tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post8831025993240975923..comments2024-03-29T21:11:37.724+10:00Comments on down to earth: Saving big bucks in the backyardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-76051981088822793082012-09-18T06:03:15.720+10:002012-09-18T06:03:15.720+10:00I'm extremely inspired together with your writ...I'm extremely inspired together with your writing skills and also with the layout to your weblog. Is that this a paid subject or did you modify it yourself? Either way keep up the nice high quality writing, it is rare to see a nice weblog like this one nowadays..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.prescription-swimming-goggles.info/best-swim-goggles.html" title="Best Swim Goggles<br /><br />Best Swim Goggles" rel="nofollow">Best Swim Goggles</a><br /><i>Also see my page</i> :: <b><a href="http://www.prescription-swimming-goggles.info/best-swim-goggles.html" rel="nofollow">Best Swim Goggles</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-54201033352084455312012-07-02T22:09:10.802+10:002012-07-02T22:09:10.802+10:00Dear friends
Good idea for Healthy food is Organi...Dear friends<br /><br />Good idea for Healthy food is Organic Food <br />so<br />Visit us- http://www.downtoearthorganic.com<br /><br />Thanx <br /><br />Abhishek ErachAbhishek Earichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719108034971344484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-20391911494260555142012-04-15T04:13:15.120+10:002012-04-15T04:13:15.120+10:00Hi Janet, I'm pleased the stew was a hit. The ...Hi Janet, I'm pleased the stew was a hit. The blocks will stand up alone but Hanno beds them in a bit to give them more stability. They're big enough to plant herb in the centre if you want to do that. You can use fish fertiliser on vegetables, it's much better than using the man-made NPK commercial fertilisers.<br /><br />Good luck in your new home when you find it.<br /><br />xxrhonda jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962112306968959985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-52722225360899377232012-04-15T00:53:08.514+10:002012-04-15T00:53:08.514+10:00Hi Rhonda...I so enjoy your blog..I made your beef...Hi Rhonda...I so enjoy your blog..I made your beef stew and it was the best I ever made! My husband and I are in a search of alittle house in the country with at least an acre for gardening and just a private place to enjoy life with our cats. I noticed your garden is made with cinderblocks...I did the same thing at our old house only I used the ones that were left on the property and they were the wider ones...do your's stand up on their own or do you have to bury them a bit? I would much rather lift a smaller one than those big ones :) also I use fish fertilizer on my flowers...is it recommended for veggie plants? We're in an apartment now and I can't grow comfrey, etc. yet. Any tips you give are much appreciated!<br />Thank you for helping us be better stewards of this precious earth!<br /><br />JanetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-76530639445929823172012-03-25T17:20:16.074+10:002012-03-25T17:20:16.074+10:00Love to see your backyard with green fresh leaves ...Love to see your backyard with green fresh leaves and a very nice place to work and raise vegetables. I actually host a <a href="http://www.noordinaryhomestead.com/category/sustainable-living/in-the-garden/garden-life-link-up/" rel="nofollow"> weekly gardening link up</a> every Friday on my blog. I'd love for you to drop by and join in.Tiffany @ No Ordinary Homesteadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-90855091506927094782012-03-22T23:29:53.066+10:002012-03-22T23:29:53.066+10:00Here in our South African garden, we have a large ...Here in our South African garden, we have a large vegetable tunnel to protect from hail and frost. We are coming to the end of most of our summer harvesting of zucchini, gem squash tomatoes and green beans. We stopped picking strawberries, asparagus and rhubarb quite a few months ago. Our pumpkins are looking great and we will wait for the first frosts before harvesting them. I am still planting and harvesting root veggies, spinach, lettuce and have recently put in some bok choi and cabbage seedlings. Very little keeps going in our freezing winter months.Oh, yes the onions are in and I will plant garlic soon.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12551483728682810449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-83213579619993945022012-03-22T23:21:41.920+10:002012-03-22T23:21:41.920+10:00I am a new gardener. I'm just in the process, ...I am a new gardener. I'm just in the process, here in Massachusetts, of building raised beds and planting seeds with grow lights. But I really could use some mentoring. Is there anyone on your list (or a way I could post and ask this question) who could give me advice? I would so appreciate it. Thank you!<br /><br />Ellen Allard<br />www.glutenfreediva.com<br />www.openuptowellness.comEllen Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11449648700034444214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-55007911518235928802012-03-22T03:02:09.150+10:002012-03-22T03:02:09.150+10:00I have luscious lettuces growing - Romaine, red le...I have luscious lettuces growing - Romaine, red leaf, buttercrunch, etc. We had our first picking just last night. Today I planted spinach plants...can't wait for spinach salad with warm bacon dressing, boiled eggs and fresh strawberries. Later today I'll plant carrot seeds - my first time trying to grow carrots. In a couple of weeks I hope the weather will cooperate so that I can plant mountain half-runner green beans, white cucumbers, heirloom tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, and bell peppers. I need to take a look at my herbs. Right now the sorrel, sage, flat-leaf parsley and fennel look healthy, but I think I need to plant some thyme. I'm learning how to use herbs in cooking more; in the past I have enjoyed picking them to put in flower arrangements because they are so pretty and smell wonderful. Oh yes, I almost forgot, later today I'll plant some rhubarb out behind the "stool shed". The stool shed was an outhouse in its former life and we moved it to the edge of the garden to hold my tools. I read somewhere that rhubarb was often planted near the outhouse. I dearly love that I can put my potting soil in a trash can I stuffed down the hole of the "potty". I love hearing about your garden - it gives me the energy to keep trying with my own garden. <br /><br />Diane in North CarolinaJimmiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16620266780624532300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-8204126188354933742012-03-22T01:41:15.822+10:002012-03-22T01:41:15.822+10:00I'm looking forward to the homemade fertiliser...I'm looking forward to the homemade fertiliser post. That is an area I need to improve on. We've got peas, potatoes, spinach & onions planted (garlic was planted in November & we have a cold frame of various greens). It's later than usual, but this week I'll start summer seedlings- tomato, eggplant...Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01156180100389224114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-34184331258303643692012-03-21T16:52:22.967+10:002012-03-21T16:52:22.967+10:00I am planning my biggest and hopefully my most suf...I am planning my biggest and hopefully my most sufficient garden yet. Also, taking up the kitchen/shed rooftop into the game. It is a high and lovely sunny spot, so I've put some containers there for the sun loving plants. I am excited about a new year of seeds, plants and harvest..Nonnymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989105686632313529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-7416613299394009292012-03-21T14:45:27.564+10:002012-03-21T14:45:27.564+10:00I'm at Kilcoy so we get frost over winter but...I'm at Kilcoy so we get frost over winter but like you I am getting all geared up for the planting season. I have rocket, Kohlrabi, cabbage, silverbeet and herbs all raised as seed and now potted on into pots to grow a bit bigger before they go into the garden. I have planted out betroot and some pak choy but have just today discovered that some littl creature has eaten all the tops off my pak choy grrrrr. It is so wet at the moment that the last of my eggplant are drowning as are my shelling beans, oh well such is life, at least I planted from seed so the money wasted is not too great.Fiona from Arbordale Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05196630415124998431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-77432752555578719192012-03-21T12:05:17.864+10:002012-03-21T12:05:17.864+10:00Up here in the tropics, we have had such a lot of ...Up here in the tropics, we have had such a lot of rain lately, but for the past two days the sun has been shining and I think this wet season may be on its way out at last! I always try a few seeds early in the season, just in case we get a window, but I think this weekend is definitely calling for lots of seeds to be set out in their little pots. I also like those long pots for starting tomatoes in - they get good strong roots in them. I had a reflective post this week and it has been interesting to see what started people blogging. What started you blogging? Would you care to share that?africanaussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660727599623626163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-62733274662386457772012-03-21T11:07:53.990+10:002012-03-21T11:07:53.990+10:00Fantastic post! Great information!!!!
Would you ...Fantastic post! Great information!!!!<br /><br />Would you ever consider writing for my new magazine? You're a powerhouse of knowledge!<br />Warmly,<br />AngelaParisienne Farmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14464024428253407195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-75360889484245216352012-03-21T10:38:26.720+10:002012-03-21T10:38:26.720+10:00Here in FL even though today was the first day of ...Here in FL even though today was the first day of spring we are already experiencing summer weather, so we'll keep the tomatos and greens we have going as long as we can, then take the summer off. Between the heat and the bugs, nothing much grows. I may try luffas again though--they seemed to like the heat. Then we'll start planting again in the fall--probably October, unless September is cooler than usual like last year.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173788247672691139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-17494388163070119452012-03-21T09:30:31.521+10:002012-03-21T09:30:31.521+10:00This season we have been trying to put more effort...This season we have been trying to put more effort into enriching the soil first before we plant as you discussed, i think we have let this slide a little and it showed in the last few crops. <br />We are still working out the best way to age and use the chook manure too (it fills the compost too quickly with the straw so thinking a separate compost pile is needed?)<br />I have tried to plant as many seeds as possible this season to save money and am very pleased that they have all started to come up already and now ready for planting out.Such a great feeling to produce seedlings isn't it?<br />I seem to have a problem with successive planting and am never quite sure how often to keep replanting so we have an even crop so perhaps shall try and work on that this season too!<br />I do love looking at the vegies growing while i wash up though and this season the twins are old enough to start helping in the garden...we had a seed planting morning with the girls which was messy but so rewarding and would perhaps put a smile on your face if you have the time to visit <br />http://mummymusingsandmayhem.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/twin-seed-planting.html<br />Thanks so much for the wealth of information in this post Rhonda...will look forward to tomorrows topic too!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586610467519318424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-88337245187878493112012-03-21T08:19:48.701+10:002012-03-21T08:19:48.701+10:00I'm in Canada and I'm in the process of de...I'm in Canada and I'm in the process of devising a year-round food growing plan, both indoors and outdoors. Other cold climate gardeners have found it works so I'm breaking out of the May to September mindset and planning on continuous seed starting and use of cold frames. Wish me luck! It will be rather dreamy to eat my own spinach in January.~~Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04725631021405054667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-36017564925922379302012-03-21T08:02:27.648+10:002012-03-21T08:02:27.648+10:00I have bought some locally grown garlic bulbs to r...I have bought some locally grown garlic bulbs to replant and hopefully, after the long wait, will have some to share with others...I get a kick out of sharing abundant crops.<br />I am in Central Victoria & we are expecting a cold, wet Winter<br /><br />blessings<br /><br />LizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-7818777768925867802012-03-21T07:36:58.865+10:002012-03-21T07:36:58.865+10:00April, we have, by our standards, a coldish winter...April, we have, by our standards, a coldish winter but we have no snow or frosts. Our nights get down to 2-3C but most days are 18-20C. It's great weather for growing vegetables and the bonus is there are far fewer bugs than in summer.rhonda jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962112306968959985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-23413911850596187562012-03-21T07:33:26.379+10:002012-03-21T07:33:26.379+10:00So do you not have much of a winter where you are ...So do you not have much of a winter where you are at? It sounds like you have a very long growing season.Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07281951290036529118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-64534994881486142842012-03-21T07:26:44.640+10:002012-03-21T07:26:44.640+10:00Your gardens look lovely. I hope mine look as nice...Your gardens look lovely. I hope mine look as nice.becky3086https://www.blogger.com/profile/01026872543168452124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-3391286054563819422012-03-21T07:23:15.100+10:002012-03-21T07:23:15.100+10:00This year I am going to plant out carrots and onio...This year I am going to plant out carrots and onions, with marigolds as a companion. I am also going to try wild rocket for the first time. It's very exciting!<br /><br />However, I just spent a few days digging out the patch again, and my blisters are a sight to behold :( it might be a couple of days before I'm motivated to get out there again and actually put in the crop!The Accidental Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903019781422765851noreply@blogger.com