10/10/10 Today in Our Garden

Succulent mulberries

Flowering Herbs

California Poppy

Cherry Tomatoes just about ready to plant out

We love chicory

Sage and Oregano

We have spent several enjoyable days working in our garden. The weather has been lovely and we have been able to make lots of mulch from our winter pruning's.

We have made a zucchini bed, a potato cage bed and a pumpkin patch. Our artichoke bed is looking good and we have lots of mulberries on our small trees.

The highlight of our garden is the herbs, rapa and rocket plants going to flower and forming seed.

We have planned our summer garden and we will are just hoping that we do not have heatwaves and that we can keep our garden healthy and productive. So for the moment we are dreaming of a mild Adelaide summer with tropical rain showers and cool nights. Reality will hit in January or even in November like last year.

Happy gardening to all.

Tickle Tank, South Australia Open Garden Scheme

Tickle Tank is open to the public today.

Tickletank

Artist Irene Pearce's intimate and imaginative garden">

24 Hill St, Mount Barker

10am-4.30pm

$6.00

Creating a beautiful home from a concrete water storage tank!

If you are thinking of converting a concrete water tank into a home this is the place to look at.

Tickle Tank is the home of talented artist Irene Pearce .
"You will visit an intimate and adventurous multi-level garden which surrounds a house made from a converted water storage tank. The garden is filled with garden art, mosaics and sculptures made from recycled materials which add humour among the colourful array of spring bulbs, hardy natives and cottage plants. An inspiring garden, brimming with artistic ideas."
See the video at the ABC website: Tickle video (scroll down to the Tickletank video).

Adelaide Spring Garden Bee Feast

Here are some pictures from our Adelaide spring garden with rocket, brassica rapa, parsley & flame tree mustard green going to seed. And an amazing array of flowering herbs including sage, borage, pineapple sage, thyme, watercress, salad burnett, society garlic & many more flowers attracting a myriad of bees other insects.

A bee enjoying our borage

Colour maze

Brassica rapa going to seed

Flowering coriander

Watercress flower

Gardening Australia & Video of Seed Saving

Most Aussie gardeners have grown up watching gardening Australia each Saturday or Sunday for many years.

The programs continue to inform, entertain and delight us as the years roll on.

Did you know that wherever you live around the world you can watch the video clips of the different segment of the program online.

Just go to http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/ and then you can choose what you would like to watch.

I particularly enjoyed Jerry’s segment on Seed Saving which was aired on October 2, 2010.

Russia’s seed bank under threat

ORGANIC GARDENING WORKSHOPS Adelaide Hills

Nirvana Organic Farm offers gardeners a chance to share Deb’s 30+ years of experience in creating a productive landscape in a unique and beautiful living classroom.

COMPOSTING AND MULCHING

Sunday, September 5th

9.00 - 12 30 $45

Principles of composting and mulching, techniques and materials used and how they can be used most effectively on your garden or farm.

ORGANIC VEGETABLES FOR YOUR TABLE

Sunday, September 12^th

9.00—12.30 $45

Practical guide to establishing and maintaining a productive and healthy

vegetable garden.

BIO- DYNAMIC AGRICULTURE

BEYOND ORGANICS

Improve your soils water holding capacity.

A one day course to introduce the practical concepts of the biodynamic methods to farmers and gardeners.

The Bio -Dynamic method is a modern organic method that creates a holistic approach to building healthy soil, plants animals and humans.

The course covers history, concept of a living organism, soils, compost, special preparations that enhance nature and equipment required.

Sunday, Sept 19^th 2010. 8.30 am. -4.30 pm. Cost: $110

Includes: notes, lunch, Membership of Adelaide Hills Biodynamic Group

INTRODUCTION TO MOON PLANTING AND USING THE PLANTING CALENDAR

Sunday, September 26^th 9.00-12.30 $45

Working with the rhythms of nature can develop your skills in fine tuning your garden and can add a new dimension to your gardening experience

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ORGANIC FRUIT, NUTS & BERRIES.

Sunday, October 10^th

9.00 -12.30 $45

Practical guide to orcharding. Includes establishment, soils, ground covers, maintenance & pruning.

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POULTRY KEEPING.

Sunday October 17th

9.00 pm – 12.30 $45

All you need to know about getting started with poultry. Includes selection, housing, feeding, breeding, pests.

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WEAVING A BIT OF MAGIC

Sunday October 24^th

9am – 4pm

$110

.The ideal way to recycle your garden prunings. This introduction to natural fibre weaving will show you the essential techniques, suitable plants & other materials to make baskets, fences, or trellises.

Course includes all materials, lunch, morning & afternoon tea.

To enrol click here or get further Information

phone Deb or Quentin 8339 2519

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World Kitchen Garden Day August 22nd 2010

Welcome to World Kitchen Garden Day from Adelaide, South Australia.

It is winter here which means lots of winter rain and mild temperatures.

Our garden looks lovely with masses of Asia greens, Italian broccoli rapa, silverbeets, leeks and spring  onions, parsley, fenugreek, coriander and almost every kind of herb you can think of.

We have rocket, rapa and coriander going to seed.

We have calendula's, German chamomile and speckled borage everywhere.

Today we have friends coming to see our garden and then a large afternoon tea at another kitchen gardeners home.

So I look forward to today and I hope you all enjoy your garden and what ever you have planned for today.

Greetings from Adelaide.

Maggie