{"id":177,"date":"2010-04-27T06:27:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T06:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islandrooster.net\/dev\/food\/index.php\/2010\/04\/27\/edible-garden\/"},"modified":"2020-08-16T23:52:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T23:52:01","slug":"edible-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thermogourmand.com.au\/index.php\/2010\/04\/27\/edible-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"The Edible Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There’s no way I can ever say that I’m a gardener. I pull out weeds sometimes and plant things sometimes, but often forget to water them.<\/p>\n

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The exception to that comment is my vegetable garden. I absolutely love being able to go out and collect herbs and vegetables to be used in my cooking.
\nI’ve been picking the last of the summer vegies and getting the garden ready for winter vegies in between caring for Rambo, the Wonder Dog after his brush with death.
\nGreen Capsicums, Spinach, Basil, Oregano and Lebanese Eggplant have featured strongly in our menus recently.<\/p>\n

Tomatoes were unsuccessful this year, all leaf and very little fruit. I didn’t prepare the vegie patch properly and it certainly showed with yellow spotted tomatoes and a baby watermelon that struggled to survive as it’s poor roots battled their way through heavy clay.<\/p>\n

But, thanks to a couple of birthday Bunnings Vouchers, my vegie patch is having a wonderful treat with loads of mushroom compost, sulphate of potash and a new liquid fertiliser I found.
\nSabrina Hahn was discussing a fertiliser on one of her Saturday morning radio shows. The person who developed it was talking about how our WA soils are so deplete of minerals and nutrients and she did a huge amount of research to develop a liquid fertiliser that was not only effective, but safe for river systems (not that there’s any run-off into rivers here!), so I searched for something that appeared to be this fertiliser. I think I have the right one – they can’t say brand names on the ABC!
\nI bought a heap of seedlings to plant and now have in my vegie patch and in my garden near the back door:<\/p>\n

Asparagus (new, two and three years old)
\nBay
\nBlackberry Bush
\nBroccolini
\nCapsicum, still going
\nCauliflower
\nDill
\nFennel
\nGai Laan (A Chinese Vegie)
\nLebanese Eggplant
\nLemongrass
\nLemon Thyme
\nMint
\nMizuna (Salad Leaves)
\nOregano
\nPassionfruit, really late, but loads of flowers and fruit
\nThyme
\nSage
\nSpinach, still continuing to produce
\nSpring Onions
\nRaspberry Bush
\nRosemary
\nBaby Watermelon, still struggling along<\/p>\n

If I had my way, all my garden would be an edible one, with just a few landscape features like geraniums and fast growing trees. The trouble is, I’d forget to water it all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s no way I can ever say that I’m a gardener. I pull out weeds sometimes and plant things sometimes, but often forget to water them. The exception to that comment is my vegetable garden. I absolutely love being able to go out and collect herbs and vegetables to be used in my cooking. I’ve…<\/p>\n

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