Worm Harvester MK I

Worm Harvester MK I.....           

Have been a tad busy writing reports & curriculum for next year so have only just gotten around to finishing off the Worm harvester this morning...

It is only a "Dodgy Brothers" attempt until I can find a few more bits & pieces... Just need it to do this batch of castings so we can put the Worms into their new home...

Hopefully there should be a fair amount of work done in the garden tomorrow, Bilious willing...

Saving Seed...

Koo insisted I put the picture to the Left in.... She has had her eye on that bean for the last few days... : )»
Managed to save some of the unknown beans.. I already have a place for them to go once they finish drying out...

Thats all for now me thinks...

Have a great one all...
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Plans MK Something !!!!

This is the FINAL plans for the Veggie patch..... I hope.... PLEASE !!!.....

   The Herb bed has been removed & there is now 2 beds waiting to be "Wicked" tomorrow or the weekend weather permitting....  **Crosses Fingers**
  
   Been doing little bits in the patch this week as time permits & will do a full update when Pictures have been taken.....

Have a great one all.....

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Rain Rain »

 Have had about 10-15 mm of rain in the last 24 hours.... Glad I didnt fill up the beds as I was counting on the rain doing it for us....

Didnt get much done yesterday except a bit of paving but I can see the end in sight....
Have been waiting to do this bed as the paving around it was a bit rushed & needed a touch up.

I have the tin & organised the angle so will only need to buy some sand for the reservoir then last bed can go in... Will need to lay some pavers at the other end & all the beds will be finished for this Year..
            **Does happy Dance**


We have had a few visitors in the garden this week, a pair of crows..... Thought they were harmless enough to begin with but have discovered that they are nicking the eggs from out of the chook house.. Will have to wait for the Chooks to lay before we let them out from now on Me thinks..

Have found a few other more welcome guests in the garden.. Have come across 10 or so of these little fellows as well as some rather large skinks that are just to quick for the camera...







Just a few update shots from around the garden....

Left : Rainbow Silverbeet, Sugarloaf, Wombok, Bush beans, Strawberry Barrel..

Right : Honey Pod Peas, Thai Egg Plant, Bush Beans..

Left : Russian Kale, Zucchini..

Right :Carrots, Beetroot, Lettuce & a feral Sweet Potato..

Left : Chillis, Leeks & shallots..


Right Front Bed : Mini Roma Tomatoes, Capsicum,Zucchini..

Right Rear Bed : Golden Nugget & Butternut Pumpkins..

This weeks harvest....
Kale, Beans, Snow Peas, Silverbeet, Chillis, Shallots, Lettuce & Zucchini....
We got 3 eggs most days until our guests moved in....


Have a Great one All....

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Plans MK Something !!!! Part 2

Well, the rain never appeared so I had a chance to finish the 2 new Beds.....

Also had another thought on the layout of the Garden.....

The last bed will be smaller so we will have a bit of space at one end for seats & a small table/box... The bench/box will still be built but placed elsewhere.... This will allow for some extra Wicking barrels to be made & placed around the patch....
We still  have plans in the future to build a few new beds down one side of the patch... We need to build a retaining wall & new fence first so not to worried about not having as much garden space for the time being...

Have a great one all....

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Turmeric Barrel MK II

Got a bit of a surprise when I went to check on the Tree Frog that had made the Turmeric Barrel home... Froggy was gone & the filling pipe was ½ full of water.. We had a couple of mm of rain today & the other 2 Barrels right next to it were draining fine so I decided to bite the bullet & empty the barrel to see what the problem was....When we had made these I had run out of the 13mm joiner so used a 13mm elbow Joiner instead...
Because of the Barrels position next to the Chooks day pen, the drain got filled with dirt being scratched up.. There are now Scratch Guards in place to stop this from happening but the damage was done... I just couldnt clean the dirt out from beyond the elbow...

The other problem I overlooked was the quality of the soil going into the barrels.. The decision was made just to use the  "premium" soil mix from a local landscape suppler with some mulch added in as it had next to no organic matter & looks to be  based, from my limited knowledge, on clay & sand.. Would probably make excellent mud bricks though... ; )»
The mix it was replaced with today is a blend of "Premium" soil mix, bulk purchased "Nursery grade" Potting mix & a litre or so of "5 in1" blended through the top layer.. As you can see it isnt anywhere near as clay like as the original... I have learned not to believe in what people call their products, pity it was the hard way... We have also noticed that the "Premium" mix has formed a hard "crust" where we have used it to top dress some of the other beds.. I keep raking the soil between the rows just to allow rain & air to penetrate into the beds...
The Ginger & Galangal will get the same revamp on the weekend even though they have straight joiners as drains.. Just want to make certain they dont get flooded out & rot the Rhizomes...

I did go down to to plant out some Cabbages & Kohlrabi but got side tracked by the Barrel... I did manage to transplant what we think is a capsicum & a Banana Chilli... They went from Bed # 1 into Bed # 2 to live with the new Tomato & Basil plants.. Will be getting some Celery seedlings to go in between in the next day or so...

The long Eggplants are fruiting well now that B? taught me how to "Diddle" them properly...

Started to see a few more of these guys around again lately... Always love to see the larger Parrots around...





Have a great one all....
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Ready for the rain

Have had a bit of a catch up this week in the Garden....


It started with a few little fix up jobs around the Chook yard.... I put up a fence & gate around the back of the chook shed to extend their run & replaced the 2 makeshift gates into the yard with a single gate....

Was getting tired of having the Girls scratch dirt all over the path way so decided to recycle the side boards from the old garden beds to act as a "Retaining Wall"  & wired them to the inside of the fence..... Works well as you can see from the second Picture... : )»


    We have been told to expect  rain all weekend so I got stuck into the 2 wicking beds that are replacing the old Herb bed....

Finished putting the frames up on Wednesday & fixed the paving up on Thursday after I did the new Chook Gate... Today we filled the reservoirs with recycled sand from the old Spice bed & some Clay balls that were leftover from a previous attempt at Hydroponic gardening 11 or so years ago...

We are using a mix of soil from 2 of the old beds that was sieved & searched for Curl Grubs First...  We shall be adding some Mushroom Compost & 5 in 1 to the soil just to freshen it up a bit.... The top layer will be some Premium garden mix leftover from the the last few beds that were renovated..
The paving came up great between the 2 new beds... Hopefully we will have the Seat/Storage box there for the tools & chook food by Monday so shall update then...

Have a great one all.....

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