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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39522 Gender:	Re: Spring is Just around the Corner.. Reply #15 - Aug 18^th, 2015 at 9:08am I can't seem to grow veges Though I love gardening, my success rate is low. Will stick to flowers.
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Reply #16 - Aug 18^th, 2015 at 9:28am

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 18^th, 2015 at 9:08am:

I can't seem to grow veges Sad

Though I love gardening, my success rate is low.

Will stick to flowers.

Ahh ... your confidence is the issue here.

No worries. For a quick confidence boost, try growing :

Broad beans

Potatoes

Chokos

Seriously Sprint, they are dead easy to grow.

Everyone around you will think you've got the best green thumbs in Oz lol Tongue

If interested, just let me know. I'm more than happy to give you a few tips.

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Reply #18 - Aug 18^th, 2015 at 9:41pm

Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 8:44am:

You know what?
I'm over it.
I wanna post some pics of my produce.
Someone help me out here.

I take the shots with our camera.

Then what?

Oh and who wants a shout out?
Cods, Sprint, Agnes, Mechanic....who else?
I'll show the OP what a garden really looks like lol.

1. Upload photos to your computer.

2. When you 'reply' on the board, click on the 'Browse' button.

3. When your pictures file comes up, click on the pic you want to upload.

4. 'Post Message'.

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Reply #20 - Aug 19^th, 2015 at 12:50am

Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 18^th, 2015 at 8:17am:

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 10:28pm:

cods wrote on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 8:48am:

Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 8:39am:

cods wrote on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 8:28am:

we had snow on Canberra last week...

is it choko time??..

No! Choko's hate the cold...and it's still cold.

My 2 choko vines still look cut back with minimum growth.

Now if you wanna talk BROAD BEANS or PASSION FRUIT....

I have an electric blanket for mine lisa so alls good..

my recipes for chokos are such a best seller... I cant afford not to have all year round chokes... I am always inventing...I now doing choko fudge...yummo I can tell you...chokos are also good in a foot bath... I will pass that on at no cost as I realise how important good feet are to the world..

yes please dear show us your chokos... I am sure they are extraordinary

Don't much like broad beans - had 'em on year.... Snow peas are looking good... carrots are fine - need thinning out...

I've tried growing carrots.

I just could not get them to grow long and straight.

I had to rip them all out in the end. Sad

A lot of ours do that too... I had the answer last week from the guy who comes here to help build - I'll get back to you.

when it comes to building - here is why women should stay out of it and not use the table saw without goggles.... it's only sawdust in the eyes....

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Reply #21 - Aug 19^th, 2015 at 7:05am

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 18^th, 2015 at 11:37pm:

Thanks fellow gardeners.

Will give it another whirl.

coming up to tomato season... I have a new type to grow this year...

you can see my other vegi's here that me and the granddaughter just harvested

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1428134917/15#15

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Reply #22 - Aug 19^th, 2015 at 7:48am

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Aug 19^th, 2015 at 7:05am:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 18^th, 2015 at 11:37pm:

Thanks fellow gardeners.

Will give it another whirl.

coming up to tomato season... I have a new type to grow this year...

you can see my other vegi's here that me and the granddaughter just harvested

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1428134917/15#15

Now am feeling more 'gardener inadequate' than before.

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Reply #23 - Aug 19^th, 2015 at 7:23pm

here're the Tomato's that I plan to grow this season..

some great heirloom tomatoes that are high in antioxidants.. etc..

last year I grew black Russians, Roma's and umm something else...

the black Russians grew the best in my crap sandy soil.. Sad

this year I have a cunning plan.. Wink

im going to make a raised growing bed and am going to bring in some outside soil

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Reply #24 - Aug 20^th, 2015 at 1:07am

Nah - prefer Romas grown from seed - never get any fruit fly.... but I love Truss... very nice grown from a fruit bought from a supermarket and used as seed - same as I do my garlic.

Yummmm - garlic....

Snow peas are right now - in the words of Monty Burns - excellent... garden work this weekend.. getting ready for spring with all that accumulated fireplace ash and compost....

Strawberries dug out and replanted with plenty of ash..... big season coming.... usually have so many we give them to the Salvos who give them out to people who love them.... and often whose kids need something extra.....

Now if only I can keep the neighbourhood kids off my peaches this year - best not to go away for a couple of days.... but they can have them.....

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Reply #25 - Aug 20^th, 2015 at 6:39am

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 20^th, 2015 at 1:07am:

Nah - prefer Romas grown from seed - never get any fruit fly.... but I love Truss... very nice grown from a fruit bought from a supermarket and used as seed - same as I do my garlic.

Yummmm - garlic....

Snow peas are right now - in the words of Monty Burns - excellent... garden work this weekend.. getting ready for spring with all that accumulated fireplace ash and compost....

Strawberries dug out and replanted with plenty of ash..... big season coming.... usually have so many we give them to the Salvos who give them out to people who love them.... and often whose kids need something extra.....

Now if only I can keep the neighbourhood kids off my peaches this year - best not to go away for a couple of days.... but they can have them.....

The possums get all my fruit -

& of course the green parrots don't help.

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Reply #26 - Aug 23^rd, 2015 at 12:35am

Bobby. wrote on Aug 20^th, 2015 at 6:39am:

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 20^th, 2015 at 1:07am:

Nah - prefer Romas grown from seed - never get any fruit fly.... but I love Truss... very nice grown from a fruit bought from a supermarket and used as seed - same as I do my garlic.

Yummmm - garlic....

Snow peas are right now - in the words of Monty Burns - excellent... garden work this weekend.. getting ready for spring with all that accumulated fireplace ash and compost....

Strawberries dug out and replanted with plenty of ash..... big season coming.... usually have so many we give them to the Salvos who give them out to people who love them.... and often whose kids need something extra.....

Now if only I can keep the neighbourhood kids off my peaches this year - best not to go away for a couple of days.... but they can have them.....

The possums get all my fruit -

& of course the green parrots don't help.

The Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos and a few others get all my plums at the top of the tree - can't reach 'em anyway and they're welcome.. wish they wouldn't eat through the branches on the Hakeas though - they're a wind break and the nuts get into the mower blades and fly like bullets.

I'm ditching the mesh over the peaches and nectarines - caught a flying fox last year and he strangled himself... I hated that. They can get some of the fruit as long as I get some too.

Might get that cherry tree or two this year.... not bare rooted stock though - too long to start at my age... a pear or two and an apple or two....

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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: Spring is Just around the Corner.. Reply #27 - Aug 23^rd, 2015 at 2:31pm gappler.. I didn't know that ash was good for the garden... I've thrown tons of it out over the years.. and I have a crap sandy soil garden that could have well done with it.. doh!!!
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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: Spring is Just around the Corner.. Reply #28 - Aug 23^rd, 2015 at 9:31pm made this little cracker yesterday.. got a stack of seeds coming in from the "diggers" club.. Tomatoes are the main target in this raised box
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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: Spring is Just around the Corner.. Reply #29 - Aug 23^rd, 2015 at 9:33pm meanwhile... in another part of the garden (near my bees) I have planted Potatoes... 6 different varieties.... all from heritage seed potatoes.. I can't wait!!
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