/2013/05/27/the-learner-gardener-just-do-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-learner-gardener-just-do-it Finding my heart in the country Mon, 08 Apr 2019 02:52:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.16 /2013/05/27/the-learner-gardener-just-do-it/#comment-22656 Mon, 27 May 2013 18:08:00 +0000 /?p=589#comment-22656 Scarlet runners are great – and the roots sprout again the following year. Lettuce, bok choy, broc – all good. I grow elephant garlic with great success. It’s a rellie of leek which are also easy. Also my rocket have gone to seed and are now resprouting – I’m intending to make pesto any day now. Seems we are gardeners of the same feather – although that could be mixing metaphors – of the same spade, perhaps.

]]> /2013/05/27/the-learner-gardener-just-do-it/#comment-22655 Mon, 27 May 2013 17:55:36 +0000 /?p=589#comment-22655 Good point. Tomatoes are in that category for me. After endless fuss and wateringthey ripen at the time they cost next to zilch in the supermarket. This year a plant grew wild and produced heaps – no watering or care from me.

]]> /2013/05/27/the-learner-gardener-just-do-it/#comment-22634 Mon, 27 May 2013 06:02:57 +0000 /?p=589#comment-22634 I’ve found that too Maureen.

]]> /2013/05/27/the-learner-gardener-just-do-it/#comment-22633 Mon, 27 May 2013 05:38:05 +0000 /?p=589#comment-22633 Apply the KISS principle too – if it works, do it. My vege garden is very limited – some tubs and large pots…..I can grow great lettuce and silver beet year round. Dwarf beans usually do well too in summer. I thought I was great at growing garlic but black aphid last year made my crop rather diminished.

]]> /2013/05/27/the-learner-gardener-just-do-it/#comment-22632 Mon, 27 May 2013 05:35:24 +0000 /?p=589#comment-22632 …and sometimes trying to grow your own veges gets more expensive than the bought ones!

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