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TTM Garlic Project - July 2011

Every year I like to grow some garlic in the vegie garden, but this year we are also joining in with Transition Town Maroondah's Garlic Festival in December. We have around 10 plants, which will only be enough for a few months in our household, but we are happy to share some for the festival.

We planted cloves in April/May. They sprouted readily and are doing nicely. Here they are at around 4 months old... …

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Posted on August 4, 2011 at 15:16

Heronswood

Recently myself and my family visited Heronswood - the HQ of The Digger's Club in Dromana. We had perfect weather, and a fabulous picnic (thanks Patrick). It was simply wonderful, the gardens were so inspiring.…

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Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:00

FAREWELL BIG TREE

On the last of 2010, a hot gust of wind sent our 20m tall Liquidamber tree crashing into the back garden. We were very thankful that no one was hurt.

Amazingly it missed the house, bungalow and fences, but it did take out the washing line, trampoline and garden gate.

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Posted on January 2, 2011 at 13:00

Broad Bean Production Line

I love broad beans.

I grew them and tried them for the first time ever last year, and I simply love them!

They are incredibly easy to grow (they thrive in the worst soil), require no additional watering, and have a high yield of very satisfying, fat, juicy pods. All the recipes I have (only about 4 or 5) are simply wonderful too. I recommend growing broad beans - especially as a beginner (like me).

One down side to broad beans is that they take a bit…

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Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:57

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At 20:41 on April 22, 2012, Philip and Elena said…: Hi Radhika,

So sorry we couldn't make it tonight. It's a tricky time for us.When could i meet you? We are around Tues, Thurs or Fri.

Cheers,

Elena

At 0:40 on April 22, 2012, Philip and Elena said…: Hi Radhika,

Thanks for getting back to us. We should be there for the first hour and then will have to head home with the little ones. Look forward to meeting you Sunday@

Cheers, Elena

At 23:39 on April 18, 2012, Philip and Elena said…: Hi Radhika,

Hi it's Elena and Philip here and we live in East Ringwood. We haven't been able to get to the last 2 get togethers but Jan suggested I contact you directly. We have been working on our edible garden for a little over a year now but would love to learn more. It would be great to meet you. I (Elena) am around during the days with my 2 little ones if it suits to meet up? Cheers, Elena and Philip

At 17:22 on December 12, 2011, Jo McLeay said…: Hi Radhika, would love to buy some more of your honey. Would I be able to come by in Wednesday to pick some up?

At 15:06 on December 6, 2011, Jo McLeay said…: I think I'm addicted to Beswick's Honey

At 21:29 on November 29, 2011, Jo McLeay said…: Hi Radhika,

Thanks for the invitation to join the general group but I am still blocked. I think Jane needs to change the privacy settings on the group before I will be allowed to join.

cheers,

Jo

At 10:01 on November 29, 2011, Jo McLeay said…: Thanks for adding me. It was great to meet you on Sunday and see the demonstration of the Rocket Stove. So interesting. I love the honey we got then as well. Very inspirational

At 12:25 on September 26, 2011, Jan Down said…: PS Just saw your garlic notes and photo - fantastic! Your garlic looks tall. We have about 70 plants, but I suspect some of them will be quite small. I was weeding them yesterday and I accidentally dug one of the smaller plants up and it only seemed to have one clove at the bottom - not a whole hand. It will be interesting to see what the others are like. We planted ours later than you - probably early June I think.

I'd like to hang lots of garlic up at the Christmas party with beautiful big labels naming the grower and maybe the variety of garlic if people know. Maybe people could bring it to display even if they are going to keep it for their own use. It could be inspiring for others to grow some next year, and add to the general festivity. What do you reckon?

At 12:20 on September 26, 2011, Jan Down said…: Hi Radhika - you asked about the picture of the lambs on the Convergence event... well...? call it desperate for an image! Lambs converging... um... well... yes... If I can find something better I will change it.

Anyway, would you believe it, we forgot to buy our honey last night! I hope that I'll be able to drop in one day this week. Will ring first. Cheers, Jan.