Friday, 11 April 2014

Carrot, basil and cabbage from seed

Carrot, basil and cabbage seedlings
Planted 01/04/2014
Germinated 08/04/2014

Morning planting winter veg


Awoke early this morning to finish the planting if some winter veg before heading off to Melbourne, bright then confest for easter, 

Garlic has popped up, it was planted on  04/04/2014 so that's only 7 days to germinate and pop up!


Beetroot and lettuce planted 11/04/2014


Cabbage and broccoli planted 11/04/2014


Spinach planted 11/04/2014

Passion fruits and cabbages

Been working on the rear of the house, spent two days digging up a monster of an Ivy bush, roots n all! Big job, made less painful by consist and drizzle which aided in cooling my all ready swetty body. Once it was all cleared I dug in 100l of cow manure and then a liberal sprinkling of blood and bone. 

I decided to plant 4 passion fruits against the existing trellis system and in front of those I planted 4 blueberry bushes and a sprinkling of winter leefy greens like lettuce and cavbages.

Friday, 4 April 2014

Garlic Melbourne Market - Planting

Garlic Melbourne Market

Allium sativum

Planted 03/04/2014

A Californian Artichoke softneck often grown commercially. Produces large heads with plenty of good sized pinkish brown cloves with white-to-purple tinged wrappers. Strong, flavoursome cloves. Rated 7. Long storage.

 



Garlic Japanese Red - Planting

Garlic Japanese Red

Allium sativum

Planted 03/04/2014 
Germinated 11/04/2014

An early to mid hard neck type that adapts well to hot inland climates that have some frost. Certain years it will produce many bulbils from flowering scapes enabling quick multiplication. Large easy to peel pink to tan blocky cloves, with white to purple (not red like the name) outer skins. Originates from the original AGIA imports. Rated 8.

 


Blood Initiation Ceremony "Ouch ma heed!"


This is what happens!

 

When this very rusty steel bracket falls onto your head from a great height


Cleaned up at Morewell Hospital. 


Back at Haunted Hills.


Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Trim and tidy

Trimmed some trees in the garden neaest the house and generally tidied the interior of the house

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

First day

Dave and James arrived with 12 1000L PCB containers allong with a guitar, keyboard and some food.