What to sow for later on

[Pollenchucken]

Gday fullas
I've got a house now, building up some beds with the logs and green waste, no time like the present to get the soil 'cooking', I'm going to be in beds kinda like Hügelkultur but surrounded by timber edging

What's good to get started this time of year in terms of edible vegetables and fruits?

 

[HGO]

hi mate this is a great time of year to plant lettuce , cucumbers zucchinis etc
they like the cooler weather

 

[Aye Shroomer]

You like berries. Maybe grab a blueberry shrub and get it replanted. I did last year but it died. I’m going to try again soon ready for summer.
We got at least 5 dozen berries off it. Kids loved them.

 

[Pollenchucken]

You like berries. Maybe grab a blueberry shrub and get it replanted. I did last year but it died. I’m going to try again soon ready for summer.
We got at least 5 dozen berries off it. Kids loved them.

I tried one during the COVID lockdown, I managed to keep it alive but it was a real sad plant haha

 

[Mellow oldfark]

If u like greens depending where u live purpetual spinich is great .grows all year round and can replace lettace.
Cooks up nice too.
Rainbow chard is nice too and grows for months.

 

[Sedge]

Garlic .Garlic and more garlic.

 

[Kee Mao]

Garlic .Garlic and more garlic.

How many types of chilli you got going?

 

[Sedge]

Chilli ?
I got Garlic man.
garlic garlic and more garlic.

 

[Pixie]

Where do you source your garlic bulbs from Sedge. Organic ones?

 

[Sedge]

Just from the supermarket ,,break the segments off then put them in water to root.they normally root in a day or two ,then plant .
the ones that don’t root get eaten.

I got some organic segments from some type of huge garlic at supermarket ,,only had seven segment ,,$10 but they are monster size and growing fine .

Altogether with normal garlic I’ve got about 90 growing ,,and a few dozen more to go in soon ,,

the rest of my veg patch is a shambles ,,
so don’t ask.

 

[thefullspectrum]

Just from the supermarket ,,break the segments off then put them in water to root.they normally root in a day or two ,then plant .
the ones that don’t root get eaten.

I got some organic segments from some type of huge garlic at supermarket ,,only had seven segment ,,$10 but they are monster size and growing fine .

Altogether with normal garlic I’ve got about 90 growing ,,and a few dozen more to go in soon ,,

the rest of my veg patch is a shambles ,,
so don’t ask.

Nice, might try that. Can never have too much Garlic! I dont grow it but chew through the minced garlic in the jar. I could bathe in that shit.

 

[Pollenchucken]

Garlic .Garlic and more garlic.

Good tip, it gets plenty of use here, garlic sweat comes flying out of me when I have a go

 

[Indy]

Chillies, garlic, tomatoes and you've got the makings of a little side business making chilli pastes/granules, sauces, chutneys, etc..

 

[Mellow oldfark]

A possible buisness name

Ring sting king

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Cranky kale

 

[Aye Shroomer]

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Interesting extension with the 2x4

I’ve got a bunch of pallets that I plan on converting into raised beds. Still working on designs though.

 

[Indy]

I liked the idea of those garden beds constructed out of pellets for the sides, and in the bottom, the first layer consists of the rectangle hay bales, and then build your garden beds with soil on top of that.

Once the crops are done, you remove the pellets and mix the dirt and hay bales together and eventually use in garden beds again, or use to improve soil conditions elsewhere.

 

[Sticky67]

Peanuts are pretty easy to grow and great for the soil. If you can find some in the shells and obviously not roasted just put them in a bowl of water for a couple of days and they'll shoot roots and plant..I love fresh peanuts and they are good for breaking up soil and apparently nitrogen fixes, you know they are ready when they start dying off..

 

[HGO]

Peanuts are pretty easy to grow and great for the soil. If you can find some in the shells and obviously not roasted just put them in a bowl of water for a couple of days and they'll shoot roots and plant..I love fresh peanuts and they are good for breaking up soil and apparently nitrogen fixes, you know they are ready when they start dying off..

wow thats interesting so do ya put the whole thing shell and all into the water or just the nut ?

 

[Sticky67]

wow thats interesting so do ya put the whole thing shell and all into the water or just the nut ?

The whole thing she'll and all and give it a couple of days and just like dope seeds the tail(s) will pop out and then plant them, you can even stick the whole thing in the ground without soaking and it should still grow but as with dope seeds there's better chances with soaking. Also a peanut has a skin not the shell but a skin on the actual nut don't damage that or she won't grow. I'll post a pic tomorrow, I've got some growing in the veg patch now..