Macadamias
Seem to have come along this year, we had been getting 6 or so macadamias at most but we cleared the base of grass (again) but instead of using mulch which the chooks destroy, we used hessian weighted down with rocks and made sure to give them plenty of nitrogen via a homemade chook poo "tea".
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| The harvest |
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| Husks removed |
Just waiting for them to cure so the nut kernel comes away from the shell. The husk went into the compost to be reused.
Strawberries
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| Strawberries are starting to come through |
Peas n' Beans
Winter has seen the gardens bounty reduce but the peas 'n beans are coming along nicely. with a little TLC of course
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| Shelling Peas and Beans with trellises ready |
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| TLC on the snow peas |
Resting the garden beds
A couple beds are rested, so horse manure is heaped onto the bed and the worms come up through the soil and do the hard work. Gardening is similar to mining, the plants extracting all the minerals from the soil, so those minerals need to be replaced.
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| Horse manure heaped onto the bed and spread |
weeds are keep under control with a layer of recycled newspaper (we collect it from the newsagent, we don't buy the Newspaper at all)
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| Newspaper laid over the spread horse manure |
and mulch we make using a lawnmower and fallen leaves raked up and then mowed into the mowers catcher
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| Home made mulch |
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| Finished bed, resting while the worms go to work |
Still plenty of vegetable producing: beetroot, onions, carrots, broccoli, spinach etc but winter slows things down
