The Outdoor Gardening Thread

PeppermintPatty said:
Our main garden. We picked the last row of tomatoes - 6 to be exact and a row of beets to make room to plant garlic. Garlic gets planted in the autumn and picked in the spring. The marigolds are to deter bugs which it does. View attachment 453842
We pick 70 to 80 tomatoes a day.
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Here’s some of our canned goods.
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Wowza!! @PeppermintPatty ! Good on you and your man.
 

Great work @PeppermintPatty its a lot of work , but at least you know you are eating food free of chemicals ,

When covid lockdowns started no one could get many canned / bottled foods , but we just sat back with a smile on our faces cause we had more than enough food in the cupboards / fridge and freezer

I picked some of our Rhubarb yesterday and dropped a bottle of preserved apples into in when it was almost cooked ( we find rhubarb to tart on its own ) we had it last night with freshly made custard ( more left for 2 more nights desert )
 
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My Koginut squash experiment turned out well. Only had one plant this year and these things are delicious. Cut into chunks and roast with the skin on and the skin caramelizes and the meat turns into something akin to pudding. Next year will plant many more.

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We've just about finished picking out tomatoes. We freeze the surplus ones and when it comes to use them, we drop them into hot water and their skin splits and peels off very easily. Over the past week we lifted our potatoes and harvested the apples. In spite of the dry summer, we had a pretty successful year in the garden.
The rhubarb gave us a good crop - obviously a different variety from Kadee's as ours had thick, light red stems and a darker leaf.

Suddenly, the leaves have started to fall - I can see why some people call Autumn , 'Fall'.
 
My husband picked me a handful of fresh raspberries this morning that I had just before my shower. We don’t have enough to make jam out of but might have enough for next year.
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In the last 2 days we made 31 jars of apple butter using 3 different recipes. We want to make some crab apple jelly. There are lots of wild crap apple trees all around us.
 
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MoBeans said:
My Koginut squash experiment turned out well. Only had one plant this year and these things are delicious. Cut into chunks and roast with the skin on and the skin caramelizes and the meat turns into something akin to pudding. Next year will plant many more.

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For one plant, you got quite a few squash. Nice to know your experiment worked out.
 
Capt Lightning said:
We've just about finished picking out tomatoes. We freeze the surplus ones and when it comes to use them, we drop them into hot water and their skin splits and peels off very easily. Over the past week we lifted our potatoes and harvested the apples. In spite of the dry summer, we had a pretty successful year in the garden.
The rhubarb gave us a good crop - obviously a different variety from Kadee's as ours had thick, light red stems and a darker leaf.

Suddenly, the leaves have started to fall - I can see why some people call Autumn , 'Fall'.
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That’s how we get the skins off of our tomatoes too. We put them in boiling water right out of the freezer. We have quite a few tomatoes to still havest. I’m glad your season turned out well for you.,
 
Didn't know where to post this …..cause it’s not my gardening efforts ….its wild fruit .
Our indigenous people made / make Jams / medicines / chutneys / dry it …..as well as eating fresh .
There only grow if they have another tree of some sort to attach themselves to , I guess you’d call it survival in the harsh Australian bush.

During my school years we’d collect the seeds of the Quandongs ,…..(some call it wild/ native peach)
Santalum acuminatum - Wikipedia

we’d lightly hammer a nail into the top of a dolly peg / cut the head of the nail off / sharpen it …..them use it to “ drill“ holes in the seeds , which we’d then put on a string and play a game in about a 2 foot circle ….⭕️ and try to break the others seed ~ if we broke the other players seed we’d win one of thier good seeds …..they are really hard

The game ….had a name but I don’t remember what it was called


The fruit really dry and tart tasting , I’ll cut out any dark bits and stew it with apples 🍎 tomorrow

I’ve mentioned there’s to
@MarkD and @PeppermintPatty before and other our Aussie member @Bretrick …..they grow in western Australia as well where Bretwick lives ….never seen them in the many tropical areas of Australia where we’ve been …only very dry desert like conditions



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Kadee said:
Didn't know where to post this …..cause it’s not my gardening efforts ….its wild fruit .
Our indigenous people made / make Jams / medicines / chutneys / dry it …..as well as eating fresh .
There only grow if they have another tree of some sort to attach themselves to , I guess you’d call it survival in the harsh Australian bush.

During my school years we’d collect the seeds of the Quandongs ,…..(some call it wild/ native peach)
Santalum acuminatum - Wikipedia

we’d lightly hammer a nail into the top of a dolly peg / cut the head of the nail off / sharpen it …..them use it to “ drill“ holes in the seeds , which we’d then put on a string and play a game in about a 2 foot circle ….⭕️ and try to break the others seed ~ if we broke the other players seed we’d win one of thier good seeds …..they are really hard

The game ….had a name but I don’t remember what it was called


The fruit really dry and tart tasting , I’ll cut out any dark bits and stew it with apples 🍎 tomorrow

I’ve mentioned there’s to
@MarkD and @PeppermintPatty before and other our Aussie member @Bretrick …..they grow in western Australia as well where Bretwick lives ….never seen them in the many tropical areas of Australia where we’ve been …only very dry desert like conditions



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I often see the Quandong tree on my forays into the bush.
 
Kadee said:
Didn't know where to post this …..cause it’s not my gardening efforts ….its wild fruit .
Our indigenous people made / make Jams / medicines / chutneys / dry it …..as well as eating fresh .
There only grow if they have another tree of some sort to attach themselves to , I guess you’d call it survival in the harsh Australian bush.

During my school years we’d collect the seeds of the Quandongs ,…..(some call it wild/ native peach)
Santalum acuminatum - Wikipedia

we’d lightly hammer a nail into the top of a dolly peg / cut the head of the nail off / sharpen it …..them use it to “ drill“ holes in the seeds , which we’d then put on a string and play a game in about a 2 foot circle ….⭕️ and try to break the others seed ~ if we broke the other players seed we’d win one of thier good seeds …..they are really hard

The game ….had a name but I don’t remember what it was called


The fruit really dry and tart tasting , I’ll cut out any dark bits and stew it with apples 🍎 tomorrow

I’ve mentioned there’s to
@MarkD and @PeppermintPatty before and other our Aussie member @Bretrick …..they grow in western Australia as well where Bretwick lives ….never seen them in the many tropical areas of Australia where we’ve been …only very dry desert like conditions



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Fascinating plant!
 

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