Thread: Gardening

Originally posted by LandyAndy
Hi Ace
Frost only kills stuff that dont like it,a few weeks back we had 3 weeks of minus 3,OK it sorted my chillis and capsicums out,which were under plastic,burnt the potatoe tops,wich are now re-shooting.UNAFFECTED VEGIES that are still hapilly growing at the moment are Brocolli,Cauli,Cabbage,Chinese Cabbage,Pak Choi,Lettuce(both leaf and hearting),Garlic,Onions,Peas,Broad Beans,Rhubarb,Beetroot,Silverbeet,and Parsley.
In the next few days I will be sowing spring vegie seeds in my hothouse.Tomatoes,chillis,capsicum,Zucchini,Corn etc.We still will get frosts for the next 6 to 8 weeks but they are fairly safe in the hothouse.
Cant wait for my asparagus to start growing,its dormant at the moment,but will shoot soon as the ground temp starts rising.Love asparagus,raw boiled or pickled YUM YUM YUM.
Andrew

Yeah, i have a few of those growing at school at the moment, Stacey and are are debating as to how long we will be here for as we are planning a move in the next couple of years, dont ask me where to, so we havent forked out the dollars to set it up as we need a good fence to keep the rabbits out. I am still getting the hang of what to plant where. Growing the vegies at school has tought me a bit. Dad did all the vege growing when we were kids, i never really got into it. Matt

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Originally posted by hiline
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Stacey wont move to Melbourne cause her mum lives there, to say they dont get on is an understatment. She also heard a story about it being cold there, dont know where she heard that. Sorry hiline, I tried.

oh well never mind

Originally posted by hiline
oh well never mind

Stacey says you can cry all you like, she still aint moving to melbourne. She said to say, she weighed up, Melbourne or Coffs and to say it nicely melbourne gets a HELL NO!!!!!. I actually dont mind melbourne, i really loved it when i visited. But we need to stay in NSW, because if i go to another state i effectively quit teaching in and start all over again. We might move tp southern NSW or the Riverina, that way we will only be half a days drive away. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] Matt

Ok, to get this back on track.

Stacey and I are about to get a market garden type set up going. We are going to plant out the whole side paddock next to the house with various vegetables suitable to the area. Is there any advice or suggestions anyone can give to make things better/easier etc? Matt

pay some other bugger to do it!

An Aussie (Bill Mollison) developed this:

http://www.permaculture.org.au/

If I was you I'd have a go.