Scarecrow's Log: 30:08:2009:
Temperatures this week:
Lowest Min -1.2C
Lowest Max 11.5C
Highest Max 18.5C
Rainfall 9mm
What's happening in the garden?The weather changed back to cool for the final winter week.
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At the local Permie group meeting last week, Doc gave a Cob Oven workshop! Everyone got stuck into the mud...what fun!!!
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I was busy taking photos of the owners' gorgeous animals...
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... including the new cria Bon Bon.
Propagation:Seeds:- Basil Genovese Ocimum basilicum 'Genovese' #
- Basil Purple Ocimum basilicum cv purpurascens #
- Caraway Carum cavi #
- Chicory - Coffee Stetorium intybus magdeburg #
- Coreopsis - Sunburst Coreopsis grandiflora #
- Cosmos Sunny Yellow Cosmos bipinnatus #
- Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis #
- Valerian Valerian officinalis #
- Swan River Daisy Brachycome iberidifolia #
- Zinnia - Mixed colours Zinnia elegans #
- Chia Salvia rhyacophila *
- Sweet Leaf Sauropus androgynus *
- Tooth Ache Plant Spilanthes acmella *
- Ageratum houstonianum ^
- Watercress Nasturtium officinale ^
- Silverbeet Beta vulgaris ^
- Rainbow Chard Beta vulgaris ^
- # kept in hothouse
- ^ kept in shadehouse
- * kept on heated tray inside.
Potting up and Planting out:Potted up some Raspberry canes I got at the local Permie group meeting.
New in the Garden This week:Not exactly in the garden but Doc's work got a new little truck and Doc is allowed to drive it...so we popped up to the 'stash' site and picked up a few things the other day. We have a couple of old tanks for some new wicking beds, some mesh and other bits and pieces...
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.
Broccoli Green Goliath***340g
Plus a yummy mix of greens for soups/stirfries/salads...Kale, Lettuce, Watercress, Chives, Parsley, Sea Parsley, Soup Celery, Beetroot, Turnip and Swede Greens.
Plus 23 Eggs from the Farmyard Ferals and 2 from the Ginger Girls.