Gardening Australia

JohnKelly 7/20/2013, 9:36 pm

I was an avid viewer of the ABC's Gardening Australia when it was presented by Peter Cundall but since his retirement I am watching it less and less.

Not too impressed by the 'Bearded One'

Any comments, or is it just me?

Cheers.

murarrie25 7/20/2013, 10:46 pm

Bearded One OK but a lot of the stories not that interesting and not enough on food plants like vegetable growing .

JohnKelly 2/14/2015, 8:43 pm

This lady certainly knows what she's about,

Backyard Gardening

Cheers.

JohnKelly 6/5/2015, 8:31 pm

murarrie25 wrote:Bearded One OK but a lot of the stories not that interesting and not enough on food plants like vegetable growing .

I have received a lot of good gardening tips from this bloke,

http://vasilisgarden.com/

**sanderson** 6/5/2015, 9:01 pm

Hi Irish Digger! happy hi

JohnKelly 1/4/2017, 6:15 pm

Still gardening in The Land Down Under, need to get out more in the morning as it is getting too hot in the afternoon.

Cheers.

**sanderson** 1/4/2017, 6:36 pm

Hi there!

Can you post some photos for us sun and warmth starved people? We always appreciate when to Southern Hemisphere folks post photos.

**Scorpio Rising** 1/4/2017, 7:55 pm

sanderson wrote:Hi there! Can you post some photos for us sun and warmth starved people? We always appreciate when to Southern Hemisphere folks post photos.

Hey dude! Yes, we need some inspiration! sunny

JohnKelly 1/17/2017, 3:07 am

No gardening today - 38 C degrees in my backyard.

Gardening Australia 1787710427

**sanderson** 1/17/2017, 1:02 pm

But you are supposed to be in summer. . .

**trolleydriver** 1/17/2017, 1:34 pm

sanderson wrote: But you are supposed to be in summer. . .

I think that was +38C not -38C. Smile

JohnKelly 1/17/2017, 5:02 pm

trolleydriver wrote:
sanderson wrote: But you are supposed to be in summer. . .
I think that was +38C not -38C.

Ooops, yes indeed, it appears as a minus, the temp was 38 degrees C but thankfully today it's down to 25.

Nothing much on today in the garden.

Cheers.

**sanderson** 1/17/2017, 7:33 pm

ye olde metric system . . .

**Scorpio Rising** 1/17/2017, 9:46 pm

sanderson wrote: ye olde metric system . . .

This is how long I have been a nurse! Medicine has been metric for many decades, with the notable exception of temperatures! (Why?). Well, I worked in the mid 80s in a PICU and we were all metric (academia, it is ok). That was the push...we always do it for weights and measures.

So, it is

Degrees Celcius x 9 divided by 5 plus 32 = Fahrenheit.
My mantra
Times 9 divided by 5 plus 32.

Yeah! You guys were smokin! 100! I would not be working out there either!

JohnKelly 1/17/2017, 10:01 pm

sanderson wrote: ye olde metric system . . .

In Australia between 1970 and 1988, imperial units were withdrawn from general legal use and replaced with SI metric units, facilitated through legislation and government agencies.

I guess I'm fully converted except perhaps in measurement where I still relate to feet and inches and a typical example would be in following the instructions in planting seeds/seedlings where the distances are given in centimetres.

**Scorpio Rising** 1/19/2017, 10:05 pm

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IrishDigger wrote:
sanderson wrote: ye olde metric system . . .
In Australia between 1970 and 1988, imperial units were withdrawn from general legal use and replaced with SI metric units, facilitated through legislation and government agencies.

I guess I'm fully converted except perhaps in measurement where I still relate to feet and inches and a typical example would be in following the instructions in planting seeds/seedlings where the distances are given in centimetres.

Yep! All in!

JohnKelly 7/29/2022, 11:03 pm

A nice little article on 'Grow Your Own Vegetables To Beat The Cost Of Living'

Posting it on this site is a bit like preaching to the converted but it does give encouragement to those contemplating establishing a veggie patch.

Grow Your Own Vegetables To Beat The Cost Of Living

Gardening Australia 3170584802

markqz 7/30/2022, 3:26 pm

Grow Your Own Vegetables wrote:Coriander is handy, but also hard to grow. It must be kept constantly moist and will go to seed if you turn your head sideways. Plant with no expectation of reaping more than a few leaves each season.

This has certainly been my experience. Even with today's prices it sells for 50c, so almost not worth growing.

**Scorpio Rising** 7/30/2022, 5:48 pm

Great article! Thanks, makes me feel better about all the stuff I go through!

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