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[1950landy]

Good old Caltrop... friggin nastier than bare feet on a floor full of Lego..

And it grows like mad.

Your spot on :BigThumb

[1950landy]

This is our small herb & vegetable garden , we are growing Snow Peas, Butter Beans , Q Cumber's , Strawberries , Asparagus, Mint , Parsley, chives, Basil & Sweet Corn at the moment, There is also a miniature Lemon . Orange & Lime tree.
There are quite a other herbs but the mint has taken over at the moment. We are also growing Potato in large plastic pots.
There are 3 French Lavenders to attract the bees.

[1950landy]

Our pool garden. At the back of the garage there is a large fish pond with a couple of different type water lily's & some grass.
The garden between the pool & fence has Gardena's & Agapanthus. There is also a small lizard pond with a solar pump pumping water through an old cast iron hand pump.

[1950landy]

This is our lizard pond that I put in to stop the Water Dragons rom eating the fish in the main fish pond. There are hundreds if baby fish in the lizard pond that eat the mosquito wrigglers . Seam to have worked haven't seen the Water Dragon swimming in the main fish pond for quit a wile.

[Saitch]

This may be of interest to people who like a little spice in their dish.
It's a "Giant Red Leaf Mustard Lettuce" & true to the name, it has a nice mustardy bite to it. They do take up a fair bit of room too.
Steve

[LandyAndy]

This may be of interest to people who like a little spice in their dish.
It's a "Giant Red Leaf Mustard Lettuce" & true to the name, it has a nice mustardy bite to it. They do take up a fair bit of room too.
Steve

Steve.
Do you get the seed from Diggers etc?????
WA ag dept have implemented an $80 inspection fee on any seed orders from the east
You cant sneak either,Im told they find them whilst looking for drugs.
Andrew

[Saitch]

Steve.
Do you get the seed from Diggers etc?????
WA ag dept have implemented an $80 inspection fee on any seed orders from the east
You cant sneak either,Im told they find them whilst looking for drugs.
Andrew

Andy, the original plant came from the Big Green Shed in a punnet of lettuce called "Asian Mix". There were three or four varieties of lettuce in it.
We just buy once & then (hopefully) propagate by letting one or two go to seed. The one in the pic is 3rd gen.
We keep seeds/stock from most of our best crop harvest i.e. pumpkins, rock melon, potato, sweet potato, brocollini, shallots etc. Some, such as our peanuts, just regen by themselves in their patch. We're forever removing tomato seedlings from around the place
Steve

[DiscoMick]

This is our lizard pond that I put in to stop the Water Dragons rom eating the fish in the main fish pond. There are hundreds if baby fish in the lizard pond that eat the mosquito wrigglers . Seam to have worked haven't seen the Water Dragon swimming in the main fish pond for quit a wile.

I have done something similar using shallow plastic trays in the front and back gardens, which I regularly top up with water. I set them at the low points in the gardens to catch some run off. the lizards love them and having the water there attracts all sorts of crawlies and makes the garden lusher.

[bob10]

This is a good site for info." About the Garden",put out by the Searle family, of Searle garden products fame.

http://www.aboutthegarden.com.au/

[incisor]

just planted a sweet chocolate capsicum plant..

haven's seen one since i was a kid...

https://www.diggers.com.au/shop/edib...hocolate/s063/