Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Seed tray, Seedlings & Strawberry wall update...

Even though it has been a while since the last post a bit has been going on out the back...
But first, a quick update on the Rust & pest problem from the last Blog post... The beans were removed & disposed of in the garbage in an attempt to get rid of as much infected matter as possible... The garden was then sprayed on the 17th of September with Neem... The White Cabbage Butterfly caterpillar & Colorado Potato beetle populations have nearly disappeared completely so I am very chuffed with that.. I was contemplating purchasing some Dipel powder for the caterpillars as it will be needed for the Aquaponic system as it is Fish friendly but that can wait until the beds are all set up..


Spring sowing's...
Seeds...
Since the last post a few seeds & a couple of seedlings have gone in...
Bean, Black seeded Snake, Madagascar/tropical Lima
Purple Vienna Kohlrabi
Mangelwurzel 
Beetroot Early Wonder
Cucumber, Muncher Burpless, Lebanese, Mini White
Corn, Baby Pop
Rainbow Chard
Eggplant, Thai, Udumalapet, Large White 
Cumin
Tomato, Black Russian, Brandywine Pink
Rockmelon, Minnesota Midget
Cos lettuce & Unidentified Lettuce seedlings from mum
Seedlings
Mixed Capsicum
Transplanted unidentified volunteer Brassicas  x 2 Bed #2
Transplanted Red salad & Brown onions into Bed's # 1 & 2 form various beds in the patch...
Transplanted the Broad Ripple Yellow currant & Wapsipinicon Peach Tomato seedlings from the Lime Bed into newly prepared Wicking Barrels with cages...

Still waiting for most to sprout & most from the previous batch are yet to sprout but here is a quick look anyway...

Strawberry wall...
As the remaining Strawberry barrel was cleared out to make way for some Tomatoes so what was left was put into the Strawberry wall... Was a bit of a squeeze to get them in but they're all in there now... What surprised us the most was finding 2 small plants that look like they have sprouted from seed...
 Left is a shot before the other plants from the barrel went in... There is a quick look at what they look like now in the clip above..



 
Happy Harvests... 
We are still harvesting the last of the Carrots from the Bath tub bed along with Kohlrabi & Spring onions for coleslaw a few times a week... The last of the Beetroot& Purple Cauli's were harvested for a nice Roast Lamb lunch with guests on Sunday... They all went down a treat...
Still getting heaps of tomatoes from the volunteer plants around the yard & the Mangles that had all their sick looking leaves trimmed off are now providing us with some lovely fresh greens...
Most of the tomatoes on the Right are now a very tasty tomato paste in  the Freezer...


Have a great one all....
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8 comments:

  1. Hi Rob. How do you make the tomato paste you refer to in this post?

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  2. @Malay-Kadazan girl
    Thanks.... The transplants are picking up well...

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  3. @Edwina
    I just sliced about a kg of various Tomatoes & stewed them in about 2 Tbsp of water... Once they had stewed down a bit I "blitzed" them with the hand blender to blend in the skins... Dont like to wast them... I just froze it in a container for later use... Has a very rich flavour..
    HTH some....
    Have a good one...

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  4. ello there, I am quite new to your posts. I came across your blog thru Simple Savings website. I have just seen your strawberry wall - its awesome and would be perfect for my small backyard. How did you do that? any chance you can contact me on Minnie4ever@hotmail.com.au or do a post on your blog?

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  5. Hi there Anonymous..
    I have replied via Email to some post on here & our you tube account so we know you get the info..
    have a good one...
    : )»

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  6. Just found your blog whilst looking up wicking bed info. Love it! Your strawberry wall has me wondering f I could do it too. Does it take a lot of water and replanting? Do you find the soil falls out a fair bit?

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  7. Hi there Mrs Bok...
    The soil has stayed in there so far but as the soil settled I found we needed to cut the cloth further as it was dragging the plants down.. We found that some of the soil falls out of but not much..
    I haven't replanted any as of yet just added a few extras which was a bit tricky... Will be trying to come up with a way to make it easier for next time...
    The wall gets 10L of water a week.. It gets fed with seaweed extract, worm "juice" or Fish emulsion every 2 weeks or so...
    HTH some...
    Would be good to see how you go with the wicking beds... Always like to see how people make up their beds & what innovations they may come up with..
    Have a great one....

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