URBAN FOOD GARDEN SEASON SUMMARY – WINTER 2022
Season summary for my food garden in Ballarat (Victoria), Winter 2022. This is mainly of relevance to gardeners living in the Ballarat area, but it
September 7, 2022
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URBAN FOOD GARDEN SEASON SUMMARY: Winter 2020
Season summary for my food garden in Ballarat (Victoria): WINTER 2020 WEATHER SUMMARY Overall it was a tolerable winter for cold old Ballarat. The maximum
September 3, 2020
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URBAN FOOD GARDEN SEASON SUMMERIES LIST
Below are links to season summaries dating back to the Winter of 2020. These will mainly be of relevance to gardeners living in the Ballarat
September 7, 2022
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URBAN FOOD GARDEN SEASON SUMMARY – Summer 2022/23
Season summary for my food garden in Ballarat (Victoria), Summer 2022/23. This is mainly of relevance to food gardeners in the Ballarat area, but it
March 6, 2023
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URBAN FOOD GARDEN SEASON SUMMARY – Spring 2022
Season summary for my food garden in Ballarat (Victoria), Spring 2022. This is mainly of relevance to food gardeners in the Ballarat area, but it
December 5, 2022
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SEASONAL BLOG: Harvested the last of this season’s potato crop.
I harvested the last of this season’s potato crop today. It was planted out last year on the 21st of October. I planted two rows
June 11, 2022
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URBAN FOOD GARDEN SEASON SUMMARY: Spring 2020
Season summary for my food garden in Ballarat (Victoria): SPRING 2020 WEATHER SUMMARY Ballarat’s spring weather was erratic this year. While the first two months
December 2, 2020
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URBAN FOOD GARDEN SEASON SUMMARY: Summer 2020/21
Season summary for my food garden in Ballarat (Victoria): Summer 2020/21 WEATHER SUMMARY The summer this year was the coolest and wettest for many years.
March 2, 2021
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URBAN FOOD GARDEN SEASON SUMMARY: Autumn 2021
Season summary for my food garden in Ballarat (Victoria): Autumn 2021 WEATHER SUMMARY A colder than average March was cancelled out with a warmer than
June 7, 2021
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URBAN FOOD GARDEN SEASON SUMMARY – AUTUMN 2022
Season summary for my food garden in Ballarat (Victoria), Autumn 2022. This is mainly of relevance to gardeners living in the Ballarat area, but it
June 6, 2022
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SEASONAL BLOG – Why Do Frosts Occur When They Do?
We have had a couple of frosts in the last few days (6th and 11th of October 2021), though they were not that severe. Here
October 12, 2021
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SEASONAL BLOG – Added Protection Against Foxes For My Chickens
After losing my chickens to foxes back in November (2021) I set out to beef up my chicken run security. This is what I ended
January 27, 2022
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SEASONAL BLOG – Last Of The Golden Nugget Winter Squash
On Christmas Eve we ate the last of our Golden Nugget winter squashes. Golden Nugget is not the best tasting of the pumpkin/squash varieties out
December 29, 2021
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URBAN FOOD GARDEN SEASON SUMMARY – SUMMER 2021-22
Season summary for my food garden in Ballarat (Victoria), Summer 2021-22. This is mainly of relevance to gardeners living in the Ballarat area, though it
March 11, 2022
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SEASONAL BLOG: The Perils Of Saving Seeds From Vegetables That Readily Cross Pollinate
Last spring I saved seeds from one of my broccoli plants. This was a somewhat risky exercise as broccoli plants must cross pollinate with another
April 6, 2021
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SEASONAL BLOG – Protecting Mulched Fallowed Beds From Blackbirds
Last week I cleared this bed that was planted with corn and prepared it for planting broad beans in April. As the bed will sit
February 20, 2022
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