tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post1638766434409517917..comments2024-03-18T16:49:08.253+11:00Comments on All the Blue Day: Progress of a WallJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-72454549205823728302016-08-13T09:33:48.547+10:002016-08-13T09:33:48.547+10:00Lane, welcome! Yes, I am a mad gardener, but new h...Lane, welcome! Yes, I am a mad gardener, but new house = new garden, and I am very excited to be able to turn my whole backyard into a giant vegie patch:) It is lovely to look out on the weed-free winter garden, isn't it? Late summer brings its joyous lushness, and that always includes the weeds. And I am with you on self-sown plants - it is SO hard to pull them out..<br /><br />Your garden sounds like a glorious jungle of goodness, which is exactly the look I will be going for.. confession, I have never grown a decent carrot either..<br /><br />Gretchen Joanna, I am perennially nosy, and love to find out what kind of dinner plates my predecessors ate from for the last hundred years!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-50436334817198999462016-08-13T00:32:05.934+10:002016-08-13T00:32:05.934+10:00I love your posts about this project - and the hom...I love your posts about this project - and the homey pottery pieces mixed in with the dirt are really sweet!GretchenJoannahttp://www.gretchenjoanna.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-32637292462079749772016-08-12T21:52:47.818+10:002016-08-12T21:52:47.818+10:00I am loving your as yet weed free garden. Over he...I am loving your as yet weed free garden. Over here in New England, in hazy lazy August, the crab grass/purslane/? have flourished at the base of all 30 tomatoes, umpteen peppers and eggplants, cukes, 5 kinds of squash, a dozen brussel sprouts. I do let the lettuce self seed in the 8 foot canopy of asparagus ferns as they enjoy the shade. My red onions are usually my prize specimens at 12-16 oz a piece, but I allowed the red russian kale to self seed in that bed-- lovely but my yield will suffer. Have you gardened a lot in the past? Warning-- addictive activity! We are organic here as I assume you will be? Best of luck to you. Still rubbish at growing carrots...Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13175229460841379583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-33008945411559521472016-08-11T21:22:17.015+10:002016-08-11T21:22:17.015+10:00Chris, yes, The Boy grew up helping with our renov...Chris, yes, The Boy grew up helping with our renovations - he is quite handy, and now he lives in a rental share house in Melbourne, so an afternoon doing a spot of building is a bit of a change:)<br /><br />According to all the you-tube videos I watched on building retaining walls, drainage is a big issue. I wasn't entirely convinced that it was necessary for a 60cm high wall on free-draining loam with slight gaps between the rows of sleepers, but then I thought it would be better to be safe than sorry. Apparently if a lot of water pools behind a retaining wall it can explode down the hill. Exciting!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-19551708345617861272016-08-11T13:35:44.980+10:002016-08-11T13:35:44.980+10:00Hi Jo,
I'm looking forward to seeing what you...Hi Jo,<br /><br />I'm looking forward to seeing what you plant in those new garden terraces.<br /><br />Putting your son to work was a great idea, guys love that sort of thing. Any friends that turn up here, I put them to work on something that they can achieve to completion, and honestly they are happier for that. With all of the work here, I forget sometimes what life is like for them.<br /><br />The ag pipe was a great idea and I would never have thought about that. I assume that is the black slotted plastic pipe?<br /><br />Well done you and glad to hear that you are getting some sunshine too!<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />ChrisFernglade Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06950962122594709186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-69704987310624064862016-08-09T18:19:17.363+10:002016-08-09T18:19:17.363+10:00Bek, oh, so do I! Can't wait! Happy vegie gard...Bek, oh, so do I! Can't wait! Happy vegie garden dreaming:)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-36907418814475871212016-08-09T13:43:43.735+10:002016-08-09T13:43:43.735+10:00Lovely work! I feel your pain re: lugging soil fro...Lovely work! I feel your pain re: lugging soil from place to place when I moved my wicking beds, but it is so worth it. Looking forward to seeing what you do when it's filled up Bekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225621037420851059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-25482517232110500812016-08-08T15:53:47.558+10:002016-08-08T15:53:47.558+10:00Anna, I do keep all my broken flower pot pieces to...Anna, I do keep all my broken flower pot pieces to put at the bottom of other flower pots for drainage. Snap! But I arrange my broken blue and white crockery finds in the tops of my flower pots so I can admire them:) Best part about my new place? No lawn:) :)<br /><br />Tanya, we miss you at our meetings - join us anytime:) Also, please come and dig dirt with me. Party, party!!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-66576576514473153022016-08-08T07:58:06.841+10:002016-08-08T07:58:06.841+10:00Darling Jo, I have just fallen down your rabbit ho...Darling Jo, I have just fallen down your rabbit hole and caught up on the last four or five posts and enjoyed every minute. I fully intended to catch up with you over my holidays and bring you housewarming celebrations but amazingly, here it is, my first day back and I've achieved only a third of the planned things. I find I'm better organised when I'm busy busy to be honest. You must have super muscles by now girl. I wish I had visited on a blanket stitching day too, sounds so nice and companionable. You must let Cindy and I help you with the back fill, she is as strong as anything you know (you shouls see her carting buckets like the Sorcerers Apprentice!)XXXTanya Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-70291340935105555862016-08-08T05:48:02.650+10:002016-08-08T05:48:02.650+10:00I love that blue and white china too (the broken s...I love that blue and white china too (the broken stuff is great at the bottom of your flower pots to allow drainage). You can find lovely stuff here at vide-grenier (car boots/yard sales) but I think heck I'm on my own, do I really need to bring more stuff into the house. I do love it though. And I'm sure you'll have a lovely garden sooner than you think. I just got myself a gardener to do the lawn mowing as it was killing me, but with that done I can really enjoy doing the rest. Love it. AnnaTreadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.com