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Jo Drysdall
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Truck Farm!
I love this: brilliant, imaginative, inspiring - and
smile-making!
Meet Truck Farm. (Click on "Film" link at bottom of page.) http://tinyurl.com/2f79yrr
smile-making!
Meet Truck Farm. (Click on "Film" link at bottom of page.) http://tinyurl.com/2f79yrr
Posted on June 3, 2010 at 10:27am — 1 Comment
Hi, my name is Jo and I have a tomato problem... or did.
I do believe I've finally solved the tomato sauce problem. Not that I think I've ever mentioned I had a tomato sauce problem but, you know, people tend to be secretive about these things.
In the past whenever I've made tomato sauces, purées or concentrates to bottle or freeze they always end up with a bitter after-taste. Sometimes it's strong, sometimes it's barely noticeable, but it's always there. Last
night I finally managed to make one that was sweet and flavourful, without… Continue
In the past whenever I've made tomato sauces, purées or concentrates to bottle or freeze they always end up with a bitter after-taste. Sometimes it's strong, sometimes it's barely noticeable, but it's always there. Last
night I finally managed to make one that was sweet and flavourful, without… Continue
Posted on March 18, 2010 at 11:30am
After Summer, the Fall
The garden is becoming wild, with yellows, greys and browns emerging
from amongst the green that was once so dense. The sparser cover serves
to help ripen the pumpkins before frosts set in.
My remaining first plantings of carrots are becoming more and more riddled with the
little brown tunnels of carrot-fly larvae. My parsnips, planted a little
earlier, are developing rust spots.
I'm not worried, though. They've been in the ground a long time - if I'd had… Continue
from amongst the green that was once so dense. The sparser cover serves
to help ripen the pumpkins before frosts set in.
My remaining first plantings of carrots are becoming more and more riddled with the
little brown tunnels of carrot-fly larvae. My parsnips, planted a little
earlier, are developing rust spots.
I'm not worried, though. They've been in the ground a long time - if I'd had… Continue
Posted on March 14, 2010 at 6:36pm
Cabbages and kings
I’ve been trying to work on having food available for beneficial
insects this season. I usually have a good patch of borage, but this
year I’ve been firmly stepping on my tidy-freak instincts and leaving
things like old celery and fennel to go to seed, as their umbrella-type
flowers are the perfect landing pads for parasitic wasps. It may be my
imagination, but I think I’ve had less of a problem with the aphids
they feed on this summer. I only had one real case of… Continue
insects this season. I usually have a good patch of borage, but this
year I’ve been firmly stepping on my tidy-freak instincts and leaving
things like old celery and fennel to go to seed, as their umbrella-type
flowers are the perfect landing pads for parasitic wasps. It may be my
imagination, but I think I’ve had less of a problem with the aphids
they feed on this summer. I only had one real case of… Continue
Posted on February 25, 2010 at 4:08pm — 1 Comment
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Bad timing! We also meet on Tuesday mornings at 9.30am to discuss garden management and planning. Next time on the 11th. The event on the 23rd is at 1.30pm.
I'd like to be adding to the currently ongoing discussion about an oooby swap, but I'm at work at the moment and have limited time for more important things!
Catch up soon look at your calender and see what dates suit you for the chop chop. cheers puss
Thats a whopper of a rabbit! Flemish Giant or a different breed? This may be an uncomfortable question for you but do you breed at all for the table?
At my local butcher tiny little wild harvested rabbit go for about $35 each, which makes rabbit more expensive than prime beef! We grow rabbit in our permaculture garden as a means of lawn mowing, fertliser and food but i would love to develop a commercial small farming system on our 5 acre plot. I have designed a fencing system that I hope will mean we can do free range.
I don't like cages.
Sincerest apologies if you are a vegetarian but I wiould love to find out more about that whopper.
cheers
Richard Lee