Scarecrow's Garden Journal Notes: June 2013:

June Growth:
The native flowers are blooming for the birds and bees
Broccoli heads are growing slowly
Our first taste of Tangelo...different but delicious
and that Zucchini...still alive but not producing as much and not looking very happy
Temperatures this month:
Lowest Min -0.9C
Highest Min 11.7C
Lowest Max 9.1C
Highest Max 17.7C
116.5 mm Rain Wow!!
Rain: Year To Date: 232mm (Average YTD: 152mm)
Comparison with other years:
June Average is 33.9mm:
2013 116.5mm
2012  24mm
2011 14.5mm
2010 13.5mm
2009 53mm
2008 27mm
2007 7.5mm
Weather Highlights?
Rain!!! It has been the wettest June on record for most of our state! The humidity it has brought has meant things just haven't had a chance to dry out at all.
This Month:
One market weekend this month in the beautiful Barossa Valley. Our early morning start for the day began with Hot Air Balloons launching right next to the caravan park. The day continued to be chilly but everyone had fun.The next weekend it was  time to celebrate the Grandtwins Third Birthday "Yo Gabba Gabba" style... PoppyDoc's Castle and Fairy House were great fun complete with Fairies and Knights. The Dragons were for Microman. Nannie Scarecrow made some Yo Gabba Gabba finger puppets in keeping with the theme.
Harvest Tally:
Doesn't include Greens fed to the chooks on a daily basis or herbs picked for use in the kitchen for cooking or tea making. For Salads, Juice and Stirfries I have been picking Amaranth, Silverbeet, Chinese Broccoli, Celery, Cress, Gotu Kola, Lettuce, Kale, Parsley, Beetroot and Sweet Potato Leaves and Lebanese, Upland and Water-Cress which are not always weighed.
Snow Peas 214g
Radish 427g
Zucchini Early 369g
Total Veg Harvest for June 1Kg
Lemons 22496g
Tangelo   443g
Total Fruit Harvest for June 2.7Kg
Total Eggs for June: 56 eggs.
56 From the 5 Farmyard Ferals
0 From the 3 Faverolles
June of Previous Years:
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
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