The Rock Farm ~ Jaymie and Alex's place

chillidude · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:16 pm

Yeah - chop chop :clap:

earthbound · **Posted:** Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:40 pm

Yeah but there's rain and then there's rain.... I've heard about the rains they get, and as a west Australian it's hard to comprehend that sort of rain...

chillidude · **Posted:** Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:25 pm

earthbound wrote:

Yeah but there's rain and then there's rain.... I've heard about the rains they get, and as a west Australian it's hard to comprehend that sort of rain...

Used to get it in Sulawesi - fortunately it ususally came in around Bintang time :cheers:

Jaymie · **Posted:** Mon May 17, 2010 10:07 am

things have been quiet in the garden for a while, but we have been trying to do some weeding :bash:

and get some veggie seedlings started. so, here are some ongoing pics, including the latest work on the pizza oven :clap:

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earthbound · **Posted:** Thu May 20, 2010 6:02 pm

Looking nice around your place at the moment J.... :thumb:

Have you got some photo stiching software going there....?

Jaymie · **Posted:** Thu May 20, 2010 6:23 pm

no, the camera did the stitching for me

chillidude · **Posted:** Fri May 21, 2010 1:45 pm

Is looking great Jaymie - looking forward to seeing the finished pizza oven !

Axl · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:21 pm

Well, I mounded up around the potatoes again today and seasolled the corn and cucurbits. I also brought a new bed online. It is half a blue drum that I am going to put more potatoes in, just to see how they go.
Everything else it just ticking along nicely

chillidude · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:00 am

Be interested to see how the spuds go Axl - conventional wisdom should always be tested !

Axl · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:23 am

It's not an AP Growbed, just 1/2 a drum onna stand with some gravel in the base, followed by some clay from the hole under the house that the kids have sug and the top 1/3 or so is the finished compost from the heap. The only concern is that the compost had a lot of dry cow manure in it and I haven't been keeping it moist, whei I first watered it yesty it started to repel in some spots. I might just give it another soak today before I plant anything in it.

chillidude · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 1:16 pm

Whoops

- my mistake - made an assumption when you said "online".

Guess that means I'm not as interested :wink:

- but I still care

Axl · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 1:40 pm

It's nice to know you care

having another look at it I may forgo the potatoes in it and put in some eggplant seedlings instead. We have struck some a few weeks ago but have had absolutely no luck in growing them in the AP, maybe a dirt garden will get better results.

chillidude · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:05 pm

Axl wrote:

It's nice to know you care

I try - sometimes it doesn't work though :sad2:

Jaymie · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:16 pm

catching up on picture posting :wink:

just for you Boss :wave:

our big Rhodie rooster, Monya

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pekin-rouen cross duck, followed by 3 welsh harlequin ducks and a drake

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the pizza oven, in progress, works well

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gnash · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:55 pm

Great looking oven guy's...bet that rooster would come up a treat in it

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