Gardening Forum

[1950landy]

Yes that was the name , trying to remember back 10 years ago. Thanks they were all over the back yard , could not go out the back with out walking on one. I felt sorry for her dog.

[rar110]

A few pics of my vegie garden.Its now set-up ready for spring/summer.

Tomatoes/Capsicum/Chillies/Zuchini waiting for warmer weather.





Chookies jungle,we haven't seen eggs in the hen house for months,Deb went into the jungle today and found 4 hidden nests full of eggs,1 for each chook,naughty chooks!!!!!











Asparagus patch,just coming into season,we get a huge crop each year.The rolled tin/white posts is a compost heap,I set it up in spring.Ive got a commercial chipper/mulcher.All the prunings/branches go thru it,plus all our newspapers/cardboard.





Spare beds,ready to plant out.









Beetroot.





Garlic.





Broadbeans,just starting to produce.





Olive Trees.

We have 14 trees,best sofar has been 17 litres of oil for a season.Most are Calamata,which can be used for oil or pickling.Deb makes some really nice olives!!!!!







Onions.





Strawberry bed.They don't like our cold winter,starting to grow now its warming up a bit.





Broccoli/Cauliflower,the Broccoli has been harvested,still has useable side shoots.





Late Broccoli/Cauliflower.





The fruit trees in the Chookies Jungle don't get much love but do produce quite a bit of fruit.There are oranges ready now,we get apples,mandarines,plums,nectarines,apricots and peaches out of there.Meditteranian Fruit Fly is a big issue,we bait to reduce numbers,many don't.There is no longer suitable sprays on the market.There is much more blossom on them this year so we should get a feed.All our grey water is piped to the trees.

Andrew

Andy
That's a fantastic effort. I'm surprised you have time for anything else. How are the corrugated sides on the beds held together?

[LandyAndy]

Larger than normal tek screws,they were second-hand too from the tip recycle shop
There are cross braces inside the beds,some tek screw heads popped when I filled the beds,most didn't.None have collapsed and they are 4 years old now.
Andrew

[rar110]

Ta. Is there flashing or similar in the corners holding it together?

[BMKal]

Ta. Is there flashing or similar in the corners holding it together?

He's the shire grader operator ..................... "flashings" are all the white posts he knocks over.

[V8Ian]

He's the shire grader operator ..................... "flashings" are all the white posts he knocks over.

He can't need that many.

[Tombie]

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

And it grows like mad.

[LandyAndy]

Ta. Is there flashing or similar in the corners holding it together?

Nope,dosent seem to need them.There is a guide post in each corner.
Andrew

[LandyAndy]

He's the shire grader operator ..................... "flashings" are all the white posts he knocks over.

We are going PVC Brian,they are much more resistant to graders.Unless you tear them out of the ground they stand up again.
The squatters get much more than the grader drivers with their seeding equipment!!!!
Andrew

[LandyAndy]

Was in Bunnings today.
They have upside down tomato planters.You put 15L of potting mix in them and watch the plant deal with gravity.
I bought 2,going to try tomato in one and cucumber in the other.
They are $5.95.Had a quick look n Ebay,much dearer there.
Worth a try,will keep the crawlies out and negate stalking,at the end of the season you could put late plants undercover.
Andrew