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Post by rikita on Jun 13, 2016 10:05:30 GMT 2
ah i found it now - the dictionary didn't know it as savoury, but it just occured to me to look for savory and there it was - bohnenkraut, yeah, we use that here too, though i have only used it with green beans and in green bean soup (after all, it is called bohnenkraut = bean herb), but i suppose some people might use it elsewhere too. you are supposed to plant it between beans and other plants, too, as it somehow helps against lice going into the other plants, i was told.
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Post by lumi on Jun 13, 2016 20:55:39 GMT 2
I've not heard of a herb called savoury either.
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Post by auntieannie on Jun 13, 2016 22:37:52 GMT 2
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Post by happytraveller on Jun 15, 2016 15:33:35 GMT 2
Bohnenkraut
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Post by happytraveller on Jun 15, 2016 15:34:25 GMT 2
Oh.. I am a bit late aren't I lol !
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Post by rikita on Jun 16, 2016 0:18:40 GMT 2
no problem ... actually, i have a craving for green bean soup now ...
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Post by Scrubb on Jun 16, 2016 5:27:16 GMT 2
That's what my in-laws use it for, bean soup.
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Post by Baz Faz on Jun 18, 2016 20:21:07 GMT 2
Yesterday I sowed spring onions and spinach. Today I sowed pak choi. I have some lettuce seedlings to plant out in a few days time then the veggie garden will be full up. Ate more radishes at lunch. Radishes grow easily and quickly so why are they so expensive in shops?
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Post by Scrubb on Jun 18, 2016 21:59:35 GMT 2
My arugula (rocket) is up!
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Post by sophie on Jun 19, 2016 17:57:14 GMT 2
The bunny babies are eating people food in the garden. Bah!
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Post by lumi on Jun 19, 2016 19:32:23 GMT 2
My broccoli finally has flowers!!
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Post by Baz Faz on Jun 22, 2016 9:54:24 GMT 2
The weeds grow with amazing speed in this damp weather. But where is the sun?
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Post by mockchoc on Jun 22, 2016 11:22:15 GMT 2
I'm assuming you are home safely then MrFaz from the problems in France? Just been reading foodie blogs about Paris. Please tell me not to do it. Flying home next month for my fathers 80th birthday and a school reunion. It will be nice seeing all the family and "my lake" I miss that I lived a block from and spent so much time walking around and sleeping on it in our boat finally again.The largest salt water lake in Australia. I think we found a quaint renovated old cottage right on the waters edge of it I can throw a line in to try and catch dinner that I am planning to book tomorrow that is tempting me!
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Post by Scrubb on Jun 24, 2016 2:51:55 GMT 2
3 of my tomato plants have tiny baby tomatoes already. It's too early! one of the plants is only about a foot tall and it has 4 fruits!
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Post by Baz Faz on Jun 24, 2016 9:45:31 GMT 2
Scrubb, you're lucky. One of my friends at Waitrose gave us a strange tomato plant. It is very vigorous and tumbles in all directions. It has lots of flowers but no fruit - yet.
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Post by rikita on Jun 24, 2016 13:23:11 GMT 2
my tomato plants are full of fruit and have been for weeks, but except for a tiny red one a couple of weeks ago, they all remain green ... i am pretty sure i ate the first tomatoes in june usually, so i hope they get red soon. would be a shame if they wait until we leave for vacation ...
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Post by Baz Faz on Jun 25, 2016 18:12:01 GMT 2
Just pulled up the third lot off radishes before torrential rain drove me home.
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Post by auntieannie on Jun 25, 2016 18:56:59 GMT 2
Radishes are one of the joys of spring/early summer.
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Post by Scrubb on Jun 25, 2016 22:14:19 GMT 2
The soil in my plot doesn't seem to be good for most root crops. We had potatoes a couple of years and they were always scabby; I tried radishes two years and they just didn't grow at all. Carrots were nice, but small. (That may have been because I didn't thin them enough, though...) Also, they didn't stay nice in the 'fridge at home for long - the day after putting them in the crisper drawer, they were already sort of soft. Weird.
Rikita, tomatoes are never ever ready in June here. We can't plant until late May and the very earliest tomatoes will be ripe is about 7 or 8 weeks later. Many aren't ready until September. The tiny little tomatoes starting on my plants won't be ready to eat for weeks.
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Post by sophie on Jun 26, 2016 0:52:41 GMT 2
We have a young man visiting us for a few days who is well into his engineering studies. He has just repaired the board (circuits and so on) for our irrigation system. Bless him.. And I am gobsmacked by how easy this is for him.
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Post by rikita on Jun 26, 2016 1:01:46 GMT 2
well, some of my tomatoes have started having a slight red blush now ... i buy plants rather than seeds, so those plants are sold in april here, and go directly to the balcony. and i suppose on the balcony they are a bit better protected and they get sun from morning until early afternoon (unless it is cloudy, of course) ... i suppose it is also a bit warmer here ...
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Post by lumi on Jun 26, 2016 11:31:13 GMT 2
Scrubb, did you wash your carrots before storing them in the fridge? I *think* it was carrots that I read need to be washed before storing in the fridge or they go bad very quickly, like what happened to yours. Most things are better if not washed until you want to eat them but carrots are the opposite.
Not sure why Baz is upset by torrential rain - we had that here too only it was followed by hail. I'm yet to check if there is any damage to my strawberries (most other things are covered by a summer net so should be fine).
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Post by Baz Faz on Jun 26, 2016 12:43:24 GMT 2
Not sure why Baz is upset by torrential rain - we had that here too only it was followed by hail. Torrential rain makes me wet. And we don't need any more rain. We need sun.
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Post by lumi on Jun 26, 2016 14:04:08 GMT 2
But the glass could be half full - you didn't get pelted by hail!! And you took some lovely radishes home
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Post by Baz Faz on Jun 26, 2016 18:09:02 GMT 2
I didn't get struck by lightning either so - hooray - wasn't it a good day.
We both went to the allotment this afternoon and netted the lettuce seedlings I put in yesterday. We came home when it started to rain again.
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Post by kuskiwi on Jun 26, 2016 20:38:44 GMT 2
Scrubb - are you rotating the crop or planting the same in the same area? Have a read about nemotodes as they are the usual culprit with root crop failure also plant a green crop (mustard, lupin or whatever grows in your area) which will both rest and help cleanse the soil.
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Post by Baz Faz on Jun 26, 2016 23:20:15 GMT 2
First courgette flower. Soon we shall be overwhelmed by courgettes.
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Post by pizzawheel on Jun 27, 2016 0:41:20 GMT 2
Apple tree sophomore looking good; pinot gris grapevine going nuts and will hopefully defeat the evil creeper (TM minecraft) from the neighbour; blackberries coming along nicely ; both chives a-chiving (but just 2?); raspberry cutting might take; and new cherry Tree seems to have taken.
Out the front the Holly princesses are going great guns, lots of red berries on their way; the Prince is hanging in there but he's not suppose to be a feature, just keep the girls "in bloom" :-)
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Post by Scrubb on Jun 27, 2016 0:49:43 GMT 2
lumi, I don't remember but it's entirely possible that I didn't wash them since, as you said, most things it's better not to wash until just before you eat them. Scrubb - are you rotating the crop or planting the same in the same area? Have a read about nemotodes as they are the usual culprit with root crop failure also plant a green crop (mustard, lupin or whatever grows in your area) which will both rest and help cleanse the soil. We just stopped planting any root crops. I'm really ok with it - most of the plot is full of tomatoes and I just have some beans, peas, cucumbers, and rocket growing at one end. Those are the things I most want anyway.
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Post by Voy on Jun 27, 2016 3:14:33 GMT 2
I must confess that when I had my huge veggie garden I didn't bother with root crops - they are usually so cheap anyway. the exception was parsnips, which are hard to find here, and expensive when you do find them..
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