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[Digger...]

It's been raining so between showers I grabbed the camera for some general status photos -- first some photos of the flower garden.

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You've got lots happening out there, anything for the bunny's to snack on?

I've had to hang back on bulbs, tubers, rhizomes ect out the backyard because there not allowed to to eat most of them.

 

[Digger...]

It's been raining so between showers I grabbed the camera for some general status photos -- second photos of some of the veggies.

Italian pole beans -- three bean towers off and climbing:

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Chinese yard long beans starting up the fence:

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A row of gypsy peppers starting to bear (14 peppers in three rows):

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Tomatoes starting to bear (34 tomatoes in total):

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Here's the main tomato patch:

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Cucumbers not happy about the cool weather:

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Okra likewise not happy about the cool weather, but they'll come along (17 okra plants):

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Eggplant otherwise known as gourmet rabbit food and so the cage (4 eggplant, two more caged elsewhere):

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And i thought i grew way to much, what strains of tomatos have'ya got going there?

AU$12.90 per kilo for out of season tomatos here now, bloody ridiculous prices.

 

[Jeff15]

Purple Poppy

 

[SquarePeg]

What happened to all the plants at the front of fence? Dont blame the bunnys ...

It’s proven to be a difficult area to get anything to come back year over year. There’s the you know who hungry herd, there’s a lot of road salt and ice melt applied to that sidewalk in winter, it is a very high traffic area, relentless sun for 12+ hours a day… I regret leaving that space in front of the fence. Lots of weeds and nothing else will grow.

I’m trying nepata (aka catmint) this year. Your pals allegedly don’t eat it due to the minty smell and it thrives in full sun and challenging conditions. Fingers crossed.

 

[jeffashman]

And i thought i grew way to much, what strains of tomatos have'ya got going there?

AU$12.90 per kilo for out of season tomatos here now, bloody ridiculous prices.

Set up a greenhouse and tomatoes will always be in season, taste better, and cost less.

 

[Ysarex]

You've got lots happening out there, anything for the bunny's to snack on?

I've had to hang back on bulbs, tubers, rhizomes ect out the backyard because there not allowed to to eat most of them.

 

[Ysarex]

And i thought i grew way to much, what strains of tomatos have'ya got going there?

AU$12.90 per kilo for out of season tomatos here now, bloody ridiculous prices.

I do a lot of food preservation -- canning, drying, fermenting. Last year I put up 26 liters of fermented tomato juice and canned 47 quarts of beans among other things. This year the tomatoes are Cherokee Purple, Early Girl, Roma, Celebrity, Big Boy and Beefsteak.

My biggest year was 2014 and 30 all Roma tomatoes. I was able to can 60 gallons -- think oil drum -- of tomatoes.

 

[Ysarex]

It’s proven to be a difficult area to get anything to come back year over year. There’s the you know who hungry herd, there’s a lot of road salt and ice melt applied to that sidewalk in winter, it is a very high traffic area, relentless sun for 12+ hours a day… I regret leaving that space in front of the fence. Lots of weeds and nothing else will grow.

I’m trying nepata (aka catmint) this year. Your pals allegedly don’t eat it due to the minty smell and it thrives in full sun and challenging conditions. Fingers crossed.

I've got three plantings of Nepeta in the flower garden (you can see it in some of these photos: Gardeners! Share your garden photos and garden chatter here.). Not only does it come back every year without fail, but I have to keep after it so it won't take over the whole garden -- spent some time cutting one back this morning in fact.

 

[SquarePeg]

I've got three plantings of Nepeta in the flower garden (you can see it in some of these photos: Gardeners! Share your garden photos and garden chatter here.). Not only does it come back every year without fail, but I have to keep after it so it won't take over the whole garden -- spent some time cutting one back this morning in fact.

Good to know! I bought two larger sized plants last week and planted them yesterday. I cut them in half first because they were large enough that they could be easily split. The variety I got is called Walker’s Low.

 

[greybeard]

hibiscus popped out this morning

and most of my flowers so far

 

[Digger...]

It’s proven to be a difficult area to get anything to come back year over year. There’s the you know who hungry herd, there’s a lot of road salt and ice melt applied to that sidewalk in winter, it is a very high traffic area, relentless sun for 12+ hours a day… I regret leaving that space in front of the fence. Lots of weeds and nothing else will grow.

I’m trying nepata (aka catmint) this year. Your pals allegedly don’t eat it due to the minty smell and it thrives in full sun and challenging conditions. Fingers crossed.

Would some "large" planter pots work there, a few rectangle ones a couple of round ones? That would solve the salt issue from the road & they'd be high enough for the rabbits not to bother with.

Don't quote me on the rabbits bit, they can be buggers sometimes.

 

[Digger...]

hibiscus popped out this morning

and most of my flowers so far

Got a bit of colour going on there, anything in the veggie beds?

 

[Digger...]

Myrtle the turtle on a mushy hunt in the front yard.

 

[greybeard]

Got a bit of colour going on there, anything in the veggie beds?

I've not had any luck with vegetables so I leave them to local growers.

 

[greybeard]

Petunias today