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If they are resting on the bags they will.

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Yes I do - Simple Vegetable Garden Irrigation Setup ua-cam.com/video/Q07NqoW9gxo/v-deo.html

I haven’t had success with getting it to propagate via seed only cutting. Had to take off website as logistics of postage was cost prohibitive.

Have you tried the YOLO wonder?

That was one I was looking at too. Do you have smaller bantams that can use it easily? I think we’ll be getting smaller chooks moving forward so wasn’t sure if they would be ok. I think they’d be better for the rodents too.

Oh definitely have to try out some of those varieties. I think pink Thai is just going to be my stock standard over summer.

Oh what are lazy wife beans? I’ll have to look them up, same with the Russian cucumbers. I normally grow the suyo long but my seeds were done and I am having trouble sourcing new ones.

@loveofdirt they are a heritage variety lazy wife or lazy housewife as they stay relatively stringless even when large. Very tasty and copes with quite a bit of our subtropical weather

Yep and that’s also why I rarely plant full beds of the one thing

The mesh only is $50, the structure with the mesh is $200. It does come with irrigation but I wouldn’t use that.

@ could you repair the top pipe or use pvc pipe

It’s very fragile because of its age i think the connector pieces would snap if I tried. Ive been taping it back together for a while 😂

@ perhaps bending pvc like the UK gardeners all use for netting but I have faith you’ll find a great solution

I’ve used electrical conduit in the past it works well. If I can avoid a net I will, I find more problems happen when I net things.

I think horticultural sand would work as well in the legs, I probably would have used it instead if I had it. That’s what I use in my wicking beds for the ‘wick’

@ oh I’ll give that a try as I have a new one to fill (new being second hand 🤭)

Volunteer pumpkins always do the best. Green chillis - if I’ve had to remove them I put them in the freezer until I am ready to use them. You could also pickle them. I don’t eat a lot, My husband is the chilli eater, he usually slices them up and puts them on random things.

Oh good idea. My worm farm population is still low but I’ll definitely do that once they get going again. They’re were a few fat earth worm that were in there but not sure they’ll love staying in the vegepod.

That’s what I did for 5 years, topped up with compost. It was just this last year it just slowed down.

Yeah a few things work, eg lettuce, spring onions, etc it’s just an annoying restriction, probably a good thing - keeps me from over planting 🤣

@loveofdirt 🤣 I know the feeling. I have a bunch of seedlings looking for a home and my beds are jammed 😅 good idea on the lettuce and spring onion.

Thanks Leon

Actually no I haven’t, I do it with loofah and blue butterfly peas, I have tried presoaking and then just waiting for the sprout and then planting and that has worked in the past too.

We have someone coming to look after pets daily, I am trying to decide whether or not to get them to look after the gardens or just let it go and see what happens.

It's always the gardeners challenge, getting people to water when you are away. No one does it as well as you. Lol😅.

Exactly 😂 it’s mostly either wicking beds or the sweet potatoes at the moment so I think we might be ok to just see what happens. With all the rain we’ve had I haven’t waters in weeks anyway, I’ll just stretch them this week as much as I can with this heat predicted to get them used to being neglected. I might lose the sunflowers but I can live with that.

In between the rain. Had to do it in parts as it kept raining on me 😂 what’s happening with the watermelons? Mine aren’t loving this humidity.

@loveofdirt not sure had them at the seedling stage for like a month now and I don't seem to be getting much more growth are they just slow till a certain point?

@loveofdirt these are the seeds I ordered from you so it's not crap genetics

Sounds like a nutrient issue are they in the ground?

@@loveofdirt both some in pots generic potting soil with lime and others in a bed that is well established and growing corn Iam really keen on getting into melons of all types as I really enjoy them

That’s so amazing re the rockmelons!

Yeah I felt like it needs the barrier, geotextile like I use in wicking beds. I should have said nothing grows in the shallow area more like it limits options, and that section also dries out quicker.

@@loveofdirt needs an overhead watering system , misting kits in Aldi $19 last month.

I avoid overhead water because of disease spread. Our rain and humidity here is already a battle.

@@loveofdirt I'm in Brisbane and dont have any problems, we dont go running out with umbrellas to shelter plants from overhead rain.

Good to hear you don’t have issues with the extra overhead watering 👍 I don’t love wasting water, I’d rather it go directly where it’s needed.

Rats are tricky, no stopping them if they are determined. I find the armyworms lay eggs on the nets as well and because the holes are that little bit bigger than in a standard insect net they all drop inside so you have to be onto it.

They would prefer to be out in the garden, but they seem happy enough.

They are certainly thriving in this wet weather

I always grow it because it’s prolific and easy to grow, I just need to be more creative in the kitchen with it to try and get the family on board, much like eggplant.

They still love their outings but keeps them contained when I can’t watch them.

Send me a message via my website and I’ll take a look

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No that’s Malabar or Ceylon. It does also does well but it has a very thick texture which I am not a fan of.

Oh yeah the weeds are definitely a problem here. I’ve been waiting for load of mulch for 2 months to smother them but I think they are going to be out of hand by the time it comes.

I hear you enjoying not having pets, that’s how I feel about not having a dog anymore. Sometimes I miss it then I think of all the extra work I don’t have to do anymore! I think when all our chooks were laying we had to give most away. It’s certainly hard to buy them when they stop laying for a bit.

I am pretty sure my passionfruit are yellow too, I had the standard ones but the yellow ones just self seed everywhere.

Exciting! Its my favourite too

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Those wild birds are certainly a nuisance. I guess it could be worse than mites 🐦 🤧

Well the cockatoos usually make that decision for me 😂

And yeah loads of bugs here too, but I am seeing loads of good ones too so that’s good. Just hope they keep up!

@@loveofdirt I had that experience with two but me and my bird are holding out hope for the last one.

I’d send it your way if I could! We haven’t seen stink beetles yet, I am sure they’re coming.

Thank you!! Hope you don’t have to deal with the blighters

It seems to drizzle overnight but dries during the early morning , so frustrating. Gladstone needs a few days of soaking rain everything is dry and crunchy lookin😮‍💨

I guess that’s better than nothing. Hopefully you get some decent rain soon.

Thanks!

I have 2 lots going at different stages, both blocks are around 12-16 plants each

I use Brazilian as a baby spinach, in salads, sautéed etc. it’s still not a a baby spinach but it’s a better texture than other perennials. I think it’s tough is the leaves are older.

@loveofdirt that makes alot of sense. That's a good way of putting it. Thank you! I love mimbuna and red Sorell too as a spinach alternative! Normal Sorrel is also nice with a slight lemon profile

I normally grow sorrel but I don’t have any at the moment - I love the red one. I need to get some going, thanks for the reminder.

Brown patches on the leaves or the fruit?

@loveofdirt on all of my new plants it is on the leaves. For my established mini capsicum that was already fruiting a lot of the fruits developed a brown spot and started rotting 😭 I've never had luck with capsicum for some reason even though everyone says they're easy to grow.

Have you added new compost or mulch recently? I know some bacterial infections are spread with the rain, splashback from soil bourne pathogens. The main issues we’ve had with capsicums are mites so thankfully haven’t had that issue but I mulch heavily. If it’s affecting stems I’d be pulling them and not planting them again in that spot for a few years.

@loveofdirt hmm no compost recently but I have started using bokashi tea. The stems looks nice and healthy still. Will monitor and if it looks like it starts getting worse I'll pull them. I've also definitely had my fair share of mite problems, that's been my main issue previously

Make sure you dilute the bokashi tea loads as that could be your issue. I usually only put it in the compost bin or down the drain (apparently it’s a good drain cleaner 😂)

I love this idea of having the bottom open for easy cleaning.

Oh our cat is useless! She used to be good she only brings me grasshoppers now, which I guess is good.

Oh sounds like we’re on the same track! The extension fell down and we never bothered putting it back up. It was only the little Australorp who used to clear it, the others were too chunky.

@loveofdirt 😆 You're lucky!!! We've got 6 all up, and only 2 that wouldn't get out 😵‍💫 Our oldest girl got up over our back gate (much higher than the cyclone fencing) and came into the house via the cat door. Found her eating the cats breakfast 🤣 She's 10 now, and I wouldn't put it past her to try again (she was due for a wing trim 😆)

Cheeky! My concern with moving them out the back is they’ll just stand at our back door 😂

@@loveofdirt 🤣 At my old place, we didn't have them contained, and the kids were young and NEVER shut the back door properly (old Queenslander) So they didn't just stand at the back door, they'd walk right on into the kitchen. They'd hear me coming, and I'd hear them scattering 😆 I was visiting a friend who also had chickens, and they were perching on the window sills, looking in lol.... Pressed right up against the glass

@@SwiftRabbit-w7g They are such characters! Even with my aversion to birds they are my favourite pets.

Oh thanks! I did read that hollow straw was a haven for those dreaded mites but the sugar cane is mostly shredded and flat. We often throw bales in the run if we hadn’t had a chance to top up our tree mulch and we start to smell them. It does work well.

I had heard the same thing too, I just wasn't sure how long people were cleaning them out though. The fact that my son loves to go and sit with them I like the idea of it being fairly poop free, but another weekly chore would probably break me.

@@loveofdirt No it is not a weekly chore- they use it for quite a long time.

@@loveofdirt RE the sand, we cleaned ours out after 8 years 💀😆 Seriously though, we just rake it when it's getting lumpy or smelly, to even it out and to clear out any leftover plant debris. It's from our original set up here. We dug down and put in a couple of layers of concrete sleepers, then filled it with the builders sand. So nothing can burrow in OR out (😆) and the sand keeps their feet relatively dry in the wet season. We took the opportunity to take out a layer and replace it with fresh sand, when we demolished the run.

@@SwiftRabbit-w7g How often on average do you think you rake it out? I think I would miss my free compost too much moving to sand.

@@loveofdirt every couple of weeks, if they're lucky? I should do it more often, but my health is very up and down. They're ravenous creatures, so there's not much in there to take out though. I put the raked out stuff into the compost system, to accelerate it (inevitable chicken poop in it haha) We try to only give them scraps we know they'll enjoy, so it doesn't get too gross. We use deep litter method in the chicken house section (using hemp bedding, over the sand) It doesn't need much attention bar raking and the occasional top up if it's getting smelly. It's a very lazy lazy set up, that only requires a twice yearly shoveling. We can push it to a year, now it's on the ground (we had a loft situation with the last set up) I have to go out and deal with it either today or tomorrow. It needs some diatomaceous earth raked through. I've just cleaned out the fireplace too (they love the ash in their dust bath) It's just so yucky and humid out there today, so I'm putting it off 🥴 If your method is working for you, definitely stick with that! My health is wonky, so this method suits us well 💗 We'll be chucking some sugar cane bales into their garden area once the Chunnel is in place, so they can mulch it for us 🤣

I haven't heard of the bell water system I will check that out. Thank you!

Oh it's tough. We were lucky enough to be allowed 2 when we rented - the Plymouth Rock and the Wyandotte. Thankfully when we moved from that place we moved to our own place so didn't have to worry about having to find another place that allowed them.

Oh I’ll check those out thank you! The lub cups sometimes get a bit of stuff stuck under and the whole thing drains, it’s why we have 2 in the pen just in case.

Thanks ☺️ I agree I’ve been watching loads of videos on how others are setup for inspiration for the new one. So many ways of doing it.

Thanks for the feedback. This quite an old video, might have to archive the back catalogue.