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shiukopuppy's posts about: raspberries
Sep 29, 2007 | 11:34 PM PST
Tags: black tulip , grevillia , Cherries , raspberries
My grevillia above is blooming! I find it fascinating because it doesn't look like a flower, it's more like an alien! Hopefully some birds will come to appreciate it and eat it, though I'm not sure how..
Sadly, discovered the sparkly trails left behind by snails. It is that time of year and the evidence of snails everywhere. I used some environmentally friendly snail pellets but I hate their color and they break down quickly. There was another sale at the garden center so I bought a Lebanese eggplant seedling and a two-story marigold seedling. Then we decided to go to the nursery that sells native plants at a discounted price. I decided to plant some pink blooms near my front door so I bought a purplish boronia, a pink bottle-brush and another pink grevillia. We planted them near the front door this afternoon.
I was at the supermarket earlier today, and I couldn't believe that frozen cherries cost $19.99 per kg! and frozen raspberries cost $15.00/kg! ! (for reference, i think that a kilogram is about 2.2 lbs). I'm glad I'll be growing both fruits this year - will not waste a single one!
Other things that I find expensive at the shops are fresh herbs, snow peas and gourmet lettuces. So I'm going to have to be even more motivated to grow things. I did get some reduced lettuces (damaged) and gave some to my chickens to peck apart. I went outside and one of them was running around happily with some lettuce.
