Garden Journal Bi-Weekly 2nd November 2022
As you may have noticed I have new thumbnails this week, thanks to @riverflows and her creativity. I really like this new style.
I found it a bit harder to get a spread of highlights across the world this week, as the North heads into winter. The tropical regions are still growing well, but they can be counted on for year round production anyway.
Starting on a new growing adventure is @allani545. This week we were walked through the basics and ideas of costs in setting up an aquaponics system. I'm looking forward to seeing the progress as the plants and animals are added. I heard on the grapevine the animals might be crayfish, which is a change from fish.
Hydroponics and aquaponics is a great food growing option when you have a mostly paved garden and someone else who utilises it for this reason is @ligayagardener. Speaking of whom, this week he shares with us some wisdom on pests and predators in the garden and how he been learning to recognise them and manage things without sprays.
I do love the look of a neat, pretty garden and many times wish I could organise my own better. This week I got to live vicariously through the beautification of @safrinasunshine's garden makeover. I love how she adds not just plants to this outdoor scene, but stones and some paint too.
Then for a completely different type of garden, @deythedevil shows us around his mini garden? I'm not sure how he fits so much growth and abundance in a mini garden. Maybe it's a magic garden, bigger on the inside than the outside. I feel a Tardis reference coming on, but will everyone across the world understand that?
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@minismallholding Garden Journal Bi-Weekly 2nd November 2022 Activity Thank you so much for presenting us so beautifully.
Thank you for mentioning me.
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This is the video to my walkthrough to my mini garden. Thanks again.
Thank you. About to go to bed now, but I'll try to remember to watch it tomorrow.
You've done it again - artfully presented the ones I've missed. I saw the aquaponic one and meant to comment but got busy. Australian, no? Be interesting next week with the pests... From weeks of rain to warmer temperatures? Eek. I'm just hoping the flies get the rabbits with K5. Or at least some of them.
It's been interesting enough with pests with the unseasonal rain. We've had so many slugs and snails! The warmer weather is going to feel like a shock after such a cold, wet spring so far.
There are so many bugs around now, so it's an easy time to learn about them!
Tell me about it! We've been overrun with shoes and snails!!
Shoe's could be a good thing
😆 I was so tired when I wrote that I had a suspicion I might have forgotten to check for typos. Shoes for treading on the snails. 🤔 They should come out together.
Treading is probably the most satisfying form of pest control!
Managing our garden free from pest is really hard especially when you don't have natural solutions and only depending on insecticides. It will really put a hole in your pocket hihi.
What a clean and very organize that garden is. I liked that one especially if it will be planted by plants such as those succulents and cactus.
It isn't easy, but it does get better when you start to get that balance with healthy plants and predatory bugs.
What a diversity of gardens and gardeners