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ivanaqua
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 Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: Home grown vegetables |
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Anyone interested in sharing ideas on home grown veggies?>
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Lozy
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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My partner and I have just recently started a vegie patch ourselves. Sadly our puppy decided to have a digging session through it but we have started again!!! 
My advice is to start your own compost bin, it will seriously reduce the amount of scraps that would normally go straight into your bin. Egg shells, fruit & veg skins and newspaper are great to start you off. Our bin was bought from Bunnings at a reasonable price.
I hope that helps 
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lynx123123
Joined: 29 May 2008
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Tips for home grown vegetables
To save mature green tomatoes from an early frost, pick them and set them on top of the refrigerator to ripen at room temperature. Or wrap them individually in newspaper and store in a cool spot.
Keep bean weevils from ruining your kidney or butter beans when they are drying: just dip the freshly shelled beans in boiling water for 1 minute before you spread them out to dry.
Instead of rapping your melons to check for ripeness, look for brown tendrils on the stem near the fruit and a yellow area instead of white where the fruit touches the ground. Both are signs that the melon is ready to pick.
When you harvest courgettes and marrows leave a short stem on the vegetables to ensure that they stay succulent until cooking time.
Test potatoes before you store them by rubbing the skin; if it rubs off easily, the potato is probably too young for storage.
Don't wash or blanch freshly harvested peas before freezing them. Just shell them directly into a plastic freezer bag; they'll stay separated, allowing you to dip into them as you need them.
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kaykaykay
Joined: 16 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:23 pm Post subject: hi this is the enviro policy my country has, |
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hi all, m studyin overseas, and hav wondered about the Aus' enviornmental policy which is not very strict. Back to my country, Korea, we classify the food waste and recyclable items, which is also divided into glass, plastic, papers etc. This is just similar to Aus' system but this is different. the bin bags for all types of wastes, are charged. it's quite expensive. and most of all, the food waste bin bag is the most expensive, so people, includin me, try to save and not to waste food. this is very nice i think. because the amount of food we waste, is very dependent on what we mind about. i think this is a great idea, if Aus, can introduce this, they'll save a lot of work on the gabage work. for an example of korea, they introduced this system about 7yrs ago, though first step wasn't that easy, now the amount of waste has reduced very much.(sorry m not that smart to giv u a certain figure.. if u want, haha i can find it for u)
what do u think about this guys? |
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Culpeper
Joined: 26 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:19 am Post subject: Home Grown.... Small Patch.... reality |
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Hi small patchers,
Did any of you out in ground land see Peter Cundall's final show...(' ') Hope loads of you did....
Take a peak at the posting on Gumtree Canberra...Activities & Hobbies....
'The Home Food Portal'........Yesterday
We are in the throws of setting up a home grown exchange/market..... all are welcome to join the network. We feel Gumtree is an excellent vehicle for this type of communal work.
'Stay Green it'll keep you out of the Red'.....(' ')
Regards Culpeper. |
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Y-man
Joined: 12 Aug 2008
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Lozy wrote: |
My advice is to start your own compost bin, it will seriously reduce the amount of scraps that would normally go straight into your bin. Egg shells, fruit & veg skins and newspaper are great to start you off. Our bin was bought from Bunnings at a reasonable price.
I hope that helps
Lozy |
We found that the compost bin was best for making mulch material - i.e. lawn clippings only.
For kitchen food wastes, we have tried the aero-bin (compost bin) and bokashi, but was not really successful. We have recently tried worm farming, and this is great for getting rid of vegetable based wastes. We keep the worms in a polystyrene box with some drainage and vent holes.
Our back yard is not that big - but now produces (almost) enough vegetables to sustain us without the need for buying at the shops.
We grow:
Broccoli
WomBok
BokChoy
Chinese mustard greens
Onions
Garlic (limited)
Eggplant (not very successful)
Capsicum
Chilli
Potatoes
Pumpikin
Zucchini
Rocket
Lettuce
Silverbeet
Parsley
Cheers,
The Y-man |
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GumtreeBumtree
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm about to get started on a veggie patch. I've bought a Bokashi Bin as I don't have room for a compost anywhere. It works really well. |
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