Rebekahs Vegie garden

10 Dec '05 6:24 am

You are right! Nothing beats home-grown :wink:

I had the same problem with peppers but for some reason this year all the seeds I have sown have germinated! Lol, I put in about 36 (cos you know, they never come up) so that will be a LOT of peppers if they all keep growing!
I did wait a bit longer till starting them this year. That may have been the difference, it was warmer.

Are the carrots of the heirloom variety? Can you let the hybrid ones seed? Will they be the same?
I have never tried to keep seed from anything other than the old plain varieties of veg. Would be interesting to experiment

10 Dec '05 12:09 pm

The orange carrot is Yates 'Baby Carrot'. I'm letting some seed and will resow later.
As for the yellow carrot - unsure if its a heirloom (think it might be?) and I think its called lubinia(sp). I've let that run to seed and will collect seeds once they're ready for picking and will try my luck at resowing.

Some of todays photos (more to come at a soon):

Black currants:

Row of beans (mixture of breeds) striking:

Peas in the pod:

Grapes starting to form:

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view.

10 Dec '05 9:03 pm

I found out today that I am moving into a new home with *NO* garden. the house has just been plonked onto a paddock.
But its all good - its a brand new Keith Hay(????) home, and the kitchen is to die for :wink:

More of those pictures:

I had a peek in the middle of this earlier this morning and there is a tiny flower head. I'm so excited!!

Cauliflower head nearly ready for picking.

White corn 'Country Gentleman'.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view.

10 Dec '05 9:15 pm

Asparagus pea flowers. Aren't they just so delicate?!

Asparagus pea pods

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view.

15 Dec '05 7:57 pm

A Basket Full Of Goodies

I was out watering my garden today (I usually hook up the sprinkler) and noticed a number of things are ready for the picking.

At the top is some baby red silverbeet leaves.
Left to Right, top to bottom
Asparagus pea
Garlic
Carrots (Orange baby and Lubinia)
Pea (dwarf massey)
Potato (Lavender)

2 leage heads of cauliflower are ready to be picked but they would have looked odd in this basket... not that they'd have fit anyway

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view.

Veg Gardens Rock!

21 Dec '05 6:07 am

How are you going to move house and leave all this veg goodness?! :shock:

Everything looks so wonderfully yummy! Can you sneak back and gather it as it matures? :wink:

23 Dec '05 5:57 pm

Its going to be tough But I will come back and get the vegetables as they mature.

The first thing I will do at the new hosue is put in a vegetable garden!!

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view.

29 Dec '05 2:01 pm

Artichoke flower heads:

Baby fennel

2 rows of corn that survived the hens, and a row of tomatoes

Beans. A mixture of breeds (dwarf butter, goldex wax, scarlet runner, purple king, long john)

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view.

29 Dec '05 4:26 pm

NZ native spinach

Carrot seedhead

Back Jack zucchini

Yellow beauty zucchini

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view.

8 Feb '06 2:34 am

Perfect. Read every post right through. That is what I want my garden to look like!

Great work, much respect. If I were a plant, I would want to be one of yours.

Rebekahs Vegie garden

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