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I got another bit of path done and another bed set up and am in progress on weeding out all the convovulus. Half way done, so may be this one will be for my Onions, leeks, garlic and shallots. Its a really wide bed at 5' wide compared to the 3'-4' ones.

Bumble bees are opportunists. There is no way they can get into Rua cos i made the entrance that is behind the robber screen, too small vertically, they can still get in to Tahi but i havent even seen them try to this year. Its been an odd year and I have felt somewhat out of sorts, still...

Wow, didnt realise it had been so long since I had last posted. I have done a couple of inspections since then. On one, I did pull out 3 frames of honey from the original hive. with the new one I just moved 2 frames of capped honey over to the far end of the hive just in case i needed to give...

Argh, I would jut love to have any sort of cellar. Is there anyway to repair yours?

I harvested my trial run of 4 Golden Dwarf Amaranth plants this week. I had planted out 6 plants but two had died. The harvest wasnt enough to get really excited about other than it was a first to actually get any type of these to grow. next year, I might have another go at the normal/giant...

I had a fun week helping a friend line the fences of their Orchard with chicken mesh....and then wind break when we ran out. We also cleaned out the chook house so now they are all ready to get some new girls.

I had been told that if I was going to dry the beans, that I should let them dry on the plant for better nutrition. When I harvested the dried plants, there werent that many beans on them even though they were much bigger than the store bought ones and the seed that I sowed. I think next year...

I have a lovely Lemon Verbena plant. Your climate must be quite cold if you need to pop it in a green house. Mine dies down over winter but always grows back again in Spring. I did have anise Hyssop one year. I was told it would come back again but it never did and as I didnt really like it, I...

I just harvested my sweet corn. I dont have big freezer anymore so I cut the kernals off the cobs and bagged them before popping in my little freezer. I love munching on these fresh off the plant but remembered to keep some back for next year. Chamomile flowers are being routinely plucked...

....more beans? You arent garden addict, you're a BEAN addict. lol. here's a bean question for you. Cannelini beans- which gives the most amount mass wise? Plucking the beans when they are small or letting them mature on the plant?

I did leave stalks. Some of the ones we ate were the very tops of those that for some reason I missed and they continued to grow up and are even flowering. The bumblebees love the flowers.

I had to sow the peas even though it was late Spring when I rediscovered them. I was tired of my old seeds not coming. The expiry date was just up but they have done surprisingly well. I did sow them in a couple of spots, one in a more shaded spot and one in full sun but growing along with other...

I'm eating plums- Hawera which is a seedling of the Black Doris. Couldnt find Black Doris after a couple of years of looking, but I might be able to get some cuttings from somebody next winter to try to graft them onto my tree. Rocket and lettuce....yum My first cucumber is almost ready- its an...

I'm not really sure how to answer you. Right now, I'm in mid summer. Two days ago I did get the thermometer out to see how hot it was, but it was only 24C. Today was much hotter, I hid inside and never checked the temps. Our temperatures here are definitely not as extreme as alot of northern...

lol, you and your (.....) beans

My place is one of the highest around here. In the sou-west, there is a 'valley' and this is the direction the winds are coming from at the moment. I have planted some trees that have now grown higher than the height of the roof of the house, but there is still one part that isnt protected. My...

Arrgh.... I dont remember how deep they got planted, maybe to the same level of the punnet they were in. I can just see the top of the top most roots before they go into the ground so maybe I didnt plant them deep enough. I had to move some soil out of another bed that had too much soil in it...

I've been trying different ways to stop some of my sweet corn from blowing over with all the wind we have been experiencing. I've never had this before and wondered if part of the problem is that the soil is a bit too rich. The plants are still green and healthy looking, tassels are out and...

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Today, I finally got around to doing another Oxalic acid vap. treatment-from now on its just 'an OAV', on the original hive- now call 'Tahi'=one. For some reason I forgot to clear the far end sticky board and found a number of mites on this, but I'm not sure if they are current or not, which is...