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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Kiwi on January 07, 2009, 01:28

Title: Veggie garden pics
Post by: Kiwi on January 07, 2009, 01:28

My veggies are looking pretty nice now!

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I am chuffed to bits, I'd never had a garden or planted anything before we moved here so it's all a steep learning curve, but I love it!

Title: Veggie garden pics
Post by: johnathome on January 07, 2009, 01:37

Good work! Wait till you taste them.

can we have some of your sun, its -5 where i am brrrr :x

Are you able to grow lettuce and other cold weather crops or is it just too hot?

Title: Veggie garden pics
Post by: Kiwi on January 07, 2009, 02:55

lettuces are good, they grow really quickly though so I only plant a few at a time so they don't bolt.
Peapods struggle a bit - maybe too hot?

Also it's actually quite hard to grow any winter stuff like brussel sprouts  ( which I love) and broccolli, again I'm not sure if it's just too hot all the time or I'm rubbish!

herbs do really well but coriander bolts in the heat so I tend to only have it in he winter through to spring in the garden and in pots under the verandah in summer.

I'd gladly send you all some sun. It's been absolutely scorching, we had to buy an air conditioner! And I love the cold and snow, apart from family and friends it's the main thing I miss.

Title: Veggie garden pics
Post by: Trillium on January 07, 2009, 03:30

Nice pix. Makes me hopeful that summer will return to our half of the world :wink:

Title: Veggie garden pics
Post by: Yabba on January 07, 2009, 08:18

Yay, I'd totally forgotten what the sun looked like :D

Great pics, bet you can't wait to eat the subjects ;)

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Title: Veggie garden pics
Post by: Kiwi on January 07, 2009, 08:30

:D I really wish the tomatoes would hurry up and go red! The cherry ones are ripeing and we've had a few but thats it. Have had millions of pampams and courgettes, onto the second sewing of broad beans, eaten all the peapods and most of the radishes and spinach.
We have potatoes coming out of our ears.
Tonight we had good old egg and chips for tea - all from the garden - it's so lovely!

Title: Veggie garden pics
Post by: Bombers on January 07, 2009, 08:56

Lovely Pics Kiwi. Well done you!  :) It was uplifting seeing a nice bit of sunshine on your veggies... Minus 8 here yesterday. We've had snow on the ground since Monday, and it's still not clearing. Still, it'll probably see off a few pests (we hope!)  :wink:

Title: Veggie garden pics
Post by: Kiwi on January 07, 2009, 09:22

You've all had a really cold winter - my mum was telling me ( I'm from Aberdeen and they're still there) that it's been much colder than normal and Aberdeen is pretty cold at the best of times!

Title: Veggie garden pics
Post by: Minty on January 07, 2009, 10:45

Great pictures Kiwi,I thought about setting them as wallpaper to warm the living room up a bit. :lol:

Title: Veggie garden pics
Post by: aubergine on January 07, 2009, 11:08

fab,well done you

Title: Veggie garden pics
Post by: kimonokawaii on January 07, 2009, 14:33

Wow  :D  looking wonderful, it's nice to hear a fellow novice has managed to do so well!

Title: Veggie garden pics
Post by: peapod on January 07, 2009, 18:49

Lovely pics kiwi

(and this peapod doesnt struggle in the sun..bring on Summer!!!)

Paula