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Under the mulberry tree: Adios Alice
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Under the mulberry tree. Friday, October 22, 2010. The wildflowers are blooming like I've never seen them before. Mulberries are dripping from the tree. The garden and the vegetable crisper is full of produce. The olive trees flowered for the first time. Hopefully the many posts in this blog will serve as a resource to those who come to this town and wonder what and how they will grow food. Who knows? Will document this journey. Whoo hooo! Chris Brock (under the Chestnut tree). October 22, 2010 at 4:44 PM.
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Under the mulberry tree: July 2010
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Under the mulberry tree. Saturday, July 31, 2010. So after having spent many days looking into the hothouse and frowning, looking a bit closer and wondering wether all the seed was bad - the tomatoes have all popped up. The 3 days of 25 deg plus weather has been responsible for that. Lets hope somebody gets something out of the many pots crammed into the hothouse. I'm going to have to start evicting plants soon. What else is going on? I have not quite finished my last jar from August lasy year. We also p...
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Under the mulberry tree: January 2010
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Under the mulberry tree. Sunday, January 31, 2010. Hey laaaa, Hey laaaa, the bees are back! They've been gone for such a long time now.hey la, hey la. But now they're back everythin will be fine. hey la . hey laa. Yeah - they'll be a-pollinating. Yeah - my efforts much abatin. So after a small appearance last week, there are bees a plenty all over the pumpkin patch. My stubborn Olive tree has now been in the ground about 5 years and has still not shown any sign of fruiting. Maybe i need to strees it ...
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Under the mulberry tree: June 2010
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Under the mulberry tree. Wednesday, June 23, 2010. New comers to the seedbank. Ulla from Mareeba brough with her an interesting bootie. Bitter gourd - chinese and japanese varieties. Sugar lime passion fruit. Thai long green Eggplant. Guar gum bean (as mentioned). Long bean (think it is snake bean). Poor mans bean (7 year wonder bean). These will all be available at the next seedsavers meeting in August. Chris Brock (under the Chestnut tree). Monday, June 21, 2010. Tale of the Guar gum bean. You can use ...
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Under the mulberry tree: August 2010
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Under the mulberry tree. Sunday, August 29, 2010. Food overload - preserving notches up a gear. Sauerkraut, Fennel and Parsnips. So what preserving have we done this weekend? Made my first batch of Kimchee (thanks to Mr H for telling me that is was quite ok to leave out chilli). Made another big jar of sauerkraut. Blanched and froze cauliflower. Made pumpkin chutney (the wifey). Kimchee - ready for the brine solution. We have also been making cabbage salad with our chines cabbages. Lime or lemon juice.
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Under the mulberry tree: Big bountiful spring and Olive flowers
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Under the mulberry tree. Sunday, October 3, 2010. Big bountiful spring and Olive flowers. Our cool spring came to and an end in the last couple of days and we have now had quite a few days above 30 degrees in a row. An early visit to the garden plot was in order this weekend to keep on top of the bounty of maturing winter crops. Today we picked Beetroot, Carrots, Fennel, Peas, Zucchini (first ones! Chris Brock (under the Chestnut tree). October 4, 2010 at 1:52 AM. Thats a lot of harvest you have there...
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Under the mulberry tree: December 2009
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Under the mulberry tree. Thursday, December 31, 2009. Alice Springs - a chickens' paradise? Sounds unlikey doesn't it but just reading through magazines like Earth garden and Grass roots made me realise how few problems we have here with our chickens. From what i know we don't get lice or worms or scaley leg. we don't even get fleas on our dogs and cats - the theory being that the climate is too dry. This dryness most of the year is also probably not a good environment for bacteria to survive and breed.
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Under the mulberry tree: Bee eaters mean spring!
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Under the mulberry tree. Saturday, September 4, 2010. Bee eaters mean spring! I'm a bit later in breaking this news but the Bee-eaters. Have arrived for the summer and so have the Sacred Kingfishers. We have had more rain in the last couple of days and there is more predicted next week, so these birds will just keep on breeding. We have been enjoying the greenery this year and have been on some lovely short walks with the kids. There was even a very cheeky Dingo catching fish! September 4, 2010 at 7:49 PM.
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Under the mulberry tree: Pests and predators, nematodes and the VEGE GARDEN COMPANION!!
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Under the mulberry tree. Tuesday, October 12, 2010. Pests and predators, nematodes and the VEGE GARDEN COMPANION! Despite a big party the night before, we managed to have a lovely little workshop on pests and predators in the Clarke st backyard on Sunday morning. We lingered a long time on the subject of nematodes - my place being nematode central. Pest and predators workshop in the flowery garden. So much is in flower in the garden at the moment - especially the plants which are great food for predators...
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Under the mulberry tree: April 2010
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Under the mulberry tree. Tuesday, April 27, 2010. My other effort at the garden plot was much less weedy as we had used compost and everything looked quite decent. At home the snake beans had gone to seed. Cape gooseberry had still not formed any fruit despite the flowers i saw before i left. however i did tast some cape goseberries on the beach near Lakes entrance where they grow wild. The maize had patchy pollination but there are some half decent cobs which are still drying out. Cabbages -( the reason...
