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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1515 on: December 27, 2017, 07:27:36 am »
Great harvest Astarra.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1516 on: January 05, 2018, 03:22:26 am »
My first pick of veggies from my little garden
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1517 on: January 05, 2018, 05:44:46 am »
Nice Mab. The ones you grow yourself are the very best.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1518 on: January 05, 2018, 06:12:38 am »
Astarra that sounds delicious and Margaret yours looks delicious. We have a few snake beans in at the moment as they love the heat. My peanuts are looking good too, I expect them to flower soon.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1519 on: January 05, 2018, 02:43:01 pm »
Good looking produce Margaret 8)
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1520 on: January 05, 2018, 08:18:32 pm »
A nice variety there Mab. Nothing like home grown vegies.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1521 on: January 05, 2018, 09:33:52 pm »
Well done Mab.  They look lovely.
Yesterday Ral and I picked a bucket of Cherry Plums, 1/2 bucket of white peaches and a punnet of Mulberries. I have cooked the plumbs and will put them through the Mouli to make pulp and then add berrries to make jam.
Probably make peach and pineapple jam from some of the peaches and also dry some.

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« Reply #1522 on: January 07, 2018, 06:31:30 am »
Chookie do you have fruit fly there?
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1523 on: January 08, 2018, 08:57:40 pm »
Chookie do you have fruit fly there?
Cookie, no fruit fly.  Lots of white butterflies. Lots of parrots who love the peaches.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1524 on: January 08, 2018, 10:01:56 pm »
I'm not having much luck with cherry tomatoes this year - I got an idea from Better Homes and Garden where you plant 2 different coloured tomatoes in a hanging basket and it serves as a Christmas decoration for the patio. Maybe the pot is too small.
The pumpkin vine has a few small pumpkins on it.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1525 on: January 09, 2018, 12:08:34 am »
It looks healthy enough though Michele.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1526 on: January 09, 2018, 09:38:42 pm »
Michele, yes the pot maybe too small.  Once a week I give my pots a drink of liquid manure. On the whole I do better with plants in the ground.

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« Reply #1527 on: January 10, 2018, 07:28:36 am »
Thanks Chookie. Do you make your own liquid manure from the chooks? Would there be something I can buy from a nursery? What brand would you recommend?
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Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1528 on: January 14, 2018, 11:23:54 am »
This is a photo of my peanuts growing. A couple have had flowers but they only last a couple of days and I missed them.


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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1529 on: January 14, 2018, 06:41:44 pm »
Is this your first try with peanuts Cookie?  How long do they take until it is time to harvest them?
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