Harvesting my oca crop
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5y ago
With the hottest summer days are getting hotter each year I am past the upper heat limit of growing oca. Most of my oca died this year and I was thinking that I will not be able to grow it any more. This is why I was very surprised to see that the plants that did survive produced better than they ever have. Many of my plants not only produced a kilogram of tubers at the base, but when I flipped the plants over there was another kg of tubers growing where the stems had lain on the ground. I think I will try to grow them again and try more ways of keeping them cool and growing them better in th ..read more
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Harvesting the second potato crop
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5y ago
There hasn't been much happening lately, as you will have guessed due to my lack of posting. After being wiped out by the cockies there really wasn't anything to talk about. I am expecting the frosts to start any time now so I have started harvesting the first of the second crop of potatoes for the year. Many of these varieties only have short dormancy period so they will only be suitable for home growers, but there is a great range from this years seedlings. This is Toffee Apple. It looks amazing and I was thinking of releasing it next year but it has one problem - the flesh darkens after ..read more
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Vegetable gardening myths debunked
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5y ago
Sorry I haven't posted for a while, there really isn't much happening at the moment apart from the second planting of my potatoes, some of which are starting to flower. At the risk of causing some debate: One of the things that annoys me greatly is the amount of food growing myths that people share. I realise that no-one is deliberately trying to spread misinformation but I think it can damage the confidence and understanding of new and inexperienced vegetable growers. Here is a short list of some of the memes and posts that do the rounds regularly. 1, Capsicum fruits come in male and ..read more
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Last day of the month - time flies as you get older.
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5y ago
There isn't much happening on the farm now. I have a few more beds of broad beans to go in but that is about all. We got a little rain over the past couple of days so that should bring the clover and weeds up so I will put off planting the beans a week or two so I can clean the bed of seedling weeds before planting. It will make weeding easier later. A local lady who is opening a gift store in town soon has asked me to make up some terrariums and terrarium kits for her shop so that has been an interesting distraction over the past couple of days. I popped over to the Mount and bought some bot ..read more
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More cockatoo damage but not much more happening
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5y ago
After having a stall at the Port Fairy market yesterday I was too tired to go out to the farm when I got back in the afternoon. I did pretty well and I think I will continue to go there once a month. I also have the big Easter market there next month too - so two markets next month. It is a pleasant little market and everyone is very nice. This morning when I got out to the farm I saw that the cockies have attacked most of the ripening eggplants and left chewed fruits everywhere. They also tore into my cotton plants which I was surprised at. They picked off and chewed every pod as well as nip ..read more
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