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In The Garden | October 2014

Well it is all systems go here in the farm vegetable garden this month. The frosts have hopefully finished (though there was still a legendary Christmas Eve frost from several years back), so Country Boy has been busily planting and mulching and planting and mulching (repeat). There has been a little harvesting too.

The  list of vegetables that has been planted is rather long, but includes zucchini, cucumbers (lemon apple, giant russian, and green gem), rock melon, squash, snake beans, borlotti beans, and purple king beans, corn and potatoes. Some of the tomatoes have been put in the ground but the rest are still in the greenhouse, together with the capsicums and egg plants – just in case we get a late frost. They will go out in a week or two.
The scarlet runner beans have shot from their roots again and are peeping out of the ground.
We have been harvesting the last of the kale, cauliflower, and broccoli. We’ve got plenty of broad beans, leek, and artichokes

The peas, fennel, and beetroot are all growing furiously, as is everything else.

In among all the planting there are lots of other jobs to be done – pulling out all the winter crops that have finished and gone to seed, mulching and weeding. We have a lot of ear wigs in the garden eating our delicious vegetables, so CB has been dusting them with diatomaceos earth to stop the ear wigs.

Our lettuces are self seeded and are popping up in glorious mounds all over the garden, just waiting to be picked – lots of salads over the coming months me thinks.

 Look at our little asparagus plant. They haven’t been in the ground long, but they are growing strong. Already dreaming of dipping fresh asparagus spears into soft boiled eggs for a lazy dinner.

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  1. Anne says

    November 3, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    My mother recalls a cool and foggy Christmas Eve over 20yrs ago on the Darling Downs in QLD. Sometimes the weather can be strange. Love how productive it sounds like your garden will be. That lettuce was planted on the family farm around 6 or seven years ago and it is still popping up in the weirdest places. Our garden is growing slowly but I think the heat is going to get to it pretty soon.

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  2. Jo@Countrylifeexperiment says

    November 3, 2014 at 11:38 am

    Thanks – I do love close up photography!

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  3. Jo@Countrylifeexperiment says

    November 3, 2014 at 11:37 am

    The Christmas eve frost has gone down in local legend, but we still get them in November occasionally.

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  4. Jo@Countrylifeexperiment says

    November 3, 2014 at 11:34 am

    Thanks Kyrstie

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  5. liz @ Strayed Table says

    November 3, 2014 at 9:52 am

    I agree with Kyrstie, some great photos. I to am dreaming of asparagus, ours is still only six months old. Fingers crossed for next year. I can't believe that any where in Australia would get a frost the day before Christmas. Unthinkable.

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  6. Kyrstie Barcak says

    November 3, 2014 at 8:18 am

    Stunning pics of your garden Jo, it is gorgeously productive. I love it 🙂

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  7. Rosehips and Rhubarb says

    November 3, 2014 at 10:44 am

    Ditto everyone else — your photography is just beautiful. You take such lovely close-ups of your beautiful garden.

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