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• Root Planting

  

  My Potatoes - Spunta and Kipfler chitted and ready for planting NOW!!!!Very busy at the moment but just a quick reminder for Moon Planting this week...Root crop... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• August Frosts

  

  August has begun with a weekend of frosts -4.2C the lowest so far! Here in the photo there is frost on Pink Kale, Oregano and Alexanders. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Scarecrow's Garden Journal Notes: July 2014:

  

  Growth in the Garden in cold July:1 Lots of planting in the new Fruit/Orchard area including 3 Cherry Trees to be Spanish Bush pruned and 3 new fruit trees and ... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Scarecrow's Garden Journal Notes: June 2014

  

  Growth around the garden in June:Cauliflower Violet SicilianBroccoli AlbertMixed Spinach and Rocket Mammoth Melting Climbing Snow PeasTemperatures this... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Winter Solstice Already!!!

  

  We had sunshine on our shortest day of the year here in Scarecrow's Garden in South Australia, that was after 2mm of rain overnight and a drizzly morning! Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Winter Propagation

  

  It seems strange to have so much growth happening in the garden at this time of the year...lots cuttings and seedlings being potted on and many rescued... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Community Garden Visit

  

  Not a lot of propagation happening around here lately but I did get to go with some of our Community Garden Plotters to visit a Community Garden in a nearby... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Scarecrow's Garden Journal Notes: May 2014:

  

  Growth around the garden in May 2014:1 Winter Salad Bed (potted)...3 steps from the back door!2 Sweet Potato cuttings taken for next season. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Dragon's Tomato

  

  I think this Dragon will need all his fiery breath to help this tiny Tomato seedling (self sown volunteer) grow outdoors during our cold winter. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The New Chook Food Shed Gets a Garden

  

  Fruiting bushes, herbs and flowering plants (and strawberries) have gone in around the new Chook Food Shed. Other areas are being prepared for some new bare... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• First Frost

  

  Frost on the cold frame!With a cold and wet start to May it looks like we had seen the last of the warm weather with maximum temps of 11C and our first frost... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Scarecrow's Garden Journal Notes: April 2014:

  

  Progress is being made on the garden makeover. Areas cleared, beds dismantled, fences down, stash sorted, markers in for slab for my new shed that will hold... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• New Bantams

  

  This week we welcome six new young Bantam hens to the garden. They are living in the larger of the new chook runs with Millie (the last surviving Farmyard Feral... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Rainy Days...Never Get Me Down!

  

  We have enjoyed some welcome rain this week. Time to remove any remaining shades and let the rain fall on the new seedlings. It's great weather to plant out mor... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Scarecrow's Garden Journal Notes: March 2014:

  

  The work on the new chook runs began around Christmas time but with the heat of January and February little work was achieved. Earlier this month we got... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Look at Those Peas Now!!!

  

  The Peas that were pre-sprouted on a paper towel slowly emerged and with the warm weather are starting to scramble up their wire support! Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Autumn Equinox

  

  The new seedlings that have been planted out are thriving in the warm autumn soil and with the hope of rain soon they should put on good growth before the frost... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Pea Pre-sprouts

  

  Well so far so good with the pre-sprouted Peas...they were placed on a moist paper towel, wrapped up and put into a ziplock bag (not sealed) and left inside. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Autumn Arrives

  

  With only a couple of dozen fruit on the William Pear tree this year I haven't bothered to net the tree, instead I have put a tiny organza bag over the... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Scarecrow's Garden Journal Notes: February 2014:

  

  I'm quite impressed with the growth of the Carrots and Beetroot in Bed 11. They germinated well and have been growing through what has turned out to be the... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME