Garlic 2015

Planted some garlic into edge of large bed today. Also into one large pot. These bulbs were sourced from the little veggie patch.

New plantings

Finally, i have managed to get some goodies into place

Onions

Garlic - austral

Popeye spinach

Beetroot

And managed to also find another blueberry - Sunshine Blue at Bunnings

Garlic early purple

Planted some of these today. Left over bulbs from last year. Small, so i hope they will grow. Into end of big bed

Garlic

I shopped at Diggers for some garlic today. Came home with GARLIC EARLY PURPLE to try and grow.

Fact sheet here

http://www.diggers.com.au/fact-sheets/fact-sheet-garlic.aspx

http://www.diggers.com.au/images/products/large/BGAPU_v.jpg

Things to do with coffee grounds ...

Now we have our own coffee machine, I have lots of coffee grounds . Glad I've found something useful for them:

• The nitrogen in coffee nicely balances the addition of "brown" materials (leaves, straw and cardboard) in a compost heap.

• Coffee is a great source of nitrogen, a much needed plant fertilizer. The nitrogen in coffee is a kind that needs to break down in the soil before being released so it ends up feeding a slow and steady drip of fertilizer to your plants.

• In addition to nitrogen, coffee grounds also contain magnesium and copper in just the right amounts to be beneficial to your plants.

• Coffee grounds act as an effective repellent against slugs, snails, ants and cats.

• Earth worms LOVE coffee grounds.

Starbucks started a similar program in 1995 called Grounds for Your Garden that offers customers free five-pound bags of used grounds to take home.

More potatoes...

The last of the pots!

This time the boys helped to find them. Hearing Jon say "score" is priceless each time he uncovered one.

The second bowl were Dutch cream potatoes.

Seed update...

Here's how the seeds are going.....

The heat wave of 38 on Thursday almost got them, but so far so good.

I'm hoping to get the beans in tomorrow .