Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners (it's free) 41Sep 19, 2009 5:39 pm Looks good, thanks for the info Fu! My kids are so excited about starting their own vegie garden at our new place - anythin gto get them into vegies I say!! Caz & Co ALL MOVED IN!! Now comes all the hard work-decorating.... [b]Blog: http://cazoraz.blogspot.com/ Settling in Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36993 Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners (it's free) 42Sep 19, 2009 5:56 pm onc_artisan Anyone planting any veggies today - seeds? Because if you are thinking of it.. then be inspired it is a good time to plant out . Your planting sounds fantastic onc_artisan! I planted some veg and some herb seeds today too. Hopefully they do well! Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners (it's free) 43Sep 19, 2009 6:05 pm cheers leaf Either of the links below show the concept The small system is mine Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners (it's free) 44Sep 19, 2009 6:08 pm cazoraz Looks good, thanks for the info Fu! My kids are so excited about starting their own vegie garden at our new place - anythin gto get them into vegies I say!! I'm looking froward to setting mine up too! Good to hear your kids are wanting to do it 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 45Oct 24, 2009 2:06 pm We live on the border of bushland and we got the council out this week to spray the wandering dew and morning glory that is heading up the easement towards our land. They sprayed a herbicide, but I'm not sure what it was. I started pulling the weeds away in one area last week before they sprayed and noticed a stonewall was hiding under it. Today I started getting rid of the dying weeds and we have discovered that there used to be established gardens there (complete with a tap, which was covered in morning glory ), so I have decided to put my vege patch in one area of it. My problem is - I don't know what herbicide they used, and is it going to be a problem to grow vegies there? I want to beef up the soil with some manures and get some goodness into it, but how long should I wait? Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 46Oct 24, 2009 3:01 pm sounds awesome good set up They most likely would be using a triclopyr herbicide. commonly used for black berries and killing trees. I would be looking at growing some legumes first but not eat any of the crop. build the soil with organic material, blood and bone, and molasses. Once the crop is done, dig them into the soil. This will further add nitrogen and orgainc material into the soil. Legumes like lupins (east coast) beans, peas will fix nitrogen into the soil. All this will get it going and should be fine to eat from in a few months then. You can "technically" do it 3 weeks or so but I'd prefer to get things working and just not eat from it that soon. Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners (it's free) 47Oct 24, 2009 6:26 pm onc_artisan :D cheers leaf Either of the links below show the concept The small system is mine Thanks onc_artisan, I learnt something new! Your system looked fantastic. Hey good luck with your vegie patch, tangerine. Fu's advice sounds great. You'll be up and running in no time! Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 48Oct 24, 2009 6:49 pm Thanks Fu & leaf - I wish we had been able to get it all sprayed sooner so I wouldn't miss the prime growing season, but I'll definitely get some beans into it. I will have to be patient - I've been itching to get my vegies up and running since we moved in June! I was so happy to find this spot, initially we were going to put built up beds in on the side of our lawn but this area gets a lot more sun and to find it almost done and ready to go is a bonus. Our compost is looking nice and rich and I grabbed some bags of horse and chicken manure from my mum so I'm hoping with all that those wormies will be leaping out of the soil There was quite a few in there today when I was hauling out the weeds so the soil seemed to already be in quite good condition. Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 49Oct 30, 2009 3:07 pm Hi Fu, I'm having trouble planting from seed. I've had previous success with beetroot, but I can't seem to get my carrots and spinach to grow from seed. Can you give me some tips? I'm in central queensland (so days are quite hot atm) if that's any help. Thanks, - Tina Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 50Oct 30, 2009 3:51 pm Yeh too warm is my guess... could you put a shade cloth cover over them before they emerge and after for a few weeks? Also if planting seeds there are some good days in a month to plant and deffinatly some not to plant. the following link has the goss on when to plant Hey and I rate this planting time guide very highly http://aussieorganicgardening.com/?p=32 Onc Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 51Oct 30, 2009 5:24 pm A common cause of germination failure is in the planting of the seed. Rule of thumb is to plant as deep as the seed is big. There are some exceptions of course but over all it isn't a bad way to plant really. Small seeds, well just lay them on the soil, the water will wash the soil over them just fine. Plant by the moon. There are calendars which show what to plant and when during the month depending on moon phase Make sure they are calendars made for Australia. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Follow Onc's suggestions because it really is grass roots agriculture with it's concepts buried deep in ancient human culture from a time when we were much more in touch with our environment. Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 52Oct 30, 2009 5:30 pm ... I tried hit and miss to prove the idea wrong .. and the closer the planting was to the correct planting time the better the germination was. Also harvest, firmer, sweeter, longer lasting in the fridge or stored. My tip of the decade Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 53Nov 11, 2009 11:25 pm Found this topic as well tonight viewtopic.php?f=19&t=14550 Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 54Dec 16, 2009 12:08 pm onc_artisan Itry_ the moon phases chart might look challenging but in looking at the chart you can see the green, red and brown boxes. The green is mostly for leafy greens ie lettuce and mustard greens. The red is more likely for seed baring organs like tommies, capsicum,cuees there is a time for root crops and for harvest, culling and even a time for not making important decisions But something like this... A waxing moon(growing in light intensity) the sap is said to rise and bring for new growth above ground... A waning moon returns the sap to the roots and so root development happens, the cycling of these 2 phases keeps the roots new and invigorated to supply the leafy growth in the next phase... 4 parts to a moon cycle of 7 days, 2 Luna phases waxing and waning ...add to this days increasing in light for 182(up til the longest day dec22nd) and decreasing light for 182 til june21 Could be 22nd Shorter days cooling and longer days warming so we get different temp tollerant species... work calls so I GTG a thought for you to consider... all of life is bound by moon cycles Onc PS this is my take and have been following the priciples for years Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 55Dec 20, 2009 12:41 am Hmmm.. seems I posted in the wrong thread but Fu sorted it out Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 56Dec 20, 2009 7:08 pm No no, it was in the right thread but the post was good for this thread too so I quoted it. Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 57Dec 28, 2009 7:23 pm If anyone is after heaps of veggie info or ideas for veggie gardens please, you'd find fewer better than this bloke and Homeone member, Ben Mitchell. Ben is not only talented as a landscaper, he is one of the Great Gardens team and his regular newsletter is a fantastic read. To get a monthly newsletter on veggie gardening and better ways to do it email him at growingfree@iinet.net.au or visit http://www.growingfree.com.au Ben is involved with a tremendous network of people in Horticulture that are some of the leading authorities on sustainbility, permaculture and landscaping. Even though this is Perth based info it is just as relative to the rest of Australia to learn from. If you can be a good gardener in WA, you'll be a smashing gardener anywhere else Ben is one of a group who work very hard to educate the WA population on the correct ways to garden and landscape. This will assist you immensely in establishing your veggie gardens anywhere in Australia and will offer advice at one of the highest attainable levels in Horticulture. Ben Mitchell from his monthly news letter, The Antidote The horticultural knowledge of our past now provides us with the materials for sustainable success in our own backyards. Even on lousy Perth sands we can produce our own veggies and create our own food forest. Remember an hour in your garden is not only good for your garden but also for you. Have a great week in your garden Ben Mitchell (For my list top spring crops email me growingfree@iinet.net.au) You will learn a heap Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 59Jan 16, 2010 11:01 pm hey folks for Sydney siders there are some excellent free organic gardening courses available to you at the kimbriki recycling centre. The bloke doing them is considered to be Australia's leading expert on worms and is more than qualified ion the area of organic gardening. A really nice chap too He taught me a fair bit about worms and the roles they play in our gardens and house hold waste reduction. From: http://www.kimbriki.com.au/peterrutherford.htm Quote: Peter Rutherford - Kimbriki's Own Expert Eco Gardener Sponsored by Kimbriki, Peter Rutherford is the EcoGardener at Kimbriki. Peter is a social ecologist, horticulturalist and teacher. He has co-designed and presented EPA Earthworks and Waste Boards Healthy Gardens courses. Peter has appeared on various gardening and lifestyle television programs promoting the benefits of composting. Book in for one of Peter's Organic Gardening Workshops starting again in January! Peter can give you advice on composting, wormfarming, mulching, water re-use etc. while the garden is closed please email kimbriki@kimbriki.com or write to Peter Rutherford, Eco Gardener, Locked Bag 6 Terrey Hills 2084. Please consult our expert! Worms The pdf of session times and themes http://www.kimbriki.com.au/pdf/Jan%20wo ... 0sheet.pdf I highly recommend these because he will really inspire you and you'll see just easy it all is to change your gardening and that we actually generally do things the hard way He was also on Costa's Garden Odyssey The fact sheet about worms http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/costa/tab-l ... -Worms-101 Worm castings and pest control http://www.soilfoodweb.com.au/index.php ... Itemid=143 Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 60Jan 16, 2010 11:05 pm Tonight we had tomatoes picked from the garden in our salad. Wow, I'd forgotten how much flavour a tomato is supposed to have... We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. 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