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Week 51: A first batch of compost

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Christie2 Comments on Week 51: A first batch of compost

We started using our own compost this week, which is a mini-milestone, even if the motivation was that we needed […]

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Week 50: Learning from others

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Christie

As newbies to market gardening we know we have a lot to learn. Alex might be perfectly content watching YouTube […]

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Week 49: New arrivals

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 Christie4 Comments on Week 49: New arrivals

The big event of the week had very little to do with us but it happened here. A calf was […]

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Week 48: Patiently waiting for predators

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Christie

One of the highlights of spring has been watching the diversity of life in and around the garden multiply. Without […]

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Week 47: Two more taps and taller tomatoes

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 Christie

A string of sunny days and the first forecasts of “twenty-something” degrees prompted Alex to upgrade our water infrastructure. (We […]

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Week 46: Green shoots

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Christie2 Comments on Week 46: Green shoots

Our struggles with compost and weeks with stunted seedlings had been disappointing, to say the least. But after trialling different […]

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Week 45: Our continuing quest for quality compost

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Christie

The plan had been so simple: buy compost and use it for everything! So we’re obsessing about our various piles […]

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Week 44: Creating more compost and catching up on tomatoes

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Christie2 Comments on Week 44: Creating more compost and catching up on tomatoes

The week of farm work was dominated by compost again. It began with a trip to a local landscape supply […]

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Week 43: Action plans and experiments

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Christie2 Comments on Week 43: Action plans and experiments

Our compost complaints were getting to us last week but after a chat to the supplier, a bit of research […]

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Week 42: Adapting and learning

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Christie

Accepting the reality that our eggplant and capsicum seedlings are still many weeks away, we made space in the tunnel […]

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