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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1425 on: September 10, 2016, 08:29:53 am »
4 days away at Cherokee and this is what our new garden at Invermay provided. Mushrooms still coming.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1426 on: September 10, 2016, 08:30:37 am »
4 days away at Cherokee and this is what our new garden at Invermay provided. Mushrooms still coming.




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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1427 on: September 10, 2016, 08:42:26 am »
Looking good, Chookie.  Hope the open day went well.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1428 on: September 10, 2016, 09:46:48 am »
Wonderful produce Chookie 8)
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1429 on: September 10, 2016, 12:35:13 pm »
Our radishes have just poked their leaves through.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1430 on: September 10, 2016, 01:14:01 pm »
Marina, we have had 2 people who have been interested but we are not holding our breath.
It was lovely and sunny while we had people through.
Cookie, the radishes are one of the few things that we can grow in our cool climate, during Winter.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1431 on: September 11, 2016, 12:00:45 pm »
Lovely home grown produce Chookie.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1432 on: September 11, 2016, 11:51:06 pm »
Chookie, your produce looks wonderful!!!
Hubby has sowed so many new seeds, he has planted kale, brussel sprouts, broccoli, radish and tomatoes.
I am not sure if anyone had this issue before but we always end up with split radishes :(
I have read online that it could be a result of difference in soil conditions, i.e. too dry to wet, but any advice would help..
The radishes are sooo easy to grow but hate it when I pick them and they are split :(

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1433 on: September 12, 2016, 08:16:46 am »
I picked the last of my bok choi last week and am now getting enough salad leaves to see us through a couple of meals.  One of my cauliflowers looks enthusiastic, not so sure about the others, though ... perhaps they are waiting to see how the enthusiastic one gets on before they decide whether they will take off or not!!
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1434 on: September 12, 2016, 09:23:23 am »
Don't know about the split radishes. Sorry.
I can hardly believe this but I picked some asparagus yesterday.
Still picking about a cup of button mushrooms a day. Having a kale and mushroom omelet for dinner.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1435 on: September 24, 2016, 08:28:27 am »
Took some photos of veggie garden at Invermay. I am going to put a photo journal together so I can remember what I planted and when.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1436 on: September 24, 2016, 08:32:37 am »
Took some photos of veggie garden at Invermay. I am going to put a photo journal together so I can remember what I planted and when.

We had stir fried veggies today. All from veggie garden.



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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1437 on: September 24, 2016, 08:34:18 am »
This is half the garden. The covers are because the birds have been pulling some of the seedlings out.


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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1438 on: September 24, 2016, 01:25:22 pm »
It's looking really good Chookie. You and Ral have certainly been busy.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1439 on: September 24, 2016, 06:02:21 pm »
Wonderful photos Chookie.It all looks so lush. :)
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