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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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Slugs and moths

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We’ve had our first few challenges with our petite green house. We purchased a greenhouse from Kogan 6x3m and loosened the soil with a plough. We planted broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, tomatoes, capsicum, onions, shallots and some lettuce and spinach to start. It flourished and grew well but the moths started water everything green. I was trying to capture them by hand but I couldn’t keep up. I read somewhere about mint keeping them away, so I planted some in there and it seemed to work. Now I have a slug issue eating the cauliflower and destroying them and making them … Continue reading Slugs and moths