Goldrush Lettuce first harvestfrom the Community Garden
just right for our Market Day salad sandwich!
Temperatures this week:
Lowest Min 10.4C
Lowest Max 22C
Highest Max 36.9C
12mm Rain
Lowest Min 10.4C
Lowest Max 22C
Highest Max 36.9C
12mm Rain
What's the weather been like in the garden?
Humid! Humid! Humid!
Followed by a bit of Rain!! Well a good amount for us but no where near what the Eastern side of Australia has been having lately!
Propagation:
Seeds:
Alyssum Carpet of Snow Lobularia maritima DT Brown
Broccoli Nutri Bud Brassica oleracea The Lost Seed
Broccoli Royal Dome Brassica oleracea Grower's Pride
Cabbage Early Jersey Wakefield Brassica oleracea The Lost Seed
Cabbage Verona Purple Savoy Brassica oleracea The Lost Seed
Celeriac Apium graveolens var rapaceum The Lost Seed
Celery Pink Apium graveolens var. dulce Eden Seeds
Coriander Corriandrum sativum Mr Fothergill
Endive Salad King Cichorium endiva Eden Seeds
Grandfather Sage Salivia apiana Cornucopia Seeds
Heartsease (Johnny Jump Ups) Viola tricolor DT Brown
Kale Lacinato Brassica oleracea The Lost Seed
Kale Tuscan Black (Cavalo Nero) Brassica oleracea Diggers
Kale Vates Blue Curled Brassica oleracea var. acephala The Lost Seed
Kohlrabi Super Schmeltz Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group Phoenix Seeds
Lettuce Black Seeded Simpson Lactuca sativa The Lost Seed
Lettuce Drunken Woman Lactuca sativa The Lost Seed
Lettuce Miners Montia perfoliata Phoenix Seeds
Lettuce Red Coral Lactuca sativa Eden Seeds
Lettuce Salad Mixed Lactuca sativa Grower's Pride
Mustard Asian Brassica juncea rugosa (?)
Spinach Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinacea oleracea Eden Seeds
Tatsoi Brassica narinosa Diggers
Viola Edible Mix Viola cornuta The Lost Seed
Planting out:
Cherry tomatoes, Basil, Capsicums, Lettuce, Silverbeet into new beds (not mine) at the Community Garden
In the Garden This week:
Lots of seed sowing happening this week for later planting in Autumn. Many of those seeds have germinated within days with the humid weather!
New Plants:
Yarrow White Achillea millifolium
Catnip Lemon Nepeta citriodora
Blue Ginger Alpinia caerulea
Lemon Myrtle Backhousia citridora
Sage Pineapple Salvia rutilans
Sage Tricolour Salvia officinalis "Tricolour"
Plumbago White Auriculata alba
Dusty Coral Pea Kennedia rubicunda
At The Community Garden:
We have built 2 more Wicking Tank Beds up at the garden this week bringing the total to 6 so far! Cherry Tomatoes to trail over the sides of the beds, Basil, Capsicums, Lettuce, Silverbeet and Zucchini were planted from my stock of seedlings along with a few a new member had grown herself!
Doc has been trying to tell us the Shadehouse makes a great spot to share coffee, protected from the sun and the wind!!Weekly Harvest Tally:
Doesn't include Greens fed to the chooks on a daily basis or herbs picked for use in the kitchen for cooking or tea making.
Lettuce Goldrush***20g (first harvest from Community Garden!!!)
Radish Long Scarlett***30g
Silverbeet Rainbow Mixed***30g
Tomato Black Russian***275g
Tomato Golden Sunrise***736g
Tomato Green Zebra***66g
Tomato Ida Gold***22g
Tomato Kotlas***1657g
Tomato Red Cherry***101g
Tomato Silvery Fir Tree***3514g
Zucchini (?)***596g
Strawberries***55g
Eggs
14 From the 5 Farmyard Ferals
6 From the 3 Barnevelders
16 From the 5 Faverolles
To see how the various Garden areas fit on our half acre block check out the newest Map of our place HERE
I have never looked in close detail to exactly what you are planting before. So I was surprised and a little confused with what I read. Under 'Propagation Seeds' you have plants like Spinach that I thought you wouldn't sow until March/April. But firstly does 'Propagation Seeds' mean 'Sow Seeds'?
ReplyDeleteGood point Jason
ReplyDeleteI am sowing these seeds into punnets and keeping them in the shadehouse for germination.
I have to get an early start on the brassicas (cabbage family) so the seedlings I plant out in the garden in March can get good growth happening before our cold weather arrives in late April.
Having said all that I am trialling extra early plantings of spinach this year because the summer has been quite mild so far.
This lot of spinach will go into salad boxes out of the sun and may or may not grow successfully.
I think we need to experiment with planting dates with the seasons acting so strangely lately. Seeds don't cost much and I might just get a decent crop. :)
I'm in awe at what you're propogating this time of year. Our vege patch is almost empty here in Brisbane. If it hasn't rotted, stewed or mildewed, bugs have attacked.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Doc is right! while you are sitting in the shade house you are breathing out carbon dioxide which the plants will love!
ReplyDeleteAfter your pumpkin pollination advice, that I shared with my 5 year old son, on Saturday he discovered he now has 2 pumpkins growing on his plant. He was very excited, thank you Scarecrow.
ReplyDeleteOn Sunday we attended our first gardening group meeting where he was able to share this knowledge to someone else who is having the same problem.
I blogged about it:
http://food4all.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-seed-i-planted-here-at
Hi Missy
ReplyDeleteI hope things are improving and drying out in your part of Australia.
Hey Matron
Don't encourage Doc we have plans for that shadehouse!!!
Hi Jason
Great to hear the pumpkin trick worked!! Your son now knows the secret of producing pumpkins!
Your garden group sounds like a great idea, good luck with it!