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January 2008 was the driest month in Hobart's recorded history. It is still
hot and dry in early February. The horses take shelter from the sun. All
the paddocks are very dry and we have never seen the water level in the dam
next door this low.
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We have installed our bore pump and now we can use bore water in our
gardens instead of grey water. The orchards and the kitchen garden just got
drip watering system installed. |
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These Kentucky Wonder climbing
beans did really thrive on the teepees and the Blue Lake bush beans, too. |
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February 6th: it finally rains! The first good rain since Christmas.
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The cucumbers and tomatoes in the greenhouse enjoy the warm temperatures.
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Our first eggplant. |
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February 10th: a lot of work in the orchards. Britta and Torsten
prune the fruit trees and train the apple trees to the wires. Weeding needs
to be done. It's the right time of the year now to prune back the
raspberries. The canes that bore fruit this year need to be cut out and the
young cane which will bear next season are tied to the wires. It's a little
less obvious with the Loganberries and Boysenberries which parts to remove
and which not. But we give them a general clean up and cut out anything that
looks a bit old and tattered and tie the canes to the wires.
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Our raspberries after the tidy-up. |
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The apple trees in the small orchard were planted
six months ago and get a light summer pruning. |
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February 20th: a variety of tomatoes |
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Beans from left to right in the first row of the photo:
Scarlet Runner seven year bean
Cherokee Wax bush bean
Kentucky Wonder climbing bean
Royal Burgundy bush bean
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February 24th: tomatoes dried in our
electric food dryer |
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February 25th: 13 trays filled with
slices
from 35 cucumbers. |
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