Month: December 2013

Aztec Corn Harvest & How Corn Pollination Works
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Aztec Corn Harvest & How Corn Pollination Works

Picked the first lot of cobs from the Aztec corn out the front on Friday & was most impressed. Looks like the cobs all pollinated evenly as there are very few missing kernels on any of the cobs..The colour patterns…

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Compost worm update, feeding the Bathtub & splitting the Barrel farm..
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Compost worm update, feeding the Bathtub & splitting the Barrel farm..

The bathtub worm farm under the house hadn’t been harvested for a while so I thought it was time to collect some castings & worms.. The castings will be going out into the patch as fertiliser on the beds &…

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Tomato Mites, Virus in the Potatoes & a quick Yacon question..
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Tomato Mites, Virus in the Potatoes & a quick Yacon question..

Have been treating a mite infestation on our Bulls horn capsicum/peppers over the past few weeks & have noticed that they are also on the tomato plants in the hoop house.. Nothing too serious to worry about as the plants…

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