arv
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| Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:37 am Post subject: My Garden |
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My reputation as a gardener who never grows anything is taking a dent lately . Whether it is due to my dabbling is permaculture or the abundant water from our greywater system or the slight amount of soap that manages to get through the filtration system or the early onset of summer or all the above , it cannot be denied that the garden is blooming . The zucchini is going great guns , huge blooms and a lot of flowers . Today we harvested the sixth zucchini . Though there is some white powdery stuff on the leaves that is a bit disturbing . The tomatoes give me no reason to complain but still a way to go , beans we manage to get a handful every second day and some basil and rocket . But the pride and joy is definitely the melons , a nice decent sized melon , a small one and a few on the way .
The greywater system is giving me a bit of worry though . The water is down to a trickle and needs to be coaxed through . I suspect the sand layer ,since it was not protected with a geotechnic cloth has managed to find its way to the gravel and is creating a sludge which is pretty difficult for the water to get through. I have a taken out a bit of this sludge and gravel but the solution might lie in a reed bed that actively breaks down the soap and aerates the water . Next stage .
For the moment though we are enjoying watching the garden grow . If I had my way , I would've taken a chair and watched it all day long .
All the photos were taken by my ten year old . Going over the photos I remembered the pomegranate .
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eileen
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| Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:51 am Post subject: |
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Hey you have a talented ten year old photographer there. Well done!!  Everything is certainly looking good in your garden. Watch out for that powdery mildew though as it can cause real problems.
A reed bed is an excellent idea and I hope you manage to get one planted soon to help with your irrigation.
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Netty
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| Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Everything looks great arv, and your son is a wonderful photographer!
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cajunbelle
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Wow, my mouth is watering, beautiful garden you have there.
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daisybeans
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Your garden looks great, BUT I am totally impressed with your 10 year old's photography eye! They are wonderful! Please compliment him for me. The details that he picked up on -- very impressive!
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glendann
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| Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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Great garden and wonderful veggies and melons.
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arv
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| Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the appreciative comments , I will pass on the compliments to the photographer .
As for the powdery mildew , does anyone have any non toxic solution ?
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daisybeans
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Others on this forum have suggested spraying with milk. I've done that on roses for black spot. Here is a link -- there are many others if you google "using milk for powdery mildew."
http://www.gardenguides.com/pests/tips/powderymildew2.asp
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Sjoerd
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Well Arv, seeing these fotos was delightful. Everything that you showed seems to be doing really well. You folks are so far ahead of me here that I shall never catch-up. hahaha.
I am happy to see that your pomgranate is blooming. I have raised two "trees" from seed ans as of yet have no blooms. The trees are seven years old now.
Congratulations on your melons as well. Fingers crossed that they go on and give you some edible fruits later on.
Good posting.
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arv
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:14 am Post subject: |
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Sjoerd , we had a six year old pomegranate tree that gave fruit but was ruined when we paved our court .In fact the guy doing the work just poured concrete over it . So this time we cheated , we bought a three year old tree , planted it in march and the thing has flowers  . We find it hard to believe ourselves but there it is for everyone to see .
As for you playing catch , forget it , very soon I will be left gasping in your blaze  .
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Penny
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Wow.....everything looks great, well done Arv~~!
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gardengater
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Congratulations on your beautiful garden. Tell your boy that he has a real talent with a camera.
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Droopy
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Your garden looks lovely, and I'm also impressed with the little photographer. Good luck with beating the mildew.
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