Alan's Garden Blog

We grow our own here. Buy the seed from an asian supermarket and plant six seeds in each hole. This is particularly important in summer as they tend to 'bolt'. Water till their proper leaves form and then let the watersaver garden take over. Snip them off as you need them but leave some in the ground to get the roots for curries. A whole lot better than the tired stuff from the supermarkets.  

Part of a large job for delivery to Sue Welburn who is doing a job in Kenmore. I'm impressed with her work, if you live in or around Brisbane and looking for ideas and a professional job check it out at:   www.greenspiritlandscapes.com 

Hi Alan,  Just sending you the promised photos and update on my XL and Jumbo wicking beds, installed late March 2022. Current crops include bush beans, bush sugar snap peas, capsicum, Golden Nugget pumpkins, onions, sweetcorn, bush watermelon, various determinate tomatoes, determinate cherry tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, early yellowrocket and Spacemaster Cucumber. I live in a coastal area with very high winds, so have chosen bush versions wherever possible rather than climbers.  Wind was also an issue with my veggie-net. The bulldog clips that you sent with the canopy kit just didn’t cut it, unfortunately. I’ll outline what I did...

Hi Alan, Thank you for your wicking beds.  We received them alittle while ago but due to work commitments, we’ve only been able to assembly them between Xmas and New Year. We have just one problem with them.  We ordered 3 x large beds in woodland grey and unfortunately one of them is the monument colour (the middle one).   We are looking at having to spray it woodland grey.    Would you be prepared to pay for the spray paint please? Kind regards, Sandie Now how polite is that? Of course I was happy to cough up. The gardens...

Well that's about the end for 2022. If you are looking to buy you can purchase from the existing stock below or order for 2023. Despatch from the existing stock will be mostly same day while other orders will not be despatched until week beginning 9 January. Don't delay your request, they will be processed on order of receipt. Existing stock ready for dispatch: Jumbo: Surfmist, Classic Cream, Basalt, Pale Eucalypt, Monument Extra Large: Paperbark, Basalt, Pale Eucalypt, Classic Cream, Zinc (silver), Surfmist (I have three surfmist) Large Slim: Dune, Woodland Grey, Zinc (silver), Basalt, Jasper Space Saver: Evening Haze, Shale Grey, Classic Cream, Wallaby,...