Thread: Veggie Patch

I hope that his veggies grow better than his lawn
Nice job with the woodwork on the bed though

gardening is a tragedy I'm sure.

we were away most of last 3 mths of 2019 cruising so let anything growing die.

this year had no luck , with the drought , then over 250ml rain in one day in January, then the weed rush and inability to mow for weeks

so, I've prepped beds , seeded, tomatoes died , corn rotted or eaten or chopped down by corellas , carrots didn't sprout , I planted watermelon , rock melon , loofahs , cucumber , and only the rockmelon has come on.

I have one saving grace , I have SE Qld's most prolific lime tree. For a week I put a sign in front of my house , free limes, people stopped and took what they wanted. A few days ago I gave a box of over 200 limes to the Lighthouse Care Organisation. I still have at least 50 on the tree, which I am in process of pruning heavily.

I will try again to grow a few vegges , but we don't need them really as we use hello fresh these days and everything is supplied.

Originally Posted by trout1105

I hope that his veggies grow better than his lawn
Nice job with the woodwork on the bed though

He's a carpenter. The DIL designed it, he made it and I held things, dug holes and shovelled stuff.
The lawn hasn't recovered yet from having a skip parked on it for five months last year during their renovations. It had just been weeded in that pic.

Originally Posted by Saitch

Pretty impressed with this zucchini's effort.

Sown last Friday and sprouted yesterday. Doubled in size o/night. The other seed planted hasn't sprouted yet.

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Just on 4 weeks and delivered 1st zuch. More to come,too.

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Originally Posted by Saitch

Just on 4 weeks and delivered 1st zuch. More to come,too.

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Nice

ALL of my seedlings are now in, I just have to sit and watch them grow

Maybe kneeling in supplication to the Rain God may be better.

Good Luck with it. We've been having 40kph+ winds here which are knocking our seedlings around a bit. I haven't been game to thin the broad beans yet and they're getting a bit big for their pots.
Always something, hey?

There is a Good chance that I will have to cart some more water before winter sets in properly But this little bit of rain we are getting now gives me a bit of a reprieve and the cooler weather is also helping.
All the heavy work is now done (building, digging and planting) so all i really have to do now is to keep on top of the weeds and maybe water a few times yet.
At last it is starting to look like a veggie patch