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| Thread ID: 118691 | 2011-06-17 02:09:00 | My first brocolli plant | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 1209879 | 2011-06-17 21:58:00 | We have slowly converted our entire section to veges and fruit, have 3 more trees waiting to go in the ground this weekend. Being on a bank we have got rid of all lawn as it was a pain to mow | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1209880 | 2011-06-17 22:20:00 | Time to plant the broad beans. Ours are coming up now. Also sow some onions to plant out later... We have extended our garden and now grow carrots, cabbages, lettuces, brocolli, brussel sprouts, parsnips, beetroot, strawberries, asparagus, leeks, onions, silver beet, beans and a few potatoes and pumpkins. We have slashed our vege bill through the year and mainly buy spuds and some veges when they are cheap eg pumpkins (buy cheap and store for the next 6 months). The rest are provided from our garden and we freeze excess to tide us over the winter. I don't know why more people don't grow their own veges instead of complaining about the price of food. Supermarket prices are usually exorbitant, especially when veges are out of season. Our garden does not take a lot of time to cultivate. |
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| 1209881 | 2011-06-17 22:32:00 | Time to plant the broad beans. Ours are coming up now. Also sow some onions to plant out later... We have extended our garden and now grow carrots, cabbages, lettuces, brocolli, brussel sprouts, parsnips, beetroot, strawberries, asparagus, leeks, onions, silver beet, beans and a few potatoes and pumpkins. We have slashed our vege bill through the year and mainly buy spuds and some veges when they are cheap eg pumpkins (buy cheap and store for the next 6 months). The rest are provided from our garden and we freeze excess to tide us over the winter. I don't know why more people don't grow their own veges instead of complaining about the price of food. Supermarket prices are usually exorbitant, especially when veges are out of season. Our garden does not take a lot of time to cultivate. Couldn't agree more we hardly buy veges these days, still have stuff growing and plenty more in the freezer. We bought 2 second hand small freezers both of which are full as one empties we turn it off, more efficient than one big half empty one |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1209882 | 2011-06-17 23:46:00 | Salutary tales from the earthquake zone for youse guys who preserve your excess fruit and veges for later use. A friend of ours does the same (as do we at a lower scale of endeavour because we haven't been here long enough to have a fully productive garden). Not only that, but she makes fruit wine and home brew. Earthquakes here (and there have been over 7000 since Sept) have created chaos with her bottled preserves, jams, wine and beer. Thankfully some young fellas uplifted her freezer holus bolus and took it to a place where there was electricity. Despite the chaos in Sept and Feb, she still has not put catches on her cupboards, so last week she lost more. Being very low income, she relies on her garden produce, but for the sake of a few cupboard catches... I know of other low income people here who rely on their garden for veges and fruit who have also lost a lot of the stores they had put aside for the coming months. Earthquakes can hit anywhere, so maybe there is a lesson here - catches on cupboards, wine and beer down on the floor etc? |
John H (8) | ||
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