wide eyed and legless
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That time of the year to get the seeds in. Rhubarb I have in the garden is getting a bit old so will be planting some new sets.
Food Gardening
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wide eyed and legless
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Hydroponic caulis, plus watercress in the back ground.
Love cauliflower. Looking good.
wide eyed and legless
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I grew some spuds over winter last year but undercover, tried it again this winter but out in the open. Just been taking them from under the haulms but dug the remainder up to prep the beds for the summer crops.
Last of the spuds.
Last of the spuds.
I have a bunch of HDPE fermenters - like 5 or 6 of them, and pressurised fermenters, and now a stainless fermenter...Its gotten out of control.
I feel guilty just throwing them in the bin. Could I spray paint them, fill them with soil and then use them as planters for fruit trees?
The spray paint is because I think that the soil getting light struck is a bad idea? Not really much of a gardener, but giving it a crack.
I feel guilty just throwing them in the bin. Could I spray paint them, fill them with soil and then use them as planters for fruit trees?
The spray paint is because I think that the soil getting light struck is a bad idea? Not really much of a gardener, but giving it a crack.
wide eyed and legless
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HDPE will not react well to ultra violet light, if you can get hold of some sisalation and wrap that around it will keep the soil cool and protect the HDPE.
I’ve just got a little patch I’ve been growing food on. Garlic is coming along ok, shallots, broad beans, spuds, peas, lettuce, Swedes, tomatoes under the plastic and might be counter productive planting out a couple weeks too early. There’sa few metres sown with corn up the back but not emerged yet. There’sa few other things plugged in to little spaces too. We get a lot of food out of this space.
wide eyed and legless
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Hydroponic cucumber planted three in the ground and four in a hydro system. The hydro pots are extremely productive while those planted in the ground are slow. I put it down to the cucumber intake of water. A plentiful supply in the hydro system and not so much in those planted in earth.
I have recently been looking at the major food exporters, and the Netherlands punches well above its weight for its size. It is the second largest food exporter behind the USA. Where is Australia going wrong? It is the third-largest exporter of pineapples!
I have recently been looking at the major food exporters, and the Netherlands punches well above its weight for its size. It is the second largest food exporter behind the USA. Where is Australia going wrong? It is the third-largest exporter of pineapples!
A few years ago someone started to set up a hothouse / hydroponic commercial garden. This was in Williamtown, near Newcastle Airport.
Apparently the facility was damaged by storm or flood waters, and as I understand it, the insurer played hardball, and the project was abandoned.
To get anything like this off the ground in Australia, we have a ridiculous level of bureaucratic hurdles, ie environmental, heritage, first nations, licencing, council zoning etc etc. Is it any wonder we lag the rest of the world?
Apparently the facility was damaged by storm or flood waters, and as I understand it, the insurer played hardball, and the project was abandoned.
To get anything like this off the ground in Australia, we have a ridiculous level of bureaucratic hurdles, ie environmental, heritage, first nations, licencing, council zoning etc etc. Is it any wonder we lag the rest of the world?
wide eyed and legless
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In Victoria, there are quite a few hydroponic farms. It makes sense to grow hydroponically. The carbon footprint is lower, growing crops in the soil the plants put carbon dioxide into the soil then the soil is tilled releasing the carbon dioxide!
