Aussie Growers Thread

[Miyagi]

is that tangerine dream or the ch9 limited edition tangerine?

 

[Miyagi]

holidays just another day I blaze away

 

[JimmyRecard]

holidays just another day I blaze away

haha sweet. It's the Tangerine Dream by Barney's Farm

 

[Miyagi]

well mate wish I could flick you something for them but it's a budget new year over here bro, good luck. Hope your enjoying the holidays too, time for me to crash out

 

[JimmyRecard]

well mate wish I could flick you something for them but it's a budget new year over here bro, good luck. Hope your enjoying the holidays too, time for me to crash out

haha kk yeah enjoy yours too

 

['ome Grown]

U in Adelaide jimmy?

 

[forgetiwashere]

fuck im a good boyriend. just got my first asparagus crop. 3 yrs in the making. whoever said weed is a patient mans game hasnt grown asparagus lol. any who picked my first crop this morning and i made my mrs breaky in bed before she has to go to work. asparagus spears wrapped in prosciutto and pan fried till the prosciutto is crispy then served with dippy eggs to dip the spears in. fuck yeah thats some gourmet shit right there

 

[Tran Dinh]

If you want to sell seeds just distribute them through Attitude, seedbay etc easy.
Otherwise you need a friend, like in the UK where it's legal to sell seed, and have your cash orders sent there.

Asparagus mate too long! Half your luck mrs forget very yum brekky

 

[Tran Dinh]

I've got 7 chickens laying, anyone want to help me through 49 eggs per week
2 kilos of beans per week, as much squash and zuch as you can eat, tomatoes, corn etc, organically grown

 

[forgetiwashere]

yeah it is a long wait tran but now the wait is over i should get a crop every yr from now on. really shouldnt even be ready yet normally they are supposed to be ready in autumn. i think it has something to do with the weird weather we been having. or maybe its just the old heirloom variety i have. all my veggies are oldskool heirloom varieties keeping it real and organic. got a bumper crop of tomatoes coming on. cant wait for tomato and basil season. summer is my favourite time of yr for food

 

[Tran Dinh]

True bro I did think they were a cool season crop
Keep the heirlooms going mate good on ya. I grow some heirloom varietys to but I don't bother with seed preservation just never get round to it
Tommys here are getting smashed by caterpillars, ive been picking them early just to get to try some

 

[forgetiwashere]

little fuckers they are. looks like your gonna have to light a big spliff and go out on regular caterpillar patrols lol

 

[Tran Dinh]

Lol I do it for my murrays but the tommys are pushing it hehe!
Over here it's fried ham, and you guessed it some feckin eggs

 

['ome Grown]

got given a 2 year membership for diggers (heirloom seed shop).

Planted my first veggie patch this year. All heirloom (except for the corn).

Got a seed to seed - saving seeds book for christmas as well...got about 6 books on similar topics. They can go along side my permaculture and other gardening books. Just received about 5 kilos of green manure as well. Will start throwing that in asap.

If you are after a good book to read, try 'one straw revolution'...that is the way that I grow...

Cheers

 

[forgetiwashere]

hahaha lol yeah gotta get through that chrissy ham before it goes off hey. its a race against the clock lol. condoms are the same i bought a pack of 10 the other day and the used by date says i have to use them all by 2013... i dont need that kind of pressure lol

 

[Tran Dinh]

Forget^^ hahaha the clock is ticking..

Ome- I use Permaculture principles in the garden mate. All kitchen, yard and garden wastes are processed through the chickens, in turn I get fertilized compost, eggs and a pest eradication squad
I don't plant in rows, more like scattered plantings employing companion planting. Worm farm is kept fed in return for worm juice/castings and worms as a treat for the chooks. The only thing I bring in is a load of spoilt veggies from the fruit shop bin to keep up to the chooks.
I want those books to mate! lol. My bible is 'the Permaculture home garden' by Linda Woodward

 

['ome Grown]

holy fucking shit...

we like same person.

I utilised a permaculture style polyculture with an emphasis on companioning the plants.

My favourite companion planting is zucchini, sweet corn and climbing beans. Zucchini is the living mulch covering the ground and blocking out weeds. The beans fixate nitrogen to the soil (as I am sure you know) and climb up the sweet corn. The corn requires a heavy dose of nitrogen which the beans help alleviate. Might try that one again but with rockmelon or pumpkin instead of the zucchini.

 

[Tran Dinh]

Hehe mate for certain
I've also worked an aquaponic setup, a re-circulating system using fish poop to feed the plants which in turn filters the water for the fish. Indoors, micro-greens and sprouts are fun

 

[Tran Dinh]

Forget- the swt tooth coming your way mate is original SOL gear, not Barneys 'Harm'.. Sweet sugary anti-anxiety buds, some big yielders from this line, thigh size buds I've seen pics.

 

['ome Grown]

I am well versed in the merits of aquaponics.

Have thoughts on a fish pond feature either inside the house or outside (or both) that will be running some greenhouse aquaponics.

Ichsani Wheeler's TEDxDubbo talk.

Originally from Far North Queensland, Ichsani Wheeler is a young scientist as well as a mad keen gardener, lover of worms, fungi, and all lowly compostable things. With a succinct soft spot for home made aquaponics systems and soil that smells good enough to eat she has a long standing passion for agriculture, the environment and pragmatic approaches to the challenges of sustainability.​

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Thought you might like that...I like getting baked and watching tedtalks and tedx. I wish I knew as much as Ichsani