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This is the busiest time (I think? maybe it's always the busiest time) in the garden, and I'm having trouble AS USUAL keeping up with photos, etc. I've been taking them, but getting them uploaded is another matter.

ANYWAY. I have some big posts in mind - I've been visiting a lot of gardens - but for now, let's revisit some friends from a few weeks ago!

The peony above, last seen here now looks like....

THIS. Or rather it did before it started raining again. It's slightly bedraggled now but still a stunner.

tomatoes in raised bed made of blocks first seen here

Are perking right along! I planted them on May 2, and this photo was taken on May 20. I'm very pleased with how this is turning out so far. I got the starts at Fred Meyer and pulled off all the bottom leaves and planted them deep. It seems to be paying off! Lots of side growth and lots of blossoms. We'll see if that warm sunny stretch will be enough to get them through the current cold rainy stretch...

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The Loganberry Rubus loganobaccus is a cross between a Raspberry and Blackberry with a taste somewhere in between those two. The plants are hardier (in my garden) than Raspberry canes. Because they fruit early in the season (November) they usually miss the hottest of the summer heat unlike Blackberries that try to ripen in February in the middle of our heatwave season. The Blackberries often dry out before they have a chance to ripen.

The Loganberries fruited well last November and now its time to cut them back ready for next season.
It's quite easy to tell the old canes which have fruited as these are dry and brown.
The new canes which will go on to produce a crop later this year (in late spring) are green and lush, as these have grown I have tied them together in a bunch to one side.

To prune them all I have to do is cut the old canes right down to the ground and remove them.
Then I gather the new canes and tie them against the weldmesh trellis. I usually have to wind them over themselves to get them to fit in but as long as I don't snap any ends off they are fine. Some of the canes have offshoots so from these I take cuttings to grow more Loganberries to plant around the garden for free!!

The soil beneath the plants has been cleared, topped up with soil and compost, mulched with organic sugarcane and planted with Parsley and Sorrel. These have replaced the Strawberry plants this year.
This is Bed 14 and yes it is a Wicking Worm Bed...see this link for more info.

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I have taken down all the shade cloth covers and stored them away for winter. As you can see things are happening with the downsize!

Temperatures:
Lowest Min 6.3C
Highest Max 27.1C
9.5 mm Rain

We have had a little rain but now it is really getting cold!

Propagation:
Seeds:
Broad Beans Coles Dwarf and Early Long Pod Vicia faba from DTBrown sown into the Tank Wicking Beds (4&5) for Green Manure
Radish Beauty Heart Raphanus sativus from Mr Fothergills
Radish Nero Tondo Raphanus sativus from Southern Harvest
Radish French Breakfast Raphanus sativus from DT Brown
Sown into a Wicking Box

Potting on:
Pansy Carrington Deveruax Purchased seedlings
Stocks Dwarf Mixed Purchased seedlings
Coreopsis Early Sunrise Purchased seedlings
Calendula Lemon Daisy seedlings
Tagasate seedlings that had volunteered in my Bathtub Bed!

Cuttings:
Gooseberries Captivator
White Currant

Division:
Mondo Grass
Catnip Nepeta cataria

Planted out:
Silverbeet Erbette x 8
Sorrel French x 1
Sorrel Garden x 1
Sorrel Red Veined x 3
Sweet Peas x 9 not edible but may add a little nitrogen to the soil

These seedlings went into a bed in the old main veg area that I haven't moved yet!! This bed is growing greens for the chooks.

Kale Red Bor x 3 and Vates Blue x 4
Lettuces Red and Green Salad x 3
Leeks Sleek - Purcashed seedlings - small punnet
Corriander - Purchased plant - 1 pot of many seedlings
Planted into the new Wicking Bed (no 13) in the Kitchen Garden
Catnip Nepeta cataria - division planted into the new herb area next to the Fridge Beds
Small Garlic cloves and Elephant Garlic cloves planted into the new herb area next to the Fridge Beds

With the forecast at 90% chance of a decent amount of rain I set out on Saturday morning to get lots done before it came. I needed to get the last Wicking Worm Bed made up ready for planting out the Kale.
Most of planting for winter is now complete, there will be some more onions to go in but they will wait until winter.
I can relax now :)

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Happy Blooms Day to all. Its Carol's favourite gardening month. Click on pic to see full post.

Lots of hot oranges in the garden this month. Above: My Mexican Flame vine planted 3 months ago is catching nicely on the front wall.

Below: Bougainvilleas on front wall and garage.

Pristine white bougainvillea trellis on bedroom pillar

Two cannas are blooming on the back porch

I waited 2 years for this Gloriosa lily vine to bloom. It was shaded by a passion fruit vine that is now removed so I think the shade hindered it.

Vitex with its delicate look

Hot orange cordia

More hot orange: aloe maculata

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After a fun couple a days in Munich, it was time to go to work. :( Making me wonder for the gazillionth time... when, oh when, will I become the winner of that desperately needed lottery so I can just goof around all the live long day?

Off to our international sales meeting near Salzburg.

We hopped a boat that took us through Konigsee (lake) to the ancient St. Bartholomew's Church. [top photo.] Situated on an island in this ultra narrow canyon, where every noise you make echos off the towering rocks.

And... hey! Whaddyaknow! When we got there, we found another Oompah band. :) In addition to a truly spectacular meal that had me searching online for rental apartments ~ 'cause I never wanted to leave. Much less stop grazing at that cheese course table...

I was chatting with a gal from the German team and she was fit to be tied. "We are not just oompah!!" she said, in that fierce German tone that I've learned not to cower from.

Oh, it's okay, I assured her. Everybody thinks all Americans cowboys.

"At least cowboys are exciting," she responded. And, we giggled. Accepting the fact that being typecast is just gonna happen, no matter how hard we protest.

Berchtesgarden is near Salzburg, Austria, high in those breathtaking Alps ~ with astonishing views that we got to enjoy for about 5 minutes.

Then the rains set in. For the entire time we were there.

Which was probably a good thing. And, for sure, an ironic thing! Seeing as how we were there to work on Lowa's 2014 line of guaranteed waterproof footwear.

And, here we are! A soaked to the gills American traveling team.

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Three types of Sorrel!

French Sorrel Rumex scutatus I found one of these in our local garden shop in amongst the herb pots
Garden/Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa seeds from Eden Seeds
Red Veined Sorrel Rumex sanguineus seeds from Green Harvest

Sorrel is a useful perennial leafy green that seems to do well all year round in my garden. As long it gets some water it provides year round greens for the chooks and the new tender leaves are a useful addition to salads in small amounts.
Here's a link to an older post back in 2007 on French Sorrel.

Earlier this year I split the pot of French Sorrel and made 4 new plants. I dug up a clump of Garden Sorrel from the garden and have 5 new plants now I am looking forward to seeing what the Red Veined variety looks like - from the photos on Green Harvest here it looks great.
Red Veined Sorrel also known as Red Dock, Bloodwort, Bloodleaf, Bloody Dock, Wood Dock and possibly other names!

Already on these small seedlings you can see signs of the red colouring!

One point to remember though: Sorrel can be invasive (sorrel is a weed in some folks minds especially in farming areas) so I try very hard to never let it flower by snipping back any sign of any central leading shoot that resembles a flower stalk!!

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The seeds for these Early Zucchinis came from Inspiration's Seeds in Tasmania and were sown in containers in the greenhouse at the end of August last year.
At the end of October this zucchini (one of 3 leftover seedlings) was planted into the ground at the base of the mound garden bed in the Old Chook Run Garden.

Unlike the other 2 that were planted nearby this one survived the onslaught of earwig attack...and being smothered most of the summer by a rampant pumpkin vine. Since I cleared the pumpkin out the zucchini has taken off.

It is now May and we are days away from the first frost and it is still pumping out tasty zucchinis. Normally I would have planted some more zucchinis in January but that didn't happen this season...

As this plant was in a fairly isolated and sheltered position I decided to save what I thought was the last zucchini for seeds but this plant had other ideas. That was a few months ago.
The large zucchini that has been earmarked for seed is still sitting there while all around the new growth has been happening.

It looks like it was a good plant to choose for seed saving. In April alone it produced over 2.5kgs of fruit and is still growing strong.

This post from 2007 is a basic guide to growing zucchini.

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Pots are being sorted and tidied...potted on and cuttings taken. Any frost intolerant plants have been tucked up in the greenhouse for winter. May is here and the morning frosts can't be far away.

Temperatures:
Lowest Min 4.9C
Highest Max 25.6C
No Recorded Rain

The weather remains warm for this time of the year but a change this weekend is set to bring winter weather with rain!

Propagation:
Potting on:
Thyme seedlings
Gypsophila seedlings
Strawberry Runners

Cuttings:
Cotton Lavender Santolina chamaecyparissus syn S. incana
Purple Sage Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens'

Division:
Golden Marjoram Origanum vulgare 'Aureum'
Red Shallots

Planted out:
Cauliflower Macerata
Salad Burnett
Alyssum Royal Carpet
Cauliflower Mini
Salad Burnett
Alyssum Royal Carpet
Planted into the Fridge Wicking Beds 11 & 12
Strawberry Runners 'Alinta' (PBR) & Hokowase into some 'Besser Blocks' (cinder/concrete blocks??) I've placed at the end of the Fridge Beds
Red Shallots into the Herb Bed next to the Fridge Beds

The Fridge Wicking Beds have been emptied and moved over into the Kitchen Garden as I begin the re-design to downsize the garden. Doc has been very helpful cutting back dead tree limbs and moving the heavy stuff. That is in between a major re-vamp of his workshop.
The bed next to the Fridge Wicking Beds is destined to become a bed of herbs and flowers with a bird bath in the middle and a smaller wicking worm bed behind that.
Clearing the Oregano from this bed seems never ending. Any small piece left in the ground will shoot. Argh!!!

To see how we built our greenhouse from old windows go here

In this post I describe how we built the Fridge Wicking Beds using Hugelkultur. They have been re-built in the same way.

This is where I get the weather info from just type your postcode in the Search bar and click Go!

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I realize the last post said LAST DAY of April, but these photos are from the last few days of April.

It's been sunny and warm (high 70s/ low 80s) for several days in a row, so all the spring things are cycling through very fast. I thought I'd better get some photos up before it's all gone by. These are all from my phone - I'll be getting some better pictures with my camera camera once things have settled a little bit. (I HOPE.)

This is facing west - the two trees are lilacs that I hoped would bloom this year, but didn't. No matter! They will be gorgeous when they do. They were purchased at the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens a couple of years ago. If you're looking for a lovely garden to stroll through, I recommend taking the trip up there. The fern got completely cut back in the late winter. We only started doing this recently - it makes for a much happier (and more reasonably sized) fern. You can see the bluebells in the background and the phlox in the foreground.

bluebells and many poppy leaves. The heat has finished them off early this year. They spread like crazy and make a mess with their leaves, but I sure do like them.

Pretty yellow arnica flowers (aka: Leopard's Bane), bluebells (I told you they get everywhere), poppy leaves (DITTO - the poppies are starting to bloom now, but those are pictures for another post), the crooked bird bath that I can't get level no matter what I do, the crape myrtle that the cats use as a scratching post, the lilac that's also not blooming because it got a severe haircut last year, and to the right the multiple trunks (? stems??) of the mock orange. I love the mock orange.

SWEET WOODRUFF, how I love you! It smells good and fills in awkward spots. This is an old brick window planter under the main living room window. It gets a little sketchy once it gets really hot, but it's so lovely in the spring. The tree trunk you see to the left is yet another lilac, which is the last (really first) of the lilacs! I realize these photos make it seem like they're everywhere. They're not, really.

the five leaved small tree in the lower left is a horse chestnut. There's a HUGE version of this tree in the corner of the yard, but apparently the squirrels want them everywhere. I spent a goodly portion of today pulling them out.

OKAY! On to the beginning of May post. I'm really hoping I can pull it together and get a visual guide of what the garden looks like during its busy season. There's always so much to do, but it's rewarding to see how it changes.

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We're very fortunate to have MANY BEES in the garden. There's multiple hives of honeybees nearby, plus these great big bumblebees. I'm not sure where they live, but they do love the rhododendrons. I love to see the bees doing their bee thing.

Clematis by the shed, just starting to open out. It is amazing how well plants respond to FOOD AND WATER. I know, right? ha ha. I want to do this for the clems to grow on. I just have to find the wire!

A view from under a rhodie. I was weeding (so much weeding) and liked the green and pink and the light.

This is from Saturday - Busby the cat (right by the crape myrtle he likes to sharpen his claws on) watching that sass-mouth hummingbird that bosses me around.

And this is a little random, but I'm putting it here anyway. I LOVE THIS IDEA. This is an area that's mostly paved (there's a strip of soil along the retaining wall) but gets a lot of sun. I saw the cinder block raised bed idea on Pinterest and couldn't shake it. So portable! So flexible! So heat-reataining! Next year I'll add another layer of blocks so it's deeper, but I think it will work just fine this year. I put the tomatoes toward the back, so they can reach down to that soil beneath the bed if they feel like it. I'll keep you updated.

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April Growth:Snow Peas, Kale, Beetroot and Broccoli

Temperatures this month:
Lowest Min 4.6C
Highest Min 24.1C
Lowest Max 16.1C
Highest Max 30.5C
26.5 mm Rain

Rain: Year To Date: 67.5mm (Average YTD: 88mm)
Comparison with other years:
April Average is 22mm:
2013 26.5mm
2012 3mm
2011 3mm
2010 18mm
2009 31mm
2008 24.5mm
2007 30mm

Weather Highlights?
The second month of autumn has been much milder. Mornings are growing cooler with 14 minimum temps under 10C. Some welcome rain and winds that have been light.

This Month:
Another busy month that saw us away from home for half the time, a two day market, Microman's first birthday, a trip to Adelaide for some wood shopping and again to Adelaide to stay by the beach for some grandie-sitting (yippee!!) after which we joined them for a trip to the zoo.

The autumn seedlings have put on steady growth and I have been busy tidying up the garden.

Harvest Tally:
Doesn't include Greens fed to the chooks on a daily basis or herbs picked for use in the kitchen for cooking or tea making. For Salads, Juice and Stirfries I have been picking Amaranth, Silverbeet, Celery, Cress, Gotu Kola, Lettuce, Kale, Parsley, Beetroot and Sweet Potato Leaves which are not always weighed.
Beetroot 540g
Capsicum 1122g
Carrots 382g
Cucumber 589g
Tommy Toe Tomatoes 104g
Zucchini Early 2583g

Total Veg Harvest for April 5.3Kgs

Peaches 2758g
Strawberry Guava 256g

Total Fruit Harvest for April 3Kg

Total Eggs for April: 32 eggs.
32 From the 5 Farmyard Ferals
0 From the Lone Barnevelder
0 From the 4 Faverolles

April of Previous Years:
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007

To see What is planted Where in the Garden check out the newest Map of our place HERE

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The soil is damp from recent light rain...volunteer seedlings are popping up in the garden as are the inevitable weeds...with a flurry of planting out and seedling growth it feels more like spring. These volunteer Amaranth in the Old Chook Run Garden have provided some tasty additions to stir fries.

Temperatures:
Lowest Min 5.1C
Highest Max 27.1C
7.5mm Rain

Propagation:
Potting on:
French Tarragon
Pelargonium Ivy - several small cuttings from spring
Pelargonium Scented Orange
Pineapple Sage

Cuttings:
Jostaberry
Raspberry Smooth Stemmed
Pelargonium Ivy Red
Pelargonium Scented Orange
Soapwort

Division:
Chives

Planted out:
Beetroot seedlings (purchased nameless)
Broccoli Chinese Kailaan seedlings
Onions White seedlings (purchased nameless)
Silverbeet White Silver seedlings
Alyssum Royal Carpet seedlings for colour
These have been planted into Bed 17
Red Veined Sorrel
Planted into Bed 14

The chill in the air at this time of year turns the leaves on the Lemon tree yellow just as the fruit begins to ripen.

At last I have tasted some of the Midyim Berries (Austromyrtus dulcis)...I had read that the taste of these resembled "Vicks Vapour Drops" (cough and cold lozenges sold in OZ) and have to admit that I believe this to be true. Quite odd for a berry that you might expect to be sweet!

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I personally think they need a teensy bit o' blue. I mean... blue is for boys.. right?

Do you 'design' your own gardens? I have two that involved considerable thought AND planning! So, there.

The rest? Not so much.

In fact, I have one ever-growing spot along the perimeter of my property called the Impulse Garden. And, I gotta say... that's my favorite. There is absolutely no rhyme or reason to this garden. It reflects the little pretties I simply could not resist while skulking about my favorite nurseries.

But, it works. In doing exactly what a garden should do. It makes me smile.

See that spot by the wagon wheel? It's 8 feet wide. On the shady side of this photo, it's another 8 feet wide. Though neither side is very shady. It is hot as blazes down there [zone 7]. In summer, those twiggy trees leaf out very nicely. (Cottonwoods) So, here's your mission ~ should you decide to accept it ~ what flowers should we plant here? (And, please keep in mind they cannot be toxic to horses.)

Last time I was down in sunny New Mexico, I was invited to plant a garden for my cowboy friend.

He's got the right idea. Because almost all horse owners are women. And, the hundred or so horse loving women who ride with them every week would certainly love some TLC given to the historic San Acacia schoolhouse that he owns.

Now... I could go on forever and a day about how I think it should be a crime that they use that amazing building to store saddles and such. I want to buy it! I want to live there! But, I digress...

Being boys and all... they get a little wiggy with petal pinks, lavender, and OMG! roses. So, I created this loud and proud garden in honor of the cowboys in search of their softer side.

Whaddyathink?

Here's the deal ~ It's still in the planning stages. And, I don't know what the hell I'm doing. So, please offer your 2 cents! Our only restriction is that it needs to be Red, Yellow, with some Orange. {Seriously??} And, non-toxic to horses.

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things are really taking off - we've had some very warm days, cool nights, and recently rain. We're heading into a warm (80 degrees) stretch so I think things will be cycling very fast! It's one of the busiest bloom times in the garden.

I love these white rhodies - they have just a hint of pink as the open and I think they look like cotton candy. (or CLOUDS, obviously.)

Peonies are getting ready! This one is white with pink streaks toward the center.

Hummingbird! He's very demanding. I keep thinking I'm going to cut him off and let him fend for himself from the THOUSANDS of blooming flowers around the neighborhood, but he gets all up in my business if I let the feeders go empty, so I don't know. The entertainment value is HIGH. I'll probably keep the feeders going until the fuchsias are ready.

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