We are now over the hump but winter isn't quite finished with us and decided to remind us by giving our gardens a frosty coating over the last couple of weeks, a few vegetables have had their growth slowed somewhat with gardeners trying to take control and initiate a few preventative measures to keep the warmth in the soil and their plants, concerns over flowers setting on broad beans and growth of various veges have been raised but i am sure over the next few weeks these thoughts will be behind us. The herb garden is still quite productive with Coriander and Sage trying to shrug off the cold, Curley and Italian Parsley are both growing well, Chervil and Dill also both growing really well, and i have to say went down very well on the sausage sandwiches that we enjoyed during the working bee. |
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Another great working bee on saturday, a big thankyou to all concerned, many hands make light work and thanks to the efforts of all concerned weed matting was put down on about 75m of perimeter, unfortunately alot of the kangaroo grass planted early on had failed to take hold. The redundant/spare/relinquished beds were weeded and allocated to new gardeners or existing ones wishing to expand. The mulch was all used up and we now await another delivery. Thanks to Annette for her work with the kids on the day with the installation of 2 new worm farms, Gabrielle, Warwick, Jai and Tali certainly enjoyed naming all their new friends in the worm farms, more worms will be delivered over the coming weeks.
If you are wondering what to plant at the moment the following can be put in - radish, shallots, spinach, peas, onions, lettuce, endive, chicory and kohlrabi.
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Caution, probably not quite time to plant tomatoes, you will find them instock at alot of places in the Macarthur area now but the cold certainly gave my 2 new heirloom varieties a shock when i planted them, i would suggest planting the seed now and growing them on in small greenhouse situations until it warms up a little bit more or put seedlings in a well protected area.
ReplyDeleteProduce markets are on this weekend at the town farm on Exeter Street.
I spoke to the potato folk at the last markets and asked about the best time to plant, they are based at Robertson and from their experience they mentioned best time to plant was about 6 weeks before the last frost, spring is 5 weeks away, so probably now