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Offline Halex

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #135 on: September 19, 2012, 12:05:25 am »
Carrots look fantastic. My carrots always grow curly >:(

Jude that silverbeet looks really scary!!!

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #136 on: September 19, 2012, 03:45:40 am »
Nice work Jude, carrots are my nemesis.  One day I'll master them.  Last season wasn't too bad.  My silverbeet is still going strong from last year, have some new seedlings growing to replace the old

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« Reply #137 on: September 19, 2012, 07:43:50 am »
Ours are usually terrible too. We grew these in big old apple crates.  I have a lot of little seedlings  in the family room where it is very sunny. They are doing well. Had some in the veg patch but there are slugs there so are putting out something to get rid of them.  They ate my lettuce seedlings :(.  Love hearing about everyone's gardens!
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #138 on: September 19, 2012, 08:56:54 am »
Scrumptious looking veg Jude  :)
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Re: Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #139 on: September 21, 2012, 11:38:09 pm »
The house we're in was left to us by my aunt who was a very keen gardener. She must have had at some stage some pawpaw trees. After the drought broke up came these seedlings.. which just grew and grew.  Last year this was our one treasured pawpaw..
This year....those two "stalks" of trees have done a little better!!!
Also behind them are two more...
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #140 on: September 21, 2012, 11:40:33 pm »
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« Reply #141 on: September 22, 2012, 12:24:23 am »
looks good Goldfish..
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #142 on: September 22, 2012, 03:08:21 am »
Those Paw Paw look great Goldfish.  I'm hoping this year I will get to try Mulberries, will keep my fingers crossed.

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« Reply #143 on: September 22, 2012, 05:33:54 am »
Would love to be able to grow tropical fruit but unless we build a big green house it's not going to happen.  Let us know when they ripen and what you do with them - so lucky GF

Planted baby cos seedlings and the slugs have eaten all but about 4 plants over night.  Not happy  >:(

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #144 on: September 22, 2012, 10:10:57 am »
Got my mini corn and zucchini seeds in today.  This year decided to start them off in jiffy pots which will them be planted into the garden.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #145 on: September 22, 2012, 10:36:11 am »
I love my veggie garden although I call it a kitchen garden because its as much about herbs and fruit as veggies. It feeds my husband and I for most of our veggies, and I'm really looking forward to berries this summer. I have loganberry, boysenberry, raspberry, blueberries, gooseberry and of course strawberries. Six months ago it was all lawn- just a suburban backyard.

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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #146 on: September 22, 2012, 01:01:58 pm »
I've just started a veggie patch so will be reading this thread for advice. We have toms, lettuce and strawberries as seedlings and then I planted seeds of carrot, radish, beans, cucumbers, capsicum, beets, spinache, basil, rosemary, chives and oregano. Hope those toms start growing soon. At almost $9 a kilo in woollies yesterday we'll be broke in no time!

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Re: Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #147 on: September 24, 2012, 09:56:06 am »
Took a photo of kale for another thread, so took a few more

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Leeks and some rainbow chard



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Jen trying to get sprinkler back on hose



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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #148 on: September 24, 2012, 10:00:30 am »

This is my DH little plot of paradise
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #149 on: September 24, 2012, 10:11:19 am »
What lovely gardens you all have. I have the space to plant but unless I cover it all over the possums and wombats attack it.
I have several pots close to the house which Harry the Hound keeps univited guests at bay.