SEASONAL BLOG -Spring Seedling Production Follow Up
A follow up to my SEASONAL BLOG – My Seedling Production This Spring posting. MY SPRING SEEDLING PLANTINGS AS OF THE 17TH OF OCTOBER This
October 17, 2021
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SEASONAL BLOG – My Seedling Production This Spring
Each spring I follow a scheduled routine for planting seeds in seedling trays and potting up mature seedlings in preparation for planting in the ground
September 16, 2021
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URBAN FOOD GARDEN SEASON SUMMARY – SPRING 2021
Season summary for my food garden in Ballarat (Victoria), Spring 2021. This is mainly of relevance to gardeners living in the Ballarat area, but it
December 10, 2021
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URBAN FOOD GARDEN SEASON SUMMARY: Winter 2021
WEATHER SUMMARY Winter temperatures were very near the average for Ballarat but with so many days of rain – 21 days in June, 26 in
September 7, 2021
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SEASONAL BLOG – Musings On Growing Lettuces
If you are like me, older and of Anglo-Saxon heritage, you probably would have been brought up with the notion of lettuces as a summer
June 2, 2021
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SEASONAL BLOG – Pyrethrum Cost Comparison
If you have a large food garden then, there are cost savings to be made by buying consumables such as pesticides in larger quantities. An
March 24, 2021
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SEASONAL BLOG: Possible Hen Pecking Order Signs?
I have a question for fellow poultry keepers. I recently noticed that my five Hyline hens show varying degrees of feather loss just behind their
September 22, 2020
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SEASONAL BLOG: My Cool Zone June Pea Planting Experiment
My June pea planting experiment As an experiment I planted bush and snow peas in my main vegetable patch at the start of June, a
August 22, 2020
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SEASONAL BLOG: Early Start To The Asparagus Season
A bit early to tell but it looks like it is shaping up to be an early asparagus season for the Ballarat area. This photo
August 11, 2020
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SEASONAL BLOG: Early beginning to the Asparagus Harvest
Following up from my Early Start To The Asparagus Season blog post back on 11th August. It has indeed turned out to be an early
August 21, 2020
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SEASONAL BLOG: Annual Pumpkin Harvest Report
I harvested my main pumpkin crop on the weekend (2nd May 2020), the last to be harvested of the three pumpkin varieties that I grow.
May 4, 2020
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SEASONAL BLOG: Signs That It’s Time To Buy New Chilli Seeds
If you grow a single chilli plant far enough away (beyond bee flight range) from any other plants of the genus capsicum it would still
May 2, 2020
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SEASONAL BLOG: In Praise Of The Traditional Aussie Vegetable Gardener
Google vegetable gardening and you will get any number of sites with reams of information on a range of garden styles and techniques, including subjects
April 20, 2020
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