Monday 3 March 2014

The garden share collective - March



 

My courgettes are growing well, but this has appeared on a few of the leaves, does anyone know what it is?



 
  
 
 
 

 
Roseanna and Betty - room with a view.

I haven't watered much over the last week or so and it shows.  The pump for the bore water has broken so I have been watering with buckets, and it is so time consuming.  But I have a plan to sort it this week and I still have my fingers crossed for some rain to come.  Looking forward to spending more time in the garden these coming weeks.  Our busy February has finished and last week I found out that George has a place at the kindy we have had our names down for.  The waitlist was huge so I was just going to keep him home with me till a spot came up.  I will now have three free mornings a week........can you imagine??!!
 
Growing in the garden I have:

Courgettes
Tomatoes
Capsicum
Celery
Carrots
Silverbeet
Lettuce - nearing the end.  Not sure if I'm going to replant.
Strawberries

The sun and white butterflies have not been kind to the following which are only just hanging in there:

Broccoli
Cauliflower
Pumpkin
Watermelon
Rockmelon

Herbs - basil, parsley, flat leaf parsley and a rosemary hedge.  I need to re-plant the coriander as it has been dug up by a toy truck and squashed.

Fruit trees - Peaches.  Golden Queen and a white flesh variety.  Both are beautifully fragrant.

Expecting to harvest/sow:

Lettuce is nearing the end.
Tiny tomatoes are starting to show.
Plenty of strawberries.
Peaches
Capsicum

To do list:

Monthly weed and soil turning.
Large vegetable garden - currently empty but composting under layers of lawn clippings.  This needs to all be turned over.  I'm planning a garden path through the middle and a good layer of garden mulch put through in readiness to plant in the winter vegetables - This was on my February to do list, but it has been such a busy month I have only kept up with occasional watering and some weeding.


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Joining in with Lizzie from Strayed from the table.

"The Garden Share Collective is a group of bloggers who share their vegetable patches, container gardens and the herbs they grow on their window sills. Creating a monthly community to navigate through any garden troubles and to rival in the success of a good harvest we will nurture any beginner gardener to flourish. Each month we set ourselves a few tasks to complete by the next month, this gives us a little push to getting closer to picking and harvesting. The long-term goal of the Garden Share Collective is to get more and more people gardening and growing clean food organically and sustainably."



 

22 comments:

  1. That's powdery mildew on your courgettes - was thinking water stress then I read the rest of your post! Furry mould is from to much dampness, powdery is too little. The plants usually get it at the tail end of the season anyway as their vigour declines. There's a biological control for caterpillars on your brassicas - it's not available to domestic gardeners over here but i noticed that Bek was using it in Oz. DiPel is the name - okay for organic systems. I use it on my cabbagey things at work.

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  2. Yep, I don't know much about gardening, but I recognized the mildew right away. Our zucchini plants always get it at in the middle of the summer. Your peaches are looking fantastic!

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  3. Wow, your garden is one big project! Our climate is not great for vegetables but soft berries do well. A good excuse for a terrible gardener like me. Cx

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  4. Those two 'ladies' are just lovely! Sunny keeps begging me for more chicks since we had to give the last one away because he turned out to be a rooster. We don't need to be voted off the block just yet :) I think I'll be hunting around for hens to eliminate surprises. Your garden is looking fantastic!

    Sophie xo

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    1. Sophie I love them. I picked up another two bantams (we have 4 in total) in the weekend and this is the first week I have not needed to buy eggs. I love watching them, Betty is a right bossy cow though! xo

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  5. It does look like powdery mildew on your courgette leaves, a watered down milk solution sprayed on the leaves is supposed to help. That's if the appearance bothers you too much. You have so much going on there!

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    1. Thank you will try. A lot of my garden is trial and error, although I do try to companion plant - I'm getting there............slowly xo

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  6. Hello! Lovely photos - what a beautiful setting, too! I've just joined in with the Garden Share Collective - I'm in the UK, so over here it's the tail end of a wet winter, so lots of chard/spinach etc in the veg garden - can't wait for courgettes! Best wishes, Lucy

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    1. Hi Lucy, thanks for stopping by. I love courgettes and am hoping to grow them through winter as they get so expensive here. xo

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  7. Your garden is looking amazing Elaina. So lush and green xx

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  8. I am in awe of you, I would love to be able to grow anything. These pictures are great :)

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    1. You should try it Emma, I am new to gardening really. Have tried and failed many times. But since spending more time and attention on the garden I have really started to enjoy and love it. As a result things are starting to grow instead of die on me. I have a small gardening book that I look up things from time to time, or otherwise I just plant things and see how they take. Lots of trial and error here xo

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  9. My little veg patch might only be tiny but I really enjoy growing our own food, great pictures! :) x

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  10. Definitely mildew - my leaves are covered in it now, normally it doesn't affect the growth of the actual courgestte though.

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  11. I like the idea of the 'Garden Share Collective', i might try and get my head around my own post today. My figs are looking beautiful at the moment.
    I can't help but be jealous that vineyard next door…..what a neighbour to have! xx

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    1. It is lovely having a vineyard over the fence. Would much prefer bottles of wine hanging from the vines than grapes, wink xo

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  12. Looks like you have powdery mildew on your Zucchini's. I make up a spray of 1 tsp dishwashing liquid 2 tbsp of milk and some water give it a shake and then spray the leaves. Get on top of the problem before it spreads. Otherwise you can remove those leaves if it not too many. Your garden is looking really great.

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    1. Thanks for the info. I will definitely give this a go! xo

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  13. You should try it Emma, I am new to gardening really. Have tried and failed many times. But since spending more time and attention on the garden I have really started to enjoy and love it. As a result things are starting to grow instead of die on me. I have a small gardening book that I look up things from time to time, or otherwise I just plant things and see how they take. Lots of trial and error here xo

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  14. What a wonderful garden you have!

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  15. This post makes me feel all sad. I had my garden coming along nicely. Then Justin let the chickens out and forgot to shut the gate, the three girls ate my entire vegie garden in one day while I was at work. Hmmm any hints on a cranky pants who has to start all over again?

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    1. I think I would cry. I would draw up plans for what you wanted replacing and hand over to Justin! xo

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