Archive for the 'Herb, Fruit and Vegetables' Category

All I Needed Was Garden Stakes

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Yesterday I needed some garden stakes to assist my now bushing beefsteak tomato. It has stopped rocketing skyward and is now going sideways. One of the longer branches was as such in need of staking. So rather than trapes to the the big kids toy shop we opted for Mitre 10. […]

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A Tale of Woe

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

As I have written numerous times I like the taste of zucchini. In fact on Saturday I cooked a rather safe beef stir fry that had an entire home grown Lebanese zucchini sliced up and quartered. However, this article is a tale of woe, not a celebration of my culinary successes. After […]

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Location, Location, Location

Monday, January 7th, 2008

As with real estate success in the garden often has a lot to do with location. In my garden I have noticed that some plants are thriving, yet sister plants in a different location are struggling to continue. So I have relocated several plants in the last few days. The reason is […]

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Easy To Grow Herbs

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Today I have decided to write about some of the easiest to grow plants in our garden. They are Chives, Ku Chai (Garlic Chives), and Sweet Basil. The two forms of chives are great chopped up finely in a salad.
Regular chives are a prolific plant that grows easily. Chives are great chopped […]

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Lonesome Chilli

Friday, January 4th, 2008

On Tuesday evening I got in the mood and took quite a few happy snaps of the developing garden. I have already released a few, and more are coming. Scheduled over the next few days. For this post I have chosen Lonesome Chilli.

This chilli is growing on the mysterious chilli plant. […]

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