Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?

[MEP]

How wonderful it is to be able to pick your own fruit and vegetavpbles from your garden.

[judydawn]

Nice haul Chookie.

[Cuilidh]

Looks mouth-watering and delicious, Chookie.  Nothing like fresh from your own garden.

[achookwoman]

The GC just love picking the veggies. Unfortunately not much fruit this year.
We have been without power for 3 hours now.  Missing TMX and all electric devices.  Thank goodness  we have gas.

[cookie1]

We don't realise how much we use the power until it is off. I hate having to go round and reset all the clocks, microwave etc. Chookie those vegetables look magnificent.

[Cornish Cream]

Great fresh produce Chookie.A testament to your green fingers
I hate it when we have power cuts.We seem to get a fair few where we live.DH bought a potable generator to get over the problem.

[cookie1]

We have a generator but use it mainly for camping. Even then I won't let DH put it on as it is so beautiful and quiet. We have used it at home once when we had no power for about 15 hours. So that the neighbours wouldn't mind the noise we plugged their fridges in as well.

[courton]

May I ask advice please. My "flowering carpet" roses have white powdery coating - especially near the base of the plants. Some plants are worse than others. What is eating my plants and what can I do about it? I have tried white oil without much success.

[judydawn]

Does this help Courton. http://m.yates.com.au/problem-solver/problems/powdery-mildew-on-rose/

[cookie1]

Judy to the rescue.

[achookwoman]

Sorry not much help here. Sounds like wooly aphids.

[courton]

Thanks Judy. It does sound like it. But the only difference is that mine appears near the bottom of the plants and not near the buds. Oh dear.

[judydawn]

Have you spoken to your local nursery about the problem Courton?

[cookie1]

I'd do that. I've found the rose nursery here ( or any that sells roses) are very helpful.

[courton]

I plan to do this. I just panicked when I noticed it a few days ago. The weather in Sydney has been very humid and hot... breeding ground according to the link provided by Judy.