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Brassicas. Don't hold 'em back.
By Michael
Feb 21, 2020
It was a light-bulb moment for me when I realised that the brassicas (cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi) are biennials. Now stick with me.  This is more than just a revela
Caging the Veg
By Michael
Jan 5, 2015
Way back in 2009 when I ordered 24 sheets of colorbond, rolled to my specified diameter, it was my intention to organise the consequent 12 raised vegie beds to define an inner spac
Vegetable dilemmas
By Michael
Nov 25, 2014
It’s the weirdest thing.  You grow vegetables in order to eat them, right?  How is it, then, that when the time comes to pick, the knife can hover over them, poised for the kil

Caging the Veg

By Michael
Jan 5, 2015

Way back in 2009 when I ordered 24 sheets of colorbond, rolled to my specified diameter, it was my intention to organise the consequent 12 raised vegie beds to define an inner space.  I suspected tha ...

Vegetable dilemmas

By Michael
Nov 25, 2014

It’s the weirdest thing.  You grow vegetables in order to eat them, right?  How is it, then, that when the time comes to pick, the knife can hover over them, poised for the kill, but waver in vaci ...

Annual vs Manual

By Michael
Jul 14, 2014

I’ve received two seed catalogues in the mail in the last couple of weeks.  The Diggers Seed Annual and the Lambley Nursery Seed Manual.  They’re almost identical in size and glossiness etc, but ...

Purple hairy nut, perhaps?

By Michael
Dec 6, 2012

Between two writing deadlines I snatched half an hour to progress a foot or two in removing the residue of an old potato crop from a garden bed.  This is the third time the bed has been dug over, try ...

Further to the carrot comment..

By Michael
Nov 23, 2012

One day I’ll achieve carrot germination like this (below)… ...

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