Aussie 2007 Season

[mcsee]

They're looking good Grub, must be that warm humid climate in Sydney. Another month of growth and you'll get lost amongst them.

[Grub]

McSee,

Some years the only access is through rabbit tunnels. And there are some truly badly behaved plants this year, a couple of mad RL crosses I think.

Will see soon enough.

[Mantis]

Looking good Grub.
My Rainys maltese I would describe as a bush type but not determinate. The one in the greenhouse would be 4 foot high now. Only about 6 fruit set on it but.

[mcsee]

Here's a couple of photo's from my garden today. First one is 'Ida Gold' first fruit ready from several others in the hothouse. Then a 'Black from Tula' that would have given 6 individual tomatoes, but has decided to grow as one.

[Mantis]

Aaaaahhhhggg, I have been beaten to the first ripe fruit, curse you

Seriously, great to see some ripeys coming in and also that is one butt ugly Black from Tula.

[Lomatia]

Got the Melbourne lot in on drippers. (Finally!!!)

[Grub]

Congrats McSee,
About time Manto got pipped.

Lomo,
Looking good. Maybe you had rain these last few days. No?

I sprayed some pyrethrum and now it's raining here. Anyway, looking like an interestnig season with plum types.

Best, Grub.

[Lomatia]

Yes Grub rained all day (and I suspect that it will bring the snails out) My french beans have just germinated too.

[Grub]

Ooh la la... c'est bon. Mr Beans.

[Mantis]

About time Manto got pipped hhhuuurruummph.

[cosmicgardener]

30C here today - unprecedented! Watched the toms grow an inch this morning. Have risked planting eggies and capsicums outdoors. If this is a sign of things to come we might actually get the caps to change colour instead of having barrow loads of green ones. Peas are filling up well. At this rate we'll catch up a month so long as we don;t get a frost on Christmas eve..... Will put the pumpkins there tomorrow after it rests from tilling this morning, along with basil, beets, beans, carrots, chervil and cilentro. You guys probably have started cropping yours but I don;t mind being weeks behind so I get to live where I do. Happy daze!

Off fishing now................

[Grub]

Of fishing... hey, check back with results. Please.

Your garden sounds great... I have no crop yet.

Now, what did you catch?

[cosmicgardener]

Only thing that was biting were the flies so we came home after 2 hours. The Inglis river is at the end of the street so it's easy to chuck a wobbly and stalk off. Tried for a Brown - neighbours got a good one on a lure earlier this week - no luck for the Cosmics. Bob broke his reel so all in all it was a crap outing. We might head for the Pet Dam tonight ( via K Mart for a reel) Fisheries stocked 4500 Rainbow last year which should be growing well now. Someone got the bag limit of 9 at the weekend. Why doesn't that happen to us? Might try a lure again since I am useless with a fly. Trouble is the long slithery black buggers that live in the grass there.......might go to the fish shop.......or back to NZ where there are plenty and you can see them too.

[mcsee]

I planted my last two tomato plants out today, one in the ground the other in a tub bringing the number to 42 plants here. All going well, I'll get enough fruit bagged to get a good seed save from these plants. These are one of the two lots I got seed from a Romanian family, so I hope they turn out as good as I've been told they would.

[Spatzbear]

I finished planting my tomatoes yesterday. *phew*
61 plants. Well, there is another variety that somebody passed on to me as THE tomato. MUST grow. <?> Anyway, I will plant 3 plants of that variety tomorrow. Then on to more weeding to plant more veggies.