It's June and things are quiet in the garden...
- A trial planting of the bottom ends of some shop bought Spring Onions - they have sprouted new leaves for use!
- Like most of the garden the Snow Peas and Lettuce bed (Bed7) is covered in an attempt to lessen frost damage.
- Small Broccoli shoots are developing.
- And the Strawberry Tank (Tank Bed e) has been cleared, topped up with compost and re-planted.
Lowest Min -5.1C
Highest Min 10.2C
Lowest Max 8.3C
Highest Max 12.6C
24mm Rain
Weather Highlights?
There were 16 days with the chance of frost in June including the lowest -5.1C. Things have slowed down in the garden and very little has been sown.
Winter is a time of planning for Spring, best done sitting by the fire!
Propagation:
Seeds:
Broad (or Fava) Beans Early Long Pod into Loo Rolls in the hothouse.
Potting up/on:
Onions mixed
Pansy (purchased seedlings)
Spring Onions from bought spring onions
Planting out:
Black Cumin seedlings into an edge bed in the Main Vegetable Garden
Strawberry runners (Home grown) into Tank Bed e in the Main Vegetable Garden
Transplanted the Jostaberry from a Tank bed into an edge bed in the Main Vegetable Garden
Division:
Dianella revoluta and then potted up
Harvest Tally for May:
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 Kale, Silverbeet, Mushroom Plant, Gotu Kola, Parcel, Parsley and Beetroot Leaves which are not always weighed. The winter harvest is much lower than other months but we are eating out of our stored food supply.
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Jerusalem Artichoke 154g
Lettuce Mixed 365g
Mushroom Portabello 35g
Onion Mixed 615g from storage
Peas Snow Roi De Carouby245g
Turmeric 25g
Yacon 220g go here for more info on Yacon
Total Veg Harvest for June 1.7Kgs
Lemons 10624g
Total Fruit Harvest for June 10.6Kgs
Total Eggs for June 41 eggs:
38 from the 5 Farmyard Ferals
0 from the lone Barnevelder
3 from the 4 Faverolles
There were a lot of hungry caterpillars and rainbows at the Grandtwins Second Birthday Party...even little MicroMan got into the party spirit!
June of Previous Years:
2011
2010
20092008
2007
I have also updated the Sowing Dates page to reflect the start of Spring planting which begins soon!
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We ended the month by being granted and extra second!!! see here Did you notice?