How is spring going?

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2 total messages Started by David Hare-Scott Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:12

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Author: David Hare-Scott
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:12

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Here it has been very warm.  The last two weeks had plenty of days in mid to 
high twenties (degrees C).  Yesterday a gale up around 80-100kph as well. 
The mad pasture burners were very pleased, everything got away from them, 
lots of fun and a few burned fences but not mine.

Winter was also warm but wet.  I have never seen the grass look as good this 
early before.  There is still plenty of moisture in the soil so everything 
is booming ahead.  Most of out pumpkins went bad  :-(   Normally they will 
keep up to six months over winter and spring unrefrigerated, this year only 
two months.

Snakes are about already so I will have to watch the pups carefully as they 
have not met one yet.  Of have a horrible feeling Leila will want to play 
with them  :-(

So a question:  what are you planting this season that you haven't grown 
before?    Why?  What are your hopes?

For me it's a new tomato cultivar recommended by the local nursery.  I 
didn't get any say as SWMBO came home with them but the nursery people are 
knowledgeable, helpful and actually grow stuff themselves so I will try it. 
What I asked for (and hope for) was a durable, tasty, large tomato.  I have 
durable, tasty and small but they are a bugger to bottle and have a zillion 
seeds.

David

Re: How is spring going?

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Author: Lionel
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:01

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On 21/09/11 16:12, David Hare-Scott wrote:
> Here it has been very warm. The last two weeks had plenty of days in mid
> to high twenties (degrees C). Yesterday a gale up around 80-100kph as
> well. The mad pasture burners were very pleased, everything got away
> from them, lots of fun and a few burned fences but not mine.
>
> Winter was also warm but wet. I have never seen the grass look as good
> this early before. There is still plenty of moisture in the soil so
> everything is booming ahead. Most of out pumpkins went bad :-( Normally
> they will keep up to six months over winter and spring unrefrigerated,
> this year only two months.
>
> Snakes are about already so I will have to watch the pups carefully as
> they have not met one yet. Of have a horrible feeling Leila will want to
> play with them :-(
>
> So a question: what are you planting this season that you haven't grown
> before? Why? What are your hopes?
>
> For me it's a new tomato cultivar recommended by the local nursery. I
> didn't get any say as SWMBO came home with them but the nursery people
> are knowledgeable, helpful and actually grow stuff themselves so I will
> try it. What I asked for (and hope for) was a durable, tasty, large
> tomato. I have durable, tasty and small but they are a bugger to bottle
> and have a zillion seeds.


So much silence. I will chirp in with one thing I'm excited about, 
yacon. I got it off the greenharvest website, it's already growing well, 
I look forward to seeing if it lives up to the write up they give it.

Also new things I'm growing:
* QLD Arrowroot
* A new giant cherry tomato
* Luffa (grew angled last season with success late in the season)
* And in a month or so, winged beans.

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