Thread: Veggie Patch

Originally Posted by 4bee

At your Latitude you should be good for some decent sunshine unlike the supermarket **** they only see the sun when they fall off the back of a truck & then very briefly before some bastard drives over them.

The climate around Geraldton is very good for growing tomatoes and they have been grown here commercially since the 1920's.
We are able to grow them pretty much all year round as long as they are protected from the strong winds that are a common occurrence here and the 40C+ temps in summer.
Nothing better tasting than tomatoes that have been ripened on the vine fresh from the garden

Originally Posted by trout1105

The climate around Geraldton is very good for growing tomatoes and they have been grown here commercially since the 1920's.
We are able to grow them pretty much all year round as long as they are protected from the strong winds that are a common occurrence here and the 40C+ temps in summer.
Nothing better tasting than tomatoes that have been ripened on the vine fresh from the garden

It certainly is. The supermarket stuff is quite tasteless & doesn't even smell or look like stuff my old Dad grew. Even brushing against the leaves gives a pleasant aroma.

Aahh, slabs of ripe tomato on a SAO biscuit with Pepper & Salt bring back good memories.

Bloody Westerly has snapped the stems on all our young cucumber plants !

The winter veggies are nearly finished now just a few broccoli, cauliflower, peas, beans and cabbages yet to be harvested.
The spuds, carrots, brussel sprouts corn, leeks and onions have about a month to go yet But the silver beet, beetroot, spring onions, celery, lettuces keep on producing well.
Some of the Summer veggies are starting to produce already and many of the seedlings are now up.

My Snow Peas are going well, I get a couple of hand falls off the two vines every day. On of my twin grand daughters loves them she eats them by the hand full if we let her. When the two girls were younger they would eat Lebanese Cucumbers for lunch every day. I was growing them so on the day we looked after them we would pick enough for them for the rest of the week.

When the cucumbers and tomatoes are starting to come on a tend to take a little shaker of salt into the garden for a bit of a snack
Not too many peas of corn cobs make it into the kitchen as I much prefer them raw straight off the vine/stalk

I decided to fence off another addition to the veggie patch so that I can grow the various pumpkins, melons and cucumbers in it without taking over the rest of the veggie patch.
I just need to wait until the roundup has finished doing its job before i can start to dig the beds.

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The winter veggies are nearly finished But there is still plenty going on in the main patch.

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Wish I had that much room , I have only got about about 5m X 1m raised garden bed & 1/2 of it is behind the tank & garden shed so difficult to access.