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Topic: What’s in your...
Posted By: busymum
Subject: What’s in your...
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 2:45pm
vege garden? Now, or intended in spring? Dirt and weeds don't count (that's what I've got)  -------------  |
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 2:48pm
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We have some lettuce, brocolli, cauli, cabbage and chillis I think... it's been some time since I've actually had a look lol..
Theres also strawberries |
Posted By: callalily
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 2:55pm
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oooh good point busymum, what can be planted now for spring? I am a novice vege gardner but we did grow lettuce and tomatoes over summer. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 2:58pm
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Growing & eating at the moment Silverbeet, Cabbage, Cauli & Broccoli
Do you have fruit on your Strawberry plants Stacey? Mine are still in vege state Oh & rhubarb somewhere in there ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 2:59pm
| Hi ladies I have just put about 7 or 8 herbs into seperate pots. They are sitting on the deck and are doing very well at the moment and look very decorative. |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 3:01pm
| Last time I looked they had fruit but I must admit it's been about 5 weeks since I've actually had a look down in the vege patch lol |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 3:16pm
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tomatoes, peas, and red onions. beans and capsicum will go in soon, lettuce on the back door step.
I'm off to night school to do a edible vege garden class as i've no idea what to plant, and when to plant it. We also have apple and plum trees, a bit bare at the moment. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 3:18pm
Its rare for me to see fruit on my Strawberry plants, Something or someone keeps stealing them hehe Even eating the green ones
Recently I planted a peach tree & acquired a passion fruit plant in the weekend that needs planting out. At the moment, in regards to herbs, i have rosemary, parsley & thyme scattered around in my flower/weed garden or in pots. But id love to grow corriander(which always seems to die on me )
Then eventually i will plant out my summer vege once i know the frost is well & truly gone. Probably stuff like lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, capsicums, cucumber, corn, zucchini etc. What ever i can get my hands on I love watching things grow  ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 3:20pm
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At the moment just the odd weed and a huge strawberry patch that has fruit. We are about to plant potatoes (just about ready to go in) and then the middle of next month I will be doing seeds (to transfer into the garden) of brocolli, lettuce, cauli, cabbage, corn, zuccini's, capsicums. Later on I will plant seeds of beetroot, radishes, peas, beans, spring onions and carrots in as well. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 3:28pm
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in our garden we have:
rhubarb, raspberries, cranberries, strawberries, cocktail kiwifruit, blueberries, blackcurrents, lemons and limes. peas, potatoes, carrots, parsnips, silverbeet, lettuce, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, courgettes, and dh is working on getting some grape vines all trained up. of course most of it is dormant at the moment, but will take off again in summer. poor dh is heartbroken at the thought of losing all his hard work when we sell the house. he is planning on taking cuttings of it all soon. ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 3:47pm
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Wow Lyla!!! Thats impressive!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 4:33pm
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Gracious! I'm not sure whether to be inspired or discouraged!!! ------------- |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 4:36pm
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Vege garden? What's a vege garden?
We have a beanstalk in a pot that Maya planted at preschool which I haven't managed to kill - yet! I'm not the world's best gardner, probably somewhere closer to the worst. I'm amazed at how fast the beanstalk is growing tho! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 4:36pm
| Ours has some very sad looking carrots, brocolli and cauliflower... not sure we are ever going to get any actual veges out of them tho! |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 4:46pm
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it sounds better than it is. at our last house we built a deck and decided to have potted fruit on it, with the idea that xanthe could go and help herself to fruit whenever she wanted. we also had a pear tree right next to the deck.
then we sold up, and had pots and pots of plants to lug with us. dh bought a glass house and then decided to turn half our back lawn into a vege garden as well. so we have lots but it is great most of the time - apart from when i feel like carrot sticks and dip and have to go out digging to get the carrots! ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 4:46pm
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one live and one dead swan plant, and the strawberries that seem to thrive when no one looks after them but no fruit at the mo, that i have seen anyway.
hubby always does the garden and we will have tomatoes, big ones and lots of cheery (my fave) and capsicum and broccoli and whatever else takes his fancy. but half of it prob wont amount to much unfortunately. |
Posted By: tashzmum
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 5:02pm
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ummm parts of a dead cow i think. sorry discusting i know but our dog has managed to gather a excellent collection of bones that are scattered around.there might be some wild mint in the vege patch though.
other then that i know there is a lemon tree, and i think there is a pear,apple and maybe some peach trees around here somewhere. and my roses are doing ok after being moved. we will hopefully be moving outta this horrible house at the end of the season so there isnt really any point to us doing the garden all nice and spending heaps of money on it. sucks having to move nearly every year. oh well one day we will own our own farm *wanders off dreaming about being a rich dairy farmer with a nice garden* ------------- Natasha Jayde, 1-01-05(7lb3oz) Caroline Elisabeth, 9-04-08 (4lb15oz) Izabella Kate, 9-04-08(6lb7oz) Lexi Brenna, 23-01--2011(6lb6oz) |
Posted By: Konagirl
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 6:05pm
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We've got strawberries, purple broc, leeks, spinach, brussel sprouts and rainbow chard. Herbs are italian parsley, rosemerry, oragano, mint and . Fruit trees are lemon, fijoa, blackboy peach (my favorit) and 2 apples.
Everything is sort of snap frozen at the moment. Come spring I'll chuck some tomatoes, basil, coriander, abergine, courgets and capsicin in the tunnel house. Spuds, lettuce, and beans as well. I love gardening! ------------- Angel babies Mar '04, Oct '08 and Sep '09. |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 7:26pm
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Hmmmm Lyla I would love to be your neighbour ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 2:24pm
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*thread bumped for me*
We have just more to Gisborne, and once we have cleaned all the junk, including the old loo, from the backyard,...I want to start a vege garden! I am an extemely novice gardener,...ie- the extent of my gardening skills is occaionaly watering indoor plants and managaing to keep a few alive! Any tips or hints would be very gratefully appriciated! We are aiming to have the garden ready to plant in, in about March,...so basically at the moment I need to know if there is anything I can be doing now,..like planting seeds in pots or something in preparation! Would eventually love to have,...potatoes, spinach, brocolli, calui, carrots, cos type lettuce, cherry tomatoes, strawberries,...YUM! TIA |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 3:01pm
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Strawberries only - apparently they just can't be killed
When we moved in mid Feb there was a full vege garden, all nicely done in rows and all. Now its a massive mound of stuff to be taken to the green bit at the dump. I have managed to grow some daffodil bulbs and mint from the mound which must have got mixed up somehow during one of my gardening 'expeditions' |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 3:06pm
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Lol Em! Thanks, but I dont think your the right person to help me! He he!
Also, does anyone know of a good and simple book that will show me what to plant and when etc? |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 4:00pm
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Will you be planting in March?? If so you need to look for your winter veges which are brocolli, cauli, cabbage, carrots. At the moment mine has too much in it I am making DH dig some more up for me. Have a look for a Yates Gardening book. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 4:04pm
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Yep the Yates Gardening Guide is great - has a section on veges and a very detailed bit for each vege and its NZ so specific to our climates. Very very helpful.
Is the garden already dug up? We spent a few months digging our garden over and putting compost and sheep manure on it. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 4:32pm
| Nope at the moment its just a corner of the lawn, that has been used as a rubbish pile by the last tennants. We gonna take all the stuff to the tip, and I would like to create a raised vege garden. I figure it will take till about March to prepare the area, then the soil. |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 4:35pm
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Yep we wanna start planting in march with winter vege,...and then prgress into grwing lots of yummy summer veges, salad, strawberies!
Anyone know how long it takes an avacado tree to fruit from the time youy plant it? Would love one of these, but dont know if its fesible. |
Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 4:53pm
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We just planted an avocado, so would love to see the answer to that question!
All I can say is make sure you really work the soil before you plant. ie weeding, composting turning it over etc another thing is: rotate your veg each year, i.e. dont plant carrots in the same place each time. happy growing!!! ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: kezplanet
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 6:55pm
I think from memory it takes about 8 years for Avacado but that was what I was told when in Australia, & it was grown from seed ------------- Kerryn, Mum to Ashlyn(29/3/04), Anastasia(1/11/05) & Abigail (24/02/09) |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 8:37pm
First pic of vege patch
Second pic of vege patch about 1.5 month later and about 2 weeks ago. 
I haaavvvee: Peas, beans, tomatoes (beefsteak and moneymaker), carrots, leeks, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, celery, silverbeet, parsley and mint! ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 8:47pm
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ooo looks good peace.. very scrummy! ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 8:50pm
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Wow that a cool vege garden. I have taken pics of mine (they are about 4 weeks old now) as I needed to send to my mum. In mine I have potatoes, strawberries, beetroot, leeks, spring onions, lettuce, brocolli, cauli, cabbage, courgette, corn, radishes, carrots, beans, snow peas and normal peas. In pots I have tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, capsicum, chilli, mint, parsley, chives, rosemary, oragarno, basil and sunflowers And DH is digging up some more for me so I can plant my pumpkin that are just starting to germinate. I am so looking forward to eating all of my stuff. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |