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November 2007: a walk around the
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Left: fresh green grass grows on all paddocks.
Right: we take the big step and ask a "dowser" to look for water
on our property. I really have to bite my tongue very hard to avoid laughing,
as he walks across the land with his wishbone made from a willow branch.
Finally the verdict is in: the rock and the stick mark the spot. 1600 litres
of water in 170 feet depth. This is where we will drill. Do we really believe
in dowsing? Maybe not, but the drilling contractor insisted on having the
dowser here before he would start.
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The olive grove. |
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The ten apple trees in the small orchard. |
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November 2007 in the kitchen garden |
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The aqua dulce broad beans. Some still suffer
from the ash treatment. |
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Big broad beans in November |
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Chilean guava and chives |
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Sugar snap peas, spinach and mustard |
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Telephone peas |
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Asian brassica, spring onions, lettuce,
red bergamot |
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Brassica seedlings from greenhouse |
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Corn seedlings from greenhouse |
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Overwintering sugarloaf and red cabbages |
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We planted various types of potatoes between August and October. The photo
on the right shows the Dutch Cream potatoes planted on October 21st, our
last batch. |
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November 2007 in the orchard
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The "old" part of the orchard |
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This year's trees. |
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Two grapes |
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Red and black currants |
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Red currants |
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Raspberries |
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Raspberries |
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Jostaberries |
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Loganberries
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The blueberries look promising. |
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Cherries! But the tree drops them before they have time
to ripen.
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Nectarines. We pick off all the fruit, though. The
nectarine tree showed heave leave curl last summer and we treated it
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Apple Irish Peach
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Apple Wellington
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November 2007 in the vegie garden
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Top: two rows of potatos
right: two rows of broad beans interplanted with brassica
left: at the front broad beans, potatos; behind are two rows of tomatoes,
one row of potatoes and two rows of strawberries.
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Citrus trees |
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Spinach |
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Corn seedlings from greenhouse and broad beans. |
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