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Gardening

ArraDreamingSenior Contributor06 July 2022, 2:50 pm AEST

Gardening

Does anybody else like gardening here?

I am a qualified landscape gardener but I work in a nursery just part time at the moment with general plant stuff.

I really enjoying gardening and I know a lot about different plants.

We’re growing a veggie patch at home, we moved into this place about 10 months months ago and the garden was a complete mess, but lots of fruit trees and things but the old tenant was just too old to care for it, so I got into the garden and now we get most of our veggies from our own garden which I think it’s pretty cool. There is a local food swap near us so we’ll often swap for different things we don’t need or need more of. At the moment we have excess spinach, witch no one seems to be able to get at the shops! 😵‍💫

I didn’t have a very good night sleep but I worked this morning and then came home to do to do more gardening at our house and I realise how much the sun really makes everything feel 10 x better.

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tymeModerator06 July 2022, 9:35 pm AEST

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So true @ArraDreaming - Your post about your son asking for kinder has put a smile on my face. I remember what a challenge it was back then. How you've all come so far 🙂 Kudos to you all.

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ArraDreamingSenior Contributor06 July 2022, 9:53 pm AEST

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Mind you he still asks “dad are you keeping me safe” every time we walk in the doors, he eventually lets go and we’re all good @tyme I think wearing the hat helps 😂

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ChristheartSenior Contributor07 July 2022, 11:34 am AEST

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@ArraDreaming Before I became unwell in May I had been growing medicinal herbs and making creams. I also had a vegetable patch! I volunteer with my clients at the local community garden, which is still thriving so thats lovely to do that. We just planted some flowers like alysum in big concrete planters at my work. 🪴

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ArraDreamingSenior Contributor07 July 2022, 1:48 pm AEST

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That’s lovely I hope you can get back to your veggies one day @Christheart

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ArraDreamingSenior Contributor07 July 2022, 2:23 pm AEST

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Has anyone got a recommendation for a good covering for veggie patches?

I know there is heaps on the market, and in the past we’ve just made our own with bird netting but it’s actually getting really hard take on and off and also as spring comes around we’ll need the bird netting for our trees, and that stuff is expensive!!

Has anyone used anything good?

Bunnings had a couple of tent style pop ones but they will be too small unless we buy like 6 of them.

Mostly looking for protection from critters in the night… possums, bats, mice etc.

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ArraDreamingSenior Contributor20 Nov 2022, 3:39 pm AEDT

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Bumping this thread back up because I’m sure there was a more recent one I can’t find!!!
how’s everyone’s gardens doing at the moment

@tyme I know you have multiple and we’re trying to get rid of weeds, how did that go?

I do have a funny story from this weekend where I trusted my partner who wouldn’t even know how to keep a succulent alive to help weed one of the garden beds and she ripped out a whole budding rose bush right down to the root. Cheers for that.
we do have a lot of nice flowers growing at the minute and our fruit is coming in!!

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ArraDreamingSenior Contributor20 Nov 2022, 3:45 pm AEDT

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also just got gifted an old bath for the garden any ideas?

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Unknown userMember21 Nov 2022, 3:24 pm AEDT

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Hey @ArraDreaming a garden bathtub sounds cool!

I'm very new to the plant life myself, but I'm enjoying learning how the plants are trying to communicate what they need, it's been a learning curve for sure 🌱

How about a herb garden in the tub?

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ArraDreamingSenior Contributor21 Nov 2022, 7:37 pm AEDT

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That’s a good idea but we do have lots of herbs already growing…. Maybe a bird bath @Former-Member

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Unknown userMember22 Nov 2022, 8:35 am AEDT

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@ArraDreaming If you make a frame with PVC piping, you can zip tie plastic trellising onto it. It’s light and easy to move around, but quite strong, plus critters can’t get tangled in it like with netting, and it’s relatively cheap to make. A frame should last a long time, too. I’ve made one, am going to make another soon.

I just noticed my marigolds are flowering!

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