VEGE PATCH. What's growing in yours?

[Wishfull]

Did you mean below 32 C ?
Yeah I'm thinking it's gone dormant as well.
Actually my neighbor has a great garden, might go over for a chat. :Y:

 

[goody2shoes]

Just what Mr Google says Wishful..

It use to go into dormant when I grew it down at Tassie,

I used to grow all kind of stuff....

Goody

 

[silver]

Almost everything I put in that new garden

Has popped its head up already

only thing is I've since found out that ginger and tumeric like shaded areas through summer lol
so.... I'm gunna duplicate the garden on the other shaded side of the maccadamia nut tree
just for them.... once I clear the area through winter

 

[silver]

The crowded corn is finished

only small cobs... but they were sweet which tells me they were true to seed... so I've saved some for seed to see if seed from crappy plants will still give me nice big cobs when it is planted properly
small cob for seed

nice red chillie

Chillie bush is about six feet tall

base is like a tree lol

not sure of the type.... but the heat is mild enough to eat the lot, then it creeps up on you and the burn eases up after twenty minutes or so.... still not as burnie as a birdseye chillie

 

[silver]

Bunch of bannanas on

right up high in the middle lol

bananas get fed all their leaves and truncks as well as lawn clippings

first passion fruit of the season is almost ready

Chinese gooseberry is pumping

and there are finally flowers again

In the strawberry patch

So.... all is going well up here
only silver to find next

 

[Goldfreak]

Thats awesome silver. Makes me jealous because jack frost wont let me grow much this time of year. The only thing I can share with the forum is some of what I have done for winter protection

this is a strawberry guava. Made up a cylinder from wire, wrapped side in pallett wrap and put frost cloth on top so it can breath a little.

Advocado with full winter protection. It is actually putting on some new growth becase the hay inside is producing some heat while breaking down.

This is a Natal plumb. It will uandle frost when a bit older. Important preperations though is that bit of digging around it which does two things. It lets the cold air sink down around the sides and off the plant. It also stops the roots getting water logged which they hate. The rocks are to stop the chickens digging it out.

hibiscus and two bannanas. The hybiscus might be okay but I am taking a chance with the bannanas. Hope this gives some ideas for the colder climate gardeners on the forum.

 

[silver]

Looking cosy for them Goldfreak... amazing how cold air runs downhill just like water hey !
When I was a much younger man I admired my Dads enthusiam for lighting smokey fires to combat the frost. We used to live in a gully that drained a fair area, so all our low area would get frosted but no other places around us. Anything to get the young fruit and nut tree's through to maturity hey. :Y:

 

[Bjay]

Whilst not in the veggie garden tis the first orchid flowers this year. They seem to thrive on neglect.

 

[silver]

That's a thing of beauty Bjay... I really should feed my orchids (I never do anything much for them either).
erfect: :Y:

 

[Bjay]

I used to look after them pretty well but have found they do just as well by leaving them up to there own devices.

 

[Smoky bandit]

You all need some biochar for you plants erfect: :beer:

 

[silver]

You all need some biochar for you plants erfect: :beer:

You sellin now ?

 

[silver]

Heres the corn harvest

cleared the bed of corn

not a lot of weeds grew in under the corn.
will prep it and put snow peas in on that trellis

 

[silver]

Here we are ready to go

two rows of rooster booster either side

done...covered... and watered in

just waiting on them to pop up now

 

[silver]

Sorry.... snow pea seeds are in there

 

[Jaros]

How is the feral tomato going?

 

[Manpa]

Whilst not in the veggie garden tis the first orchid flowers this year. They seem to thrive on neglect.https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/5449/1558781660_f7cba973-639f-495e-8fe6-1b64a2a7aa91.jpg

You're absolutely bloody right, my orchids get very little attention but seem to thrive, got a couple of early season flower spikes on the go, just waiting for them to open.

 

[Mackka]

My wife has three spikes and two with large buds on her cymbidiums. The best we had was 27 shoots in one pot and 13 flowers on each stem. All produced by neglect.
Mackka

 

[silver]

Snow peas are getting up

A hint of colour on one of the first strawberries

cauliflower are getting leafier (those closest to the sun)

blurry... but spuds is gettin taller

getting first leaves on the ginger

Aussie garlic doin well

upside down tomatoes are a bit dismal :/

chocky puddins are thick on.... but smaller all up because of their profussion.

On reflection. ..everything on the whole is doin well erfect:

 

[Goldtarget]

Planted out 50 olive trees (just babies) last weekend then came across a cherry farm while rollicking in the hills. Put 3 in, any advice for cherries welcome. The aim is to grow a self sustaining plot, I have the land and will nedd somewhere to fill in my retirement days, hopefully with a few grandkids running around.

The next three big stages are water source closer to plot, soil haulage (Old man has a pig farm only a few kms away), and fencing to keep the hopping natives out from devastating everything. Next couple of months are getting seeds together and planting climbers (grapevines of a very old wine and eating variety i got from now deceased italian neighbour).

If anyone has ever attempted this id love the general tips, advice, information links you can share. Ive read pages and pages over the last 10 years including Bill Mollisons books on Permaculture which still sit in my home library, but when you set out on a grand exercise like this every little bit of help counts.

Mr Silver your garden is always inspiring.