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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1440 on: September 25, 2016, 02:07:24 am »
A typical Ral & Chookie veggie garden - no matter where you go Chookie you sure do make a magnificent produce market for yourselves.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1441 on: September 26, 2016, 11:28:01 pm »
Thanks Judy.  We try to eat something from the veggie garden every day.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1442 on: March 05, 2017, 04:17:57 am »
Spent a lovely 2 hours in the garden today.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1443 on: March 05, 2017, 04:20:10 am »
Spent a lovely 2 hours in the garden today.

This is what I gathered.



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Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1444 on: March 05, 2017, 06:16:00 am »
What type of beans are the flat ones please Chookie? They look interesting.

The few tomatoes we had growing aren't enjoying the heat much. Even my parsley is turning up its toes. My basil is happy as it is between and under the front roses. We do have another pineapple coming.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1445 on: March 05, 2017, 07:07:00 am »
Spent a lovely 2 hours in the garden today.

This is what I gathered.



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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1446 on: March 05, 2017, 08:21:10 am »
Great picking Chookie.  Today at the nursing home I was given Gala apples by one relative visiting and some tomatoes by someone else.  I always appreciate home grown fruit and veg.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1447 on: March 05, 2017, 09:32:21 am »
Fabulous fresh produce Chookie 8)

It must be interesting watching a pineapple grow Cookie. :)

I appreciate fresh garden produce from friends too Judy. :)
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1448 on: March 05, 2017, 08:09:10 pm »
This weekend I got the last of my greengage plums, nashi pears, packham pears and some golden delicious applies.  Not all exactly ripe, but I wanted to pick them before the birds got them.

My neighbours gave me tomatoes, basil, capsicums, green beans, zucchini and cucumber so I gave them fruit in return.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1449 on: March 05, 2017, 09:34:20 pm »
A nice swap for you both Marina.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1450 on: March 05, 2017, 09:36:11 pm »
Wow Marina. That is great. We have fruit trees at Invermay but they have not been looked after. Hope next year after pruning and feeding we may get some apricots.
No spray or snail killer on the veggies.
About to pick some rhubarb.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1451 on: March 07, 2017, 02:44:28 am »
we picked 2 huge bunches of bananas on Sunday, handing them out to friends and customers.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1452 on: March 07, 2017, 05:58:13 am »
My garden is not going so well now :(
Still getting lots of capsicums, jalapenos, habaneros etc and tomatoes tho :)
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1453 on: March 07, 2017, 11:21:45 am »
Astarra, that all sounds very good to me. Do you like chillies?

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1454 on: March 07, 2017, 05:59:19 pm »
Astarra, may I ask a question.  My DH loves chillies, whilst he likes the heat he really loves the taste of fresh chilli as well but no one seems able to suggest a chilli that is both tasty and has some heat - every chilli we check out refers to the heat, but none seem to refer to taste.  As you sound like you may be a knowledgeable chilli lover, do you have any suggestions or ideas on what we should look for to keep my man happy?
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