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Spring is here, time to sow

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Spring is upon us. It’s been a slow start with some small frost remaining some mornings, but these next couple of days will be warm enough to sow and finalising the preparation of our raised garden beds and rows of soil for sowing seeds. Ben and I purchased a bundle of seeds to sow vegetables, fruits, herbs and native edible bushes on our acreage. It’s all a bit of trial and error with being new to the growing seen, but we will do our best and learn as we go. I’ve already learnt a few lessons in the sowing of … Continue reading Spring is here, time to sow

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Watering the plants

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Today we pondered around the gardens and trees, checking the progress of everything. Our Lilly pillies look to be still travelling wel and have spruced up after water and Seasol. We watered them again today gently. I have to keep an eye on Hunters watering skills as he likes to force the hose spout into the soil and make to one big mud pie feast. The greenhouse has still got broccoli and cauliflowers growing. They both are producing smaller vegetables but I’m putting it down to my rookie skills and needed to space everything more. Allowing more room allows more … Continue reading Watering the plants

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Lilly Pilly hedge

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Today Hunter and I collected the sprouting Lilly pilly shoots from under our large Lilly pilly tree. They had all shot up from the seed pods that had dropped off around 3 months ago. We dug up 40 holes along our front fence line, filled the holes with premium quality soil, planted the tree sprouts in firmly and watered them. After watering we sprayed them with Seasol. I plan to water them every 3-4 days depending on the temperature and rain fall. I’ll spray with Seasol every 2 weeks as well. Hunter loves getting into the dirt when we are … Continue reading Lilly Pilly hedge