We've harvested 4 red cabbages this week and now all that is left is a few herbs. We need to top up the beds with compost and get busy with planting. Unfortunately, a dash to our capital city for a specialist appointment with our eldest is going to put off that job. That's life.
I had a bit of an "ah ha" moment this week when I realised I was selling myself short by going on our grocery store prices for my garden produce. Organic produce sells for so much more than supermarket produce. Mind you, I have no real way of getting organic prices and it's only a guide. Still, it's nice to know that what I'm producing is really MORE valuable than the price ticket I've been putting on it.
Of course, I kind of knew that in that I want to grow our own vegetables for freshness and nutritional value more than the monetary value anyway.
Still, 4 cabbages at $3.99 per half is roughly $32 so I'm ahead of my goal this week.
Our new fruit trees have grown leaves and are looking quite healthy so that's been quite exciting. It'll be a couple of years before we're harvesting from them but it will be good when we are. It's all about progress and babysteps isn't it.
I'm also getting some fruit on the strawberry plants so that'll be nice when they're ripe. Still only in small numbers though until I can get some more plants.
Hopefully I'll have some planting news in the next week or so (depending on what happens with Lleyton's appointment).
Saturday, October 18, 2008
$25 Challenge - The Garden is Now Bare
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My plum trees look like they'll bring in a reasonable crop this year and the granny smith apple is smothered in blossoms. Everything else? Meh.
Vegies look promising though. I've gone with a heritage selection from the Diggers Club. Heirloom carrots, mortgage lifter tomatoes, lazy housewife beans, mini capsicums in 7 colours and mini rockmelons. (Minnesota Midget). Oh and mini cauliflowers. Imagine! 10cm cauliflower heads.
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