VEGE PATCH. What's growing in yours?

[Mackka]

Thanks Silver and nucopia, ihave never grown them before and now i probably wont grow any other tomato. There flavour is unbelieveable. Still have more on the vine which is about 6 tall and stalk is 1 round. I only bought 1 seedling and very happy with the result.
Mackka

 

[nucopia]

Here are 6 of the snow peas starting to climb ..have another 20 spread out around the garden ,some like this and some not as advanced..but they all seem healthy

Tomatoes ,have them in pots and closely guarded

Sliver beat .. :drooling:

Pak Choi ,we have been harvesting them as they mature and transplanting seedlings from the portable green house.
You can see the Carrots in there as well ..some are really thriving and some are slow to grow no idea why

Even have some new potatoes growing.. got them out of the compost when they started shooting ...

Potted Broccoli ..not sure whats going on with this one ..looks like its starting flower Or is that normal ?

 

[nucopia]

Oh and one of our rabbits gave birth to 5 kits today ..
Alos some of new young chickens are starting lay small sized eggs .. erfect:

 

[Jaros]

I love the way salt-iodised brings out the flavour as in tomatoes. We had our above grd. pool removed a cuppla mths ago and I think I will have a few raised garden beds in it's place.

 

[Mackka]

Great idea a Jaros, I couldn't think of a better option.
Mackka

 

[nucopia]

Made a mistake with the count the rabbit gave birth to 3 kits .
Here is one of them , mother is lop ear father is Chinchilla ...

 

[silver]

Your broccoli has bolted nucopia.... you can dip them in batter and deep fry them.
I think they call them brocolinie when they bolt like that (a matketing ploy to still pull a sale)

 

[silver]

Trimmed some tree's and now have some abundant sunlight area's that I've never had before.... as well as future firewood for the potash value (and marshmallows)

Beans grow fast hey

first snow pea flowers.... I shouldn't have looked that way lol..... brought em on most likely

2nd pick on a neighbors coffee tree.... twice that much the first time

I've saved 20 berries for 40 seeds to plant up

this is the type of coffee it will make

 

[Goldfreak]

Making me envious silver. I am trying to grow a coffee plant down here in the cold but I probably shouldnt bother. Did manage to get an advocado from one of the larger trees this year though.

hopefully this one will hang on long enough to fatten up.

 

[silver]

I can only wish I had an avocado on my tree Goldfreak(one day perhaps... seedlings can take a while to learn their trade, and even then they need practice to get good at it too).

Speaking of seedlings, if that avocado of yours fattens up and produces a viable seed.... that seed will be aclimatised more so for your area where it was produced (I'd plant it for sure myself).

 

[Goldfreak]

I will try that Silver. Good idea. Have thought about setting an acre aside just to grow random seedlings of sub tropicals in our climate and seeing if I get any lucky cold tolorant fruit producing mutations. It means tying up some land for 10 years or so though.

 

[Teemore]

Fruits of their previous growth ...... olives now cured (6 weeks in brine) and now a couple of weeks away from being flavoured ...... one lot in fresh herbs and brine (haven't tried that before) the other in the usual fav oil & chilli.

 

[Jaros]

That should be tasty on any Pizza or salad...mouth watering.

 

[nucopia]

My dad used to pickle olives and my mom used to pickle and preserve other veggies..
Its a shame Pickling and preserving is becoming a lost art.
Well done Teemore erfect:

 

[diggit]

I'm not a great lover of olives but they do look appealing erfect:

 

[Mackka]

Actually Nucopia, i believe a lot of young folk have taken up pickling over the last few years and it has become a cottage industry.
Mackka

 

[Jaros]

My dad used to pickle olives and my mom used to pickle and preserve other veggies..
Its a shame Pickling and preserving is becoming a lost art.
Well done Teemore erfect:

My father used to brew blackberries/pickles in a big vat under the house. I used to enter the area with a cup or whatever and check the beverage on a daily basis and I was 12 yrs old.
Love pickling.

 

[nucopia]

We are lucky we grew up when those things were common place ..
Kids nowadays have no idea ..

 

[silver]

Well.... couple of old trees down and recycled into the orchard tree's.
Avocado

and it's flowering for the first time (seedling)

pineapples under the bowen mango now have mulch too

snow peas

dwarf beans needing picking too

this garden is taking off
zucchini, kale, spinach, lettuce, silverbeat, tomatoes, passionfruit

mustard in the foreground ..
Pineapple sage in the background (smells great)

may be a black russian tomatoe up by itself under the plum tree (from last years crop perhaps )

mulberry comming to life

even a little bit of color starting there already too

 

[nucopia]

Pak Choi; we have been picking them when ever they become big enough and then planting more seedlings ..

Getting a few snow peas appearing even through the plants them selves are small ..

Tomatoes are flowering and bearing small fruit, I think due to being in a medium sized pot. Probably should have planted them in a bigger pot but didnt have one at the time ..

Kits are healthy, still spending most of the time in the nest sleeping but they now have a fine coat of fur and are beginning to open their eyes and move around a little bit..
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