Sunday, October 31, 2010

More weeding

Dug out flax by fence.
The marigold sowing has been dug up by cats or possums, but I suspect cats.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Mowing, pruning and weeding

Mow top and bottom lawns. Composted top lawn in compost bin, but used clipping from lower lawn to mulch the cannas by the lower lawn.
Pruned the thorned bush at the front of the house and mulched clippings with mowings from the top lawn.
Beds by fence weeded further along.

Cropping

Cropped 25 g Snow Peas

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Pruning, transplanting, sowing and layering

Pruned the hibiscus by the garage.
Transplanted 4 butternut squash from modules to 10 cm pots.
Sown one seedtray marigolds.
Layered the winter mint.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Planting out

Cleaned bed by middle lawn and planted out 6 perlagonium, 1 seedtray cosmos, 1/2 seedtray red salvia, 1/2 seedtray lobelia.
Planted out 1 tray marigolds around the vege patch.
Moved some gazenia from in front of the fence to the prepared bed by the blue furniture.
Cut down some of the kawakawa and larger weeds near the pool.
Thinned out weeds in lower canna bed, but it will need spraying. I will need to mulch it to keep the weeds down.
Potted on 6 tomato plants.
Sown two 8cm pots coriander.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Sowing, planting

Transplanted the original curry plant from 8cm to 10 cm pot.
Transplanted rocket from small tray to 10 cm pot.
Planted 6 capsicum (Californian Wonder), 6 chilli (Little Red Cayenne) and 6 Cos into modules.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Planting

Planted out one zucchini with the others, coriander and oregano in the herb area.

Cleaned the small bed by the blue chairs, removing bulbs to replace in new composted soil. I will move some gazenias from the fence by the road to fill the bed later this week.

Strimmed the path by the bamboo and the grass by the pool.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Sowing, tending

Sown two 8cm pots of Basil.
Sown one six-module of cos.

Snow peas are beginning to fruit.

Pruned back the pots of mint, the sage and marjoram.

Put compost around the garlic, which have put on a spurt.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Weed control

Sprayed the artificial grass and path to the bamboo with glysophate.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Sowing

Sown one seed tray of Cosmos.

Made one long wire frame for protecting crops.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Planting herbs out

Two pots of coriander, one curry plant planted out into the brick surround of the vege patch.
Two cavities sown with chives.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Sowing and planting out

Turned the compost and mulched the bed under the grapefruit and maple.
Four zucchini planted out in the vege bed.
Sown 12 modules of Money Maker tomatoes, 12 of Californian Delight capsicum. Two 8cm pots of rocket.
Built 2 seedtrays.

The waratah is flowering and looking good.
The paths need spraying, and some need strimming to access properly.

Snowpeas are beginning to flower.

Rocket planted a month ago has dried out today and so needed rescuing. Ron's capsicums have not sprouted, so I have disposed of them. The butternut squash in the garage have sprouted and I have moved them to the cold frame.

Marigolds are beginning th flower and need planting out.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Weeded the vege patch.

Only one row of onions have survived the winter, so replaced the missing rows with the remainder of the onions in the modules - 12 onions in all.

Planted out the marjoram divisions and two coriander plants from 10 cm pots from earlier this year and weeded the herb bed.

Took some weeds out of the middle lawn.

Wisteria is flowering and looks good along the boundary.

Transplanted tomatoes into 10 cm pots - six from modules.