Garden Journal Weekly 22nd June 2022
Winter in South Australia is a time of year where many plants go from just surviving to thriving. So while trees are dropping their leaves and going dormant, other plants are bursting with new growth and likely making the most of those dropped leaves as they break down in the rains. It's good to be able to go into the garden and grab some greens to supplement meals while they are abundant. So abundant, in fact, that I can even be picky and give any bug nibbled leaves to the rabbits or chickens.
So it's that time of year here when fallen leaves are everywhere. Some people get the leaf blowers out to "tidy" their gardens up, whereas some, like @ligayagardener, get eager to collect this bountiful harvest to make a rich leaf mould for the garden, a gift the plants are sure to love.
In Bangladesh @rem-steem shows us some of the produce being grown in roadside gardens, which provide free food and are supported by their government. In the west we often have to appeal to our governments to be allowed to do such things or even fight them to allow it. So it was a breath of fresh air to know it isn't like this everywhere. More roadside gardens please!
Oh my gosh, cute little cactus and succulent seedlings!! I've only seen these types of plants propagated via cuttings before, so I guess it never occurred to me that you could grow them from seed, which is what @monster-one has been doing. It looks like they're germinating well.
I enjoyed @isdarmady's photos and explanation of a friend's aquaponics system. He has such a wealth of knowledge and experience in hydroponics and I look forward to seeing how he extends his own hydroponics systems to add in aquaculture.
I'll wrap up today with some gorgeous eye candy from @fotostef as he takes us with him to water his friend's thriving garden. It's a scenic route across hilly ground and through a veritable food forest to get there and I'm grateful he took his camera, so we can share the sights with him.
As always, thank you for joining me for some highlights in the gardening world. This week beneficiaries go to @isdarmady, @ligayagardener and @rem-steem.
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A beautiful wrap up. That's great about roadside gardens @steemflow. I think I heard a fact the other day about most of Russian produce coming from smaller holdings. When you look at the great lettuce shortage of 2022 you realise relying on big monocultural ag is not a good idea.. many farms and backyards are better.
Great wrap up Mini, truly my fave curation on Hive and it's not because I'm biased! 🌱💚
In theory it makes sense to have more options with growing food, but governments don't often seem to agree. It was good to read that your local produce share place survived the regulation process.
Absolutely... A win for community!
There's always so much good stuff in these journals! Leaf mould is an amazing supplement that can be made by anybody, so give it a try!
I'm a bit lazy, so leaf mould is made in the chicken runs by the chickens, or is used as mulch and has to make itself. 😁 I occasionally chuck the fallen leaves around my composting bin in there too.
Chickens love fallen leaves! I often do a bag of leaves for the mould and a bag for the chooks!
about hydroponics as has been shown there are some plants above and below it there is a fish pond. if we can apply like that I think it's really amazing because it is one of the most useful knowledge to take advantage of both
It's certainly a great idea combining fish farming and plant farming. I don't think it's perfect for all plants and filtration isn't as straight forward as I'd imagined, but it's certainly adaptable to needs.
Yes, friends, it is very suitable to be made in places with narrow land, such as in housing in cities that do not have large land. So the community can apply it like that because they can use the land as much as possible.
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