paulry

Can't beat fresh eggs and we know what they've been eating so it's even better

paulry

Well two of the toxic hens have been won over and are now openly socialising with the nice darkies who still crowd around me for protective custody whenever I step into the chicken run. 7 eggs laid today (4 smallish ones and 3 large). ...One old hen is not laying.

Meanwhile in the garden, the watermelon and rockmellon seedlings are coming up, potatoes and onions are showing through nicely, tomatoes will soon be ready to plant out and the chilli plant seeds have begun to germinate as are the strawberry seeds on the window sill . Hopefully some plums and apricots will survive the parrots. No sign of any carrots and gemsquash yet

sonlymewalter

Jeez I've grown a few tomatoes and a few herbs and thought I was doing well

Aren't you worried the chooks will eat your vegie garden?

paulry

It's the first time in many years that we've had a good sized garden to grow these kinds of things and we've just signed up another year's lease for our rental so can plan for the next 12 months. No problem with the chickens - they're confined to their run.

sonlymewalter

Take the axe in every now and again and show them you're not scared

paulry

spouse of scouse

Very impressive! Sink a well, build a still and you'll be self-sufficient

TheCreature

It's not the chooks he will have to worry about, it's the billion and one pests that will eat the bloody lot before he gets a look in.

sonlymewalter

Yeh good point. Before I started to grow the tommies I looked at overall cost and thought ahh well it prolly isn't much cheaper to grow your own but will taste better.

Didn't take into consideration pest killer did I

bloody things

paulry

Hmmm maybe I should have put the tomatoes in the greenhouse and left the chickens to roam the garden

brissybee

Sounds like you have great things happening in your backyard.

rasen78

Our garden is almost nasturtium free waiting for the patch at the back to be seeded and the patch under the pergola to be cleared ready for veggies and possibly some chooks

Been investigating the defunct irrigation system at the front and I am hoping we can salvage it by attaching it to the front tap

carolinephillips

I've ripped out the defunct irrigation scheme at our house. Things have to survive without hoses- except for the veggie patch. My mystery seedlings that sprouted after I dug out all the roots in the raised bed have turned out to be
liquidambers!! but a couple look like they might be squash or pumpkins.
Something has eaten my climbing beans (rabbits and/or snails) so I've had to plant more. The english spinach is being harvested almost daily now, the lettuce is ready to pick, so must sow some more. The rabbits ate the parsely, so I've netted that too, but they left the sage alone. Peppers are doing quite well as far as growth, but no flowers yet. Chard and chillies are just sprouting, and the spring onions are now 6" high, so I've just sown more to get a succession. Snails/birds got my tomatoes, so I'm on the second lot, which I've just potted on and netted. My garden is full of wire cages and net, and still the vermin eat the stuff, or the brush turkeys scratch out my seedlings.

Pommie Aussie

Oh I used to go there. My daughters boyfriend did not beleive there was one down beenleigh till i showed him the link..