http://gardennut.nook.com.au The lazy organic gardener Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:05:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en **29th January update - *I weeded the Lima Beans and Sunflowers I planted around the edge of the garden - they certainly don't work as well as Mustard to keep the couch grass out :-(  I also thinned the mustard seedlings.  I have plenty of carrot seedlings emerging as well as ... http://gardennut.nook.com.au/2007/02/20/20th-february/ **What do you do with a Zucchini glut? Try this quick recipe,  it's also a great way to get kids to eat their vegies.  Potato and Zucchini Fritters *Peel and grate 4 smallish poatoes, 1 carrot and 2 Zucchinis.  Sit aside for half an hour and then squeeze out the excess liquid *Dice finely ... http://gardennut.nook.com.au/2007/02/07/zucchini/ **I FINALLY found out where all the eggs were being hidden!  Recently the egg count had dropped a bit,  and I put it down to the weather.  Then I was down to two hens laying - and one hen gone broody.  Where she was hiding though I could not tell ... http://gardennut.nook.com.au/2007/02/07/7th-february/ **Just wondering who grows their own vegies near me? I'm gonna have a LOT of none hybrid seeds to give away real soon and would like to swap with locals. ... http://gardennut.nook.com.au/2007/01/29/who-gardens-in-greensborough/ **I went a bit nuts yesterday in the garden.  My hubby discovered the chooks eating my green tomatoes the other day,  so we have sectioned off our garden yet again.  The chooks now have roughly one third of the yard,  and that third has the blackberry problem,  so maybe they'll do something about it now. ... http://gardennut.nook.com.au/2007/01/29/29th-january/ **We have rain!!  Nothing else needs to be said so long as the rain hangs around for a while. http://gardennut.nook.com.au/2007/01/18/19th-january/ **I am now collecting the rinse water from the washing machine as there just wasn't enough bath water.  Bunnings have nothing in the way of greywater systems at the moment (although my hubby is off to Clark Rubber tonight to see if they have anything),  so basically I wait until I hear ... http://gardennut.nook.com.au/2007/01/18/17th-january/ **So what am I doing now with Stage 3 water restrictions?  I water VERY CAREFULLY with bath water.  Basically,  so long as the water goes on the plant and not on the bits we will be eating,  greywater is safe (But I still rinse the veggies VERY well before eating).  I was also using milk bottles ... http://gardennut.nook.com.au/2007/01/18/7th-january/ So what has been happening?  Well we are eating a LOT of Silverbeet.  And I picked our first Zucchinis today.  There are many green tomatoes on the seedlings I bought,  and yesterday I found my first tomato on my home grown plants! http://gardennut.nook.com.au/2007/01/18/20th-december/ **It's the time of year that we wait patiently to see whether out female Kiwi Fruit will flower.  Our Male plant has flowered for the last two years,  but the Female is a bit slow off the mark.  Well,  the wait is over,  the Male plant flowered a week ago,  and there is no sign of ... http://gardennut.nook.com.au/2007/01/18/23rd-november/