Archive for the 'Gardening' Category

Easy Peesy Snail Traps

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Yesterday it rained a bit in New South Wales. Thankfully, it did not rain as much in Sydney as it did in the Northern Rivers area, check out (Flooding in the Northern Rivers). However, rain is a double edged sword for us gardening types. The pro’s are that we get a day […]

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Maggot Wars: The Worms Strike Back

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

One of the less pleasant jobs that I completed today was checking on the status of the ongoing maggot war that all began when there was a disaster in the worm farm caused by the infamous green bottle fly and a piece of unidentified Christmas meat. After the hideous task of manual removal last […]

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Big Bad Bertha

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Big Bad Bertha is a comical Christmas present. She is quite a voluptuous garden gnome and now lives in with the Grosse Lisse and Beefsteak Tomato bushes. I hope her melons inspire large juicy tomatoes.

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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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