Garden update: Spring Has Sprung, and the Fig Collection Updated

Plants waking up Well it’s an exciting time of year right now, as the whole garden wakes up. Almost all my plants have broken dormancy and leafed out, except for a few who are hanging on for a little longer.The black mulberry is showing the most growth, leafing out on almost every bud with leaves and berries, although the nectarine and peach are both furiously growing leaves too.  Leafing Out Nicely Berries looking good! The...

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Raising Seedlings Under Grow Lights and Garlic Update

Garlic Update The garlic grew all throughout the Canberra winter, and it appears that the hardneck types enjoy the climate more so than the softnecks. The hardneck types are quite large and robust, and the softnecks are wimpy in comparison. The plants have not yet sent up their scape, and are a few months away from harvest.  It looks like I will have a good number of bulbs in a few months, hopefully enough to last many months! Growing...

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