• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Country Life Experiment

Simple Country Living

  • Home
  • About
    • Start Here
    • FAQs
    • Contact
    • Disclosure
  • Food
    • Mains
    • Desserts
    • Cakes & Biscuits
    • Jams & Preserves
    • Snacks & Treats
    • Drinks
    • Food Hacks
    • Recipe List
  • Simple Living
    • Organisation
  • Garden
  • Country Life
  • Family Time
    • Kid Wrangling
  • DIY
    • Farm House
    • Crochet
    • Christmas

Garden Share Collective – Three

Another month has flown by, and in the garden we are on the cusp of the busy season. Around here everyone says not to plant your tomatoes before Melbourne cup day, so October was all about getting ready for planting all the summer crops.

Planting
We did plant some more carrots, because the old ones have shot to seed. Luckily the pigs like them! We also planted some rocket (though it didn’t come up), and lettuce. Country Boy chanced putting in some beans and zucchinis early, but we got a huge frost which killed them. It’s always worth a try.

Harvesting
We have been picking artichokes galore, though when Country Boy and the kids were away for a week, the garden did get a little neglected, and some of the artichokes were too open by the time I got to them.

Our leeks continue to be good, and we are using them gradually.

The first of the garlic has been harvested and is currently drying out a little in one of the sheds. Once it dries, we will plait it together to store until we need it. There are still a couple more rows to be harvested later.

The broad beans are prolific. We are getting 2 buckets full every other day. Needless to say they are part of nearly every meal. They are so sweet and yummy when freshly picked, though they take a lot of work to shell them all. Click here to see how we eat them.

We have been finishing off the last of the carrots, as well as spinach, kale and silver beet. Country Boy has been pickling beetroots for us to use instead of canned beetroot. Stay tuned for more on that. I have been meaning to write it up to share.

To do
November is a busy month because we are trying to get everything into the ground. In the next week we hope to get in the tomatoes, corn, capsicum, egg plants, pumpkins, cucumbers, beans, and basil.

There is also a lot more clearing out of all the plants that have shot to seed – like always!

I’m joining a Monthly Link up with Strayed from the Table

Let everyone know:

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • More
  • Tumblr
  • Pocket
  • Print
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit

You should also check out...

Previous Post: « Weekend Notes
Next Post: {Recipe} Home Made Pickled Beetroot »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. jeanie says

    November 6, 2013 at 12:54 am

    I get so envious of some of the produce you can grow down south! Looks wonderful.

    Reply
  2. Louie says

    November 6, 2013 at 5:53 am

    Your photos look great, were the top couple taken at sunset as they have a beautiful orange glow? Your garlic looks amazing as well I hope that my couple of bulbs turn out as nicely but I'm not very optimistic at this stage 🙂

    Reply
  3. liz @ strayed table says

    November 5, 2013 at 5:08 am

    I thought you had to wait for the garlic to die more before harvesting? Ours is still about a month off from harvesting I think, mind you this is the first time I have grown it, plus might be different rules in Qld. Your garden is looking pretty darn good and those broad beans are just making me envious.

    Reply
  4. Linda says

    November 4, 2013 at 1:18 pm

    Fascinated by your garlic – ours are not ready to harvest yet, much further south of you, but we have the same mantra about cup weekend tomatoes. I tend to clip the roots off as I pull them, and plait them while they are green. Might save some next time (we pull on the longest day) to try plaiting dry.

    I'm enjoying working through the NSW blogs now – I go state by state.

    Reply
  5. My Yellow Heart says

    November 4, 2013 at 1:00 pm

    You have a great family sized vegetable garden.
    Your garlic does look incredible!

    Reply
  6. Lisa the Gourmet Wog says

    November 4, 2013 at 11:20 am

    Your garlic looks incredible! I'm incredibly jealous! How long did it take for your artichokes to start producing? I'm thinking of planting some but have had mixed reports about it taking months and months. Your garden is looking superb 🙂

    Reply
  7. Katie says

    November 4, 2013 at 6:39 am

    Delicious! I love to get the update on what's growing in the garden. the artichokes sound interesting.

    Reply
  8. littlem says

    November 4, 2013 at 4:27 am

    Wow what a bummer garlic crop! Thanks for sharing your garden.

    Reply
  9. Joolz says

    November 3, 2013 at 7:03 am

    I love posts like this – your veggie garden is fantastic! We are on 2.5 acres but just don't seen to have the time for a veggie patch. I work in our business each day so am not home to 'roll up my sleeves' as it were, but I'd love to have a little productive patch. Just some potatoes, zucchinis and peas perhaps. I've just planted out 6 tomato seedlings in planters to get us through summer but that will be my garden for this year. We are away too many weekends over summer and as I said don't get a chance through the week.
    I really enjoy your blog,

    Cheers – Joolz xx

    Reply

Have your say... Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Hi, I’m Jo

I'm a city girl turned farmer's wife, school teacher, ideas woman, and mum to three country kids. Country Life Experiment is all about simple country living, growing and making our own food, and life on our family farm in rural Australia. Join me as I give country living a try. Read more...
  • Bloglovin
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Search

Browse by month

INSTAGRAM

A lovely, easy Christmas with family, good food, a A lovely, easy Christmas with family, good food, a few presents, an afternoon swim and dinner on the veranda as the sun set. Time to stop and be thankful for the many blessings of the year. I hope you had a lovely Christmas too!
We have been mulling over how to fix up the drivew We have been mulling over how to fix up the driveway and lead up to our house for a while. Currently it’s just a dumping ground for old bits of metal and a big pile of mulch, but C would like to create a turning area and put in a garden. First up though, there’s a huge old stump that needs to go. What better excuse is there to have a fire on Sunday afternoon? C and the kids jumped on the quad bike and trailer, and hauled back a big pile of sticks and logs to help the stump burn. Once the fire was going, marshmallows were found and roasted. No better way to spend time together.
Team work makes the dream work. We were asked rec Team work makes the dream work. 
We were asked recently whether we “make” our kids work on the farm. The answer is of course not. Having said that, all three love to help out whenever they can. They all work hard because they want to; because they take pride in working hard and contributing in a meaningful way to our family life; because they love living on our farm and don’t remember life before we moved here. Whether it be planting trees or doing sheep work or feeding animals, they all want to be involved. As a parent, nothing is better than watching them grow in skill and confidence as they work along side you. We’re so glad that we get to spend time with our three, working together.
We’ve had an unexpected addition to the family ☘️🐑. She is a lot easier to look after than the other family members but she does try to escape her yard and head butt people. Poddy lambs are super cute but they tend to think they are a human. Clover the lamb is sure that Meg is her mum. Can’t think why… 🤔🤣
The perfect way to end a long winter weekend: toge The perfect way to end a long winter weekend: together, cooking damper around the remains of the bonfire.
It’s been a tough few weeks on the farm. We got It’s been a tough few weeks on the farm. We got through shearing without a hitch (thankfully 🙏) but we’ve had a run of the flu followed by Covid run through the family since then. The kids and I have tested positive (this is my second time getting it 🦠) though so far C has managed to avoid it. There has been a lot of lying on the couch feeling pretty ordinary. Han had to reschedule her driving test for a 4th time due to Covid, which is disappointing for her because she wants her freedom and for us because it would be so much more convenient if she could drive herself places. Just to add in to the mix, our hot water system has chosen now as a good time to die so we’re on cold showers until we’re all out of iso. This is not meant to be a whinging post but sometimes life just sucks a bit and it’s good to be real. Fortunately, the sight of the fire going with a stack of wood next to it cheers us up. Things will improve soon. Onwards we go…

Newsletter

Popular Posts

{Recipe} Spiced Plum Paste
Pickled Cucumbers
Pumpkin Fruit Cake
Home Made Ginger Beer
Honey Spice Biscuits
Roasted Cauliflower and Potato Salad

Categories

Footer

Hi, I’m Jo

City girl turned farmer's wife, school teacher, ideas woman, and mum to three country kids. Country Life Experiment is all about simple country living, growing and making our own food, and life on our family farm in rural Australia. Join me as I give country living a try. Read more...
  • Bloglovin
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Copyright © 2023 · Foodie Pro Theme by Shay Bocks · Built on the Genesis Framework · Powered by WordPress