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January 2008: a walk around the
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Summer harvest! |
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This Kennebec potato weighs 646g. Is that good or
bad? It ends up as mashed potato and tastes very good! |
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The bore! It is 52m deep and delivers
6000 litres of
water per hour. |
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hay making. The grass hasn't grown too well, but we end up with
246 bales of hay. Enough for the ponies and the mulching for a
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January 2008 in the kitchen garden |
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The corn has grown tall. We get three to five
stalks from each seed! |
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Seven year runner beans ...... |
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Bush beans Purple Queen |
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The Dutch Cream potatoes planted in October are
now flowering.. |
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The beans have almost reached the top of the
teepee |
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Artichokes
On the left: Globe artichoke Purple de Jesi
On the right: Globe artichoke Green
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January 2008 in the orchard
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The orchard in the middle of summer. We deep water once a week but will
need to water twice weekly if the very dry and warm conditions continue.
No rain in January! It is the driest January in recorded history in
Hobart. The Wellington apples in the right photo are doing very well,
though.
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January 2008 in the vegie garden
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The tomato plants are full of fruit in January. |
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Tigerella tomatoes |
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The potato plants are now dying back. |
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Corn inter-planted with pumpkins. The potatoes grown
in the front row are now gone and we have put in a late experimental
planting of Royal Burgundy and Cherokee Wax bush beans. On the right
they were planted on December 27th and are doing well. On the left
they were planted on January 9th and are struggling. |
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Asparagus on the left is growing vigorously. |
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Golden Nugget pumpkins |
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Butternut pumpkins |
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January 23rd: Red Kidney Beans planted on January
3rd.
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January 27th: The same Red
Kidney Beans only
four days later!
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Corn, broad beans, zucchini,
pumpkin and
cucumber food forest.
These plants support each other well. |
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| The corn tasselated in January.
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The tomatoes in the greenhouse are
starting to
produce |
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Eggplants in the greenhouse
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Cucumbers in the greenhouse
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The first cucumbers in the greenhouse! |
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We plant many flowers and herbs to attract bees to the garden. The borage
in the right photo is doing especially well and is always full of bees.
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Scarlet Emperor runner beans planted on December 6th |
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Royal Burgundy bush beans planted on December 6th |
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Kentucky Wonder climbing beans planted on December
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