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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1635 on: January 27, 2019, 07:01:24 am »
We have so many plums that the birds can eat as many as they want.
However we covered our White Peach tree with netting.  We also have a lot of small Apples.  I think the bess were very busy.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1636 on: February 02, 2019, 05:28:50 am »
we have been picking lots of mangos, passionfruit, and lychess.
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Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1637 on: February 03, 2019, 05:57:36 am »
DH brought me a Dragon Fruit plant yesterday. I am thrilled. I just have to learn how to plant it and look after it. Robyn do you have any growing at your place?
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1638 on: February 03, 2019, 08:05:54 pm »
We have so many plums that the birds can eat as many as they want.
However we covered our White Peach tree with netting.  We also have a lot of small Apples.  I think the bees were very busy.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1639 on: February 04, 2019, 06:51:32 pm »
It will intersting to watch your Dragon Fruit grow Cookie. 8)
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1640 on: February 04, 2019, 09:01:00 pm »
Wow Cookie.  That is most unusual.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1641 on: February 05, 2019, 01:53:32 am »
Cookie I recently joined 2 gardening groups, they’re both great at answering these types of questions.  1) Australian Gardening Group. 2) The Succulent Library
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1642 on: February 05, 2019, 05:09:32 am »
Are they online Judy? I will check them out.
How is your Mum?
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1643 on: February 05, 2019, 12:25:13 pm »
Yes go into Facebook and put the name into the search bar, you then ask to join the group.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1644 on: March 03, 2019, 09:48:09 pm »
Picked a few of the only remaining fruit (plums) in our garden yesterday (the birds got everything else).  They were lovely and sweet.  I left most on the tree for our neighbour's Aunty Bev to make jam with.  The only reason these plums survived was because we had netted them!  The birds LOVE our garden.

I feel very sorry for the wildlife just now - we don't have a single bit of edible grass for them in our garden - even the weeds are dessicated and brown.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1645 on: March 04, 2019, 03:07:08 am »
The tomatoes are coming with a rush.
The birds are enjoying the Apples. 

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1646 on: March 04, 2019, 03:08:31 am »


I have been having a raw tomato on toast for breakfast.


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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1647 on: March 04, 2019, 07:13:25 am »
A lovely selection of tomatoes Chookie.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1648 on: March 04, 2019, 10:34:23 am »
Lovely tomato's Chookie. I to have been having toast goats cheese and home grown tomatoes , we have a few small ones and DM gave a few to us to other day , DH gobbles them as a snack .
DH planted small pumpkins and watermelon plants . We have a few pumpkins coming along. There is a watermelon the size of a large grapefruit cannot believe it .

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1649 on: March 04, 2019, 07:49:38 pm »
K Atie the pumpkins are great fun to watch.  We have never grown Watermelon here.