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Planted the Creole garlic today

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I think I've scored my first walnut

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Been raining like crazy today and I found this thing lurking on a branch as I went out to check on the water tank. Kinda reminds me of Little Shop of horrors

Winter garden established for 2024

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The first lot of chickpeas in bed one have finished, so in the stubble, I planted carrots, cabbage, fennel, and spinach. The capsicums should be finished soon, and then I'll put the cover back on the mini tunnel house. Tomatos almost done in bed two, planted out some beans and mustard to grow over the winter. In bed three, the soy plants are almost done, and I like the layer of leaf mulch that they leave behind. I've left the stalks and roots in the soil to rot. I've sown some mustard and peas in the soil for green manure. Last of the corn has attracted some sort of black insect so I"m not expecting much from the last couple of plants. The beans I planted among the stalks are still going. I've finished the summer lettuce shade house and I'm hoping to grow snow peas over the winter. In the summer I'll grow cucumbers to block out some of the solar.

First of this year's garlic going in

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 Fire variety, down the east and south end of bed two

Grapes are ripe now

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Chickpeas are podding

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