On Sun, 30 May 2010 08:52:04 +1000, Alan S
> wrote:

>Simple Green Soup
>
>Leeks are a vegetable I have rarely eaten because they tend to be
>expensive here.

Dead easy to grow - here, anyway - and mega-delicious. Not a concern
for you, but they are a crop that will sit in the ground all through
the winter until I want them Actually, thinking about it, they
might not be that easy to grow for you, they might bolt when it gets
too hot. Might be worth starting now though and eating them young? I
see it's been colder in Brisbane than it's been here for some weeks!

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 150ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.2% BMI 26

In article >,
Alan S > wrote:

> At the moment we are having fun trying to beat the currawongs to an
> incredible crop of red paw-paws on a tree that grew out of the compost
> bin. This thing sprang up like Jack's beanstalk and has more fruit on
> it than I've ever seen on a paw-paw tree.
> It's doing even better than a tree a year older that grew from a seed
> that fell out of the scraps on the way to the bin.

It's growing in pure compost. No wonder it's doing amazingly!

PP

this year I've been terribly lazy and am doing a thunder dome style of
plants and flowers this year ..till the earth toss in seeds and whatever
lives lives..lol

I am so bad that I killed chives..CHIVES..how do you kill chives?..lol

But a funny thing happened this year like your tree..
all along the fence line is growing a ton of gorgeous flowers..never
planted any there and don't even know what they are but they appear to be
giant purple petunias which is awesome as that's my favorite...lol

it was like I was visited by the flower fairy.

KROM


"Alan S" > wrote
> You can see that my style of horticulture is not labour-intensive...
>

In article >,
Alan S > wrote:

> Later today I'll try to take a pic of the thing. Here is the one that
> grew from the accidental sowing a couple of years ago:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/3216089045/
>
> It's still producing fruit, but now I need a ladder to harvest it.

Wow! Cool.

PP

In article >,
Alan S > wrote:

> Here's the new one; the gauzy stuff is an attempt to stop the
> currawongs eating it before we do:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/4677838128/

Holy moley! Those fruits are so big and prolific! I'm jealous. ;-)

PP
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my mother says that if "planticide" were a crime i would be in the big house
permanently... we have NO plants in the house... i once killed an air
fern... i have "plant envy" often as both my mom and sister are natural
growers, Lee
"KROM" > wrote in message
...
> this year I've been terribly lazy and am doing a thunder dome style of
> plants and flowers this year ..till the earth toss in seeds and whatever
> lives lives..lol
>
> I am so bad that I killed chives..CHIVES..how do you kill chives?..lol
>
> But a funny thing happened this year like your tree..
> all along the fence line is growing a ton of gorgeous flowers..never
> planted any there and don't even know what they are but they appear to be
> giant purple petunias which is awesome as that's my favorite...lol
>
> it was like I was visited by the flower fairy.
>
> KROM
>
>
> "Alan S" > wrote
>> You can see that my style of horticulture is not labour-intensive...
>>
>
>
>