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And we have all of these seeds available as follows if you need anything. Just dm me for orders💕
Basil (Genovese) - 20 seeds $1.50
Beans (Bush) - 30 seeds $2
Capsicum (King Crimson) - 10 seeds $2.50
Carrot (All Season) - 100 seeds $1.50
Carrot/Radish Mix (to make sowing easier) - 100 seeds $1.50
Celery - 20 seeds $2
Cucumber (Long Green) - 10 seeds $2.50
Eggplant (Black Beauty) - 20 seeds $2
Lettuce (Iceberg, Cos, or Salad Bowl) - 50 seeds $2
Pak Choi - 20 seeds $2.50
Parsley (Curly) - 20 seeds $1.50
Parsley (Italian) - 20 seeds $1.50
Pumpkin (Queensland Blue) - 10 seeds $2.50
Rocket - 100 seeds $1.50
Spinach (Perpetual) - 25 seeds $2.50
Sweet Corn - 20 seeds $2.50
Tomato (Grosse Lisse) - 20 seeds $2
Tomato (Tommy Toe) - 20 seeds $2
Watermelon (Sugar Baby) - 10 seeds $2.50
Zucchini (Black Beauty) - 10 seeds $2.50
Beetroot - 30 seeds $2.50
Broad Beans - 20 seeds $2.50
Broccoli - 20 seeds $2.00
Cabbage (Golden Acre Green) - 20 seeds $2.00
Cabbage (Red) - 20 seeds $2.00
Carrot - 100 seeds $1.50
Carrot/Radish Mix (to make sowing easier) - 100 seeds $1.50
Cauliflower - 20 seeds $2.00
Celery - 20 seeds
Fennel - 10 seeds $2.00
Kale - 20 seeds $2.00
Leek - 20 seeds $2.00
Lettuce (Iceberg, Cos, or Salad Mix) - 100 seeds $2.00
Onions (Brown) - 20 seeds $2.00
Parsnip - 50 seeds $2.00
Peas (Greenfeast) - 30 seeds $2.50
Radish - 30 seeds $2.50
Rocket - 100 seeds
Silverbeet - 20 seeds $2.50
Spring Onions - 20 seeds $2.00
Plus postage (usually only a few dollars)
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| 2 | OCTOBER PLANTING
What veges to plant in October (Southern Hemisphere)?
The following can be sown now in every region:
- beans
- cabbage
- carrots
- capsicum and chillies
- corn
- cucumber
- pumpkin and squash
- spring onions
The following can also be planted now but only in the areas noted:
- beetroot(all except hot areas)
- silverbeet (all except hot areas)
- broad beans (cool areas only)
- celery (temperate and cool areas only)
- eggplant (all except hot areas)
- leeks (all except hot areas)
- lettuce (all except hot areas)
- pak choi (cool and temperate areas only)
- parsnips (cool and temperate areas only)
- peas (cool areas only)
- melons (all except hot areas)
- strawberries (cool and temperate areas only)
- tomatoes (all except hot areas)
- zucchini (temperate and warm areas only)
- potatoes and sweet potatoes in areas where you will NOT get frosts up until at least March
So get those green thumbs out and build your self sufficiency with some home grown deliciousness 🥕🌽🥔🥒🍅🍓🍉
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| 3 | SPRING HAS SPRUNG!!
It’s time to start planting again so here’s a list of what’s suitable to plant in September in each climate zone:
These veggies can be sown now in every region in Aus and NZ:
- cabbage
- carrots
- capsicum & chillies
- pumpkin & squash
- spring onions
- leeks
These veggies can also be planted now but only in the areas noted:
- beans (all except cool areas)
- broad beans (cool areas only)
- celery (temperate areas only)
- corn (all except cool areas)
- cucumbers (all except cool areas)
- eggplant (all except hot areas)
- beetroot (all except hot areas)
- lettuce (all except hot areas)
- parsnips (cool & temperate areas only)
- peas (cool & temperate areas only)
- melons (temperate & warm areas only)
- strawberries (cool and temperate areas only)
- tomatoes (all except hot areas)
- zucchini (temperate & warm areas only)
- potatoes (areas where the risk of frost has passed)
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| 5 | Wonderful photo of a mulberry tree that has been trained downwards to make harvesting easier! And look at all that fruit!! Sent in by one of our members - Sandi. Well done 👏👏
That’s one of the things I LOVE about mulberry trees - you get a crop after only a year or two.
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| 8 | What veges to plant in August?
The following can be sown now in every region in Aus and NZ:
- cabbage
- carrots
- lettuce
- radish
- rocket
- onions
- spring onions
The following can also be planted now but only in the areas noted:
- beans (hot areas only)
- beetroot (all areas except cool and hot regions)
- broad beans (cool and temperate areas only)
- broccoli and cauliflower (temperate areas only)
- capsicum (all except cool areas)
- celery (temperate areas only)
- corn (hot areas only)
- eggplant) temperate and warm areas only)
- leeks (warm and hot areas only)
- parsnips (cool and temperate areas only)
- silverbeet (cool and temperate areas only)
- peas (cool and temperate areas only - use Sugarsnap variety for max food value)
- pumpkin and squash (all except cool areas)
- melons (warm areas only)
- strawberries ( cool and temperate areas only)
- tomatoes ( temperate and warm areas only)
Have fun! 🥬 🍅 🥦
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| 9 | TIME TO PLANT FRUIT TREES
The weather is starting to warm up and the Spring rains are starting.
So, if you’re planning to get some fruit trees in, make it a job for this weekend
For best results:
- dig the planting hole twice the width and the same depth as the root ball of the tree
- sprinkle a handful of blood and bone into the bottom of the hole and sprinkle some soil over the top of it.
- put the tree into the hole and backfill with soil. Make sure the rootball is fully covered
- mound up a ring of soil around the perimeter of the hole (like to picture) to hold water
- drive in a stake on either side of the outside of the hole (like the picture)(not inside the hole as you’ll damage the roots) and tie the tree up with strips of an old sheet or similar
- spread mulch about 10cm deep but keep it away from the tree trunk as it can cause collar rot
- water once a day for a week, then once a week for a month, then once a month for a year (unless it’s really dry then water if the soil gets dry)
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| 10 | Apple seeds are starting to sprout inside apples at this time of the year.
So, if you cut open an apple (even a store bought one) and the seeds look like this, don’t throw them away. You can carefully remove them from the apple core and plant them and you’ll get a FREE apple tree. The variety might not be exactly true to type (ie the type of apples you get from your new tree may be different to the apple you got the seed from due to grafting of the mother tree) but you should get apples nonetheless.
Give it a go! Can’t go wrong with free fruit!!
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| 13 | How to Prepare Your Garden for Next Season’s Crop WITHOUT Crop Rotation - PART 2
*Planting Root Vegetables:
- add a moderate of compost
- add a small amount of aged cow manure
- these will give you a nice free draining soil for root vegetables to grow in and a little fertiliser but not too much nitrogen so that you only get leaf growth
*Planting Legumes:
- add lots of compost
- add aged sheep or cow manure
- these will give you a nice rich, free draining soil with plenty of nutrients
** IN ALL CASES: If possible, allow the garden bed or planter to sit idle for at least two weeks after adding compost and manure to allow worms, microbes, etc to start to incorporate them into the soil.
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| 14 | How to Prepare Your Garden for Next Season’s Crop WITHOUT Crop Rotation - PART 1
Crop rotation is important to replenish the soil in preparation for the next crop after the previous one has drained the nutrients. But, due to lack of space, crop preferences, seasonal issues, etc, crop rotation may not be possible for you.
So here’s what to do to prepare your garden beds for each type of crop if you can’t practice crop rotation:
In ALL cases:
- top up any potted planter beds with fresh, good quality potting mix PLUS the below
For planters and garden beds mix the following into the garden bed or potting mix:
*Planting Leaf Vegetables:
- add lots of compost
- add aged chicken manure
- these will both add nitrogen to the soil which will aid leaf growth
*Planting Fruiting Vegetables:
- add a moderate amount of compost
- add aged sheep or cow manure
- these will give you a mix of nutrients for plant growth as well as fruiting nutrients
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| 15 | Do You Have a Mulberry Tree?
If you do it should be starting to sprout new leaves and tiny fruit (even though it’s the middle of winter) like these ones.
The fruit are the bits either little white “hairs” on them.
So it’s time to fertilise your tree/s so you get beautiful big, juicy, sweet fruit in Spring. Fertilise with aged chicken manure, Dynamic Lifter or other fertilisers high in nitrogen and lime for good leaf growth and sweet fruit.
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| 16 | TEA TIME TIP
“Cut and come again” veges
Here’s a list of veges that will regrow if you DON’T pull them out when you harvest them but rather chop them off or harvest outside leaves and let them continue to grow:
Lettuce
Spring onions
Broccoli (but NOT cauliflower)
Cabbage
Rhubarb
Asparagus
Spinach
Kale
Herbs
Celery
Bok choi
Chives
Beetroot greens (tops)
Lettuce, broccoli and cabbage will grow smaller but still very edible heads and all of these save you time and give you more veges in a quicker time.
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| 17 | TEA TIME TIP
How long to grow that veg?
Great question from Pamela on this. Here’s a list of common veg and how long they take from sowing seeds to harvest (depending on the variety of each veg):
- beans: 2 months
- beetroot: 2 months
- broccoli: 2-3 months
- cabbage: 2-3 months
- capsicum: 3 months
- carrots: 2-3 months
- cauliflower: 2-3 months
- corn: 3 months
- cucumbers: 2 months
- eggplant: 3 months
- lettuce: 1-2 months
- melons: 2-3 months
- onions: 3 months
- parsnips: 4-6 months
- peas: 3 months
- potatoes: 3 months
- pumpkin: 4 months
- spinach: 1-2 months
- silverbeet: 2-3 months
- spring onions: 2 months
- squash: 3-4 months
- sweet potatoes: 3-4 months
- tomatoes (full sized): 2-3 months
- tomatoes (cherry): 2 months
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| 18 | For those who prefer to view in Telegram:
How to plant lettuce and celery - including tips for how to get the maximum number of plants from these tiny seeds
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| 19 | For those who prefer to view in Telegram:
Tips and some critical points for planting peas:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/c4ChDVYGk54
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