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Garden Zone: Australia
Plants in my Garden: kaffir lime, lemon, lime, mandarin, olive, pomegranate, mango, nashi, apple tree, cherry, almond, avocado, pak choi, gai laan, choy sum, mizuna, mibuna, water spinach, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, flat leaf parsley, basil, oregano, coriander, vietnamese mint, thai basil, shiso, asian chives, lemongrass, raspberry, red & black currants, onions, shallots, garlic, chicken forage, australian native plants, strawberries
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: i love seedlings - they are cute and they are my babies!
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: playing playstation 2 or mixing cocktails
Plants in my Garden: kaffir lime, lemon, lime, mandarin, olive, pomegranate, mango, nashi, apple tree, cherry, almond, avocado, pak choi, gai laan, choy sum, mizuna, mibuna, water spinach, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, flat leaf parsley, basil, oregano, coriander, vietnamese mint, thai basil, shiso, asian chives, lemongrass, raspberry, red & black currants, onions, shallots, garlic, chicken forage, australian native plants, strawberries
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: i love seedlings - they are cute and they are my babies!
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: playing playstation 2 or mixing cocktails
shiukopuppy
Member Since: 7/1/2007
Last Seen: 2 days, 3 hours ago
About shiukopuppy
I enjoy organic gardening and am trying to reduce my ecological
footprint by growing some of my own food. I originally became
interested in gardening when I had to
grow herbs and veggies that were unavailable at the shops. My boyfriend and I started by growing Japanese and Thai herbs/vegetables. I also grew lettuces for my chickens.
After
awhile, I started to expand to grow more fruit, veg and
herbs. I like the look of ornamental vegetable
gardens. Now I grow chicken forage and some fruit trees as well. I'm trying to grow aubergines and tomatoes at the moment.
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pictures from japan
This is a garden surrounding a temple that we visited - the gardens have been there for centuries. This photo was taken on an overcast day in spring. We were unlucky on our sightseeing days because we had light rain and clouds. Here is the wikipedia ...
Fruit & veg that i'd like to grow
I started gardening to grow vegetables that were unavailable. There used to be an Asian grocery store in the neighbourhood that sold a small selection of fresh vegetables unavailable anywhere else. Since it closed, we have had a drought of these ve...
my camera is at my parents' place..
I left my camera at my parents' house a couple of weeks ago, so it has been impossible to show what's been happening in the garden. Also, it has photos of our trip to Japan - some of which might be interesting to share. We couldn't take photos in the...
harvest moon game and updates
Hi all! Well, it's been a while, and it is autumn/winter here.. the garden is slowing down. I have some limes still ripening, and I have 3 ripe mangoes to be eaten. The mandarins are getting much bigger, the olives are turning and there are some gre...
Seedlings are out
My chickens have finished moulting and are starting to lay eggs again! And my autumn seedlings are sprouting away - all of them have germinated. It has been really hot lately so I haven't had much chance to garden. I did plant some pansies in one of...
This is a garden surrounding a temple that we visited - the gardens have been there for centuries. This photo was taken on an overcast day in spring. We were unlucky on our sightseeing days because we had light rain and clouds. Here is the wikipedia ...
Fruit & veg that i'd like to grow
I started gardening to grow vegetables that were unavailable. There used to be an Asian grocery store in the neighbourhood that sold a small selection of fresh vegetables unavailable anywhere else. Since it closed, we have had a drought of these ve...
my camera is at my parents' place..
I left my camera at my parents' house a couple of weeks ago, so it has been impossible to show what's been happening in the garden. Also, it has photos of our trip to Japan - some of which might be interesting to share. We couldn't take photos in the...
harvest moon game and updates
Hi all! Well, it's been a while, and it is autumn/winter here.. the garden is slowing down. I have some limes still ripening, and I have 3 ripe mangoes to be eaten. The mandarins are getting much bigger, the olives are turning and there are some gre...
Seedlings are out
My chickens have finished moulting and are starting to lay eggs again! And my autumn seedlings are sprouting away - all of them have germinated. It has been really hot lately so I haven't had much chance to garden. I did plant some pansies in one of...
