas — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:43:27 GMT

My old dad was a great gardener - vegies only, didn't believe in growing anything you couldn't eat.

I remember, with all those smaller root vegies, he would make a straight furrow with the end of his spade, sprinkle the seeds along and as soon as they popped their heads out, he would thin them out by pulling out the excess.

We have bought a green house and a raised garden bed to have a good go this year. Just bought a metre and 1/2 of good vegie soil (has loan, mushroom compost and sawdust in it), ready to start planting.

Re: Anyone else have a veggie patch?

lloydslights — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:49:15 GMT

@kopenhagen5 wrote:
Hi, same as the round radish but long shape.
I think they are called french breakfast radishes.
I find they grow easier especially if you get a clump together, with the round ones, some will grow large and some won't when they are clumped. I tend to sprinkle the seeds in rather than one by one.
I haven't found an easy way yet of a uniform spread for radish n carrot seeds if you have any suggestions?

As featured on Gardening Australia last Saturday. My grandfather mixed the fine seed with course sand and sprinkled along the furrow.

He thinned them as Sandy suggested. But nowadays with our "gastronomic intelligence", we could leave them a little longer before thinning; and present them as "baby carrots" on our plate.

DEB

Re: Anyone else have a veggie patch?

lloydslights — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:53:01 GMT

By the way, Choko were $2 each at Coles on Saturday. ??????????????

Does anybody grow them anymore? Over the chook pen?

DEB

Re: Anyone else have a veggie patch?

bushies.girl — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 05:46:36 GMT

This is our first year here, so we have had to start from scratch. Am looking forward to growning our own summer salads this year. As I said it's a work in progress, the tea tree is going

Re: Anyone else have a veggie patch?

bushies.girl — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:58:54 GMT

Dont ever see chokos down my way, wrong climate perhaps?

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*elizabeths-mum* — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:26:32 GMT

Chokos $2 each!! When did they come into vogue?

Still thinking about next seasons planting but I put a mix of purple and white snow peas in this year and they are so pretty compared with the usual plain white. The purple is in a few different shades. Almost as nice as having sweet peas.
The seeds were from Big W and are called Snow Pea Yakumo.

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channys_mum — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:34:11 GMT

I had a third loo. The outside dunny turned sewerage. However the little house was still the same with a mega choco bush. The neighbours were welcome to wander down the drive and help themselves. I don't know how many people I kept fed on chocos

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channys_mum — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:38:26 GMT

Where-ish is your way bushie. Mum grew them when we were in NSW and I am now in sth Qld

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bushies.girl — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:59:04 GMT

SW Vic CM ..... Frosts in the Winter 'n hot in dry in the Summer

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sineaterdoodah — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:53:28 GMT

had to look up chokos...known as chayote here. i've never cooked with them,are they good? how do you cook them?

wiki says they are sort of like squash?

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jean2579 — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:58:23 GMT

I've left two of my vege beds lie fallow over winter but now is a good time to add some cow manure, blood & bone and lime and start planting again.

I try to rotate the fallow beds over winter to give the soil a chance to re generate.

I can't come at chokos, always reminds me of the outside dunny.

Re: Anyone else have a veggie patch?

bushies.girl — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 01:02:30 GMT

Must agree re chokos Jean, totally bland n nondescript to me .... What are you going to plant? Too early here for planting 😞