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tessa
head gardener
Australia
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 Posted - 12/10/2007 : 15:19:37
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sorry gail...missed your post here.
i won the footy tipping this year and it was the 'awards' luncheon at which, i must admit, i remained remarkably sober...tho i had planned otherwise 
here's the state of my greenhouse (soon to be converted to a shade house) today:
quite a lot of recently potted up seedlings:
the dwarf project coming along well. the dwarf on the right is the brown dwarf.
the cucurbits need planting out soon:
and here we can see pieface's care package. everything in the yellow container is his for the taking...
sorry...i know you said 10...but there's 12 in there. take them all...or just what you want. plus there's a thai green eggplant, and a big jim pepper:
everything got off to a slow, sluggish start...but they really seem to have woken up in the past few days and are motoring on towards summer. good luck pieface!
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 12/10/2007 : 18:56:57
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Now I'm confused. You referred to Pieface as "him". I thought I was taken to task over making a wrong gender assumption.
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 12/10/2007 : 19:22:53
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LOL.
it's definitely a pieguy.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
perth, wa |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 13/10/2007 : 21:27:17
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had a lovely visit with the pieguy and anna...and sent them packing with a box of baby tomato plants of near every variety. kito...he's got a green zebra from your seed!
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 14/10/2007 : 06:02:57
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Welcome to the family Pieface 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
3949 Posts |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 06:57:45
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| Oh I remember now it is ME who was confused. It was Otamot that I made the wrong assumption about (sorry Otamot). And hello Pieface. And no more threads with "girls" in it now dear posters! Glad we have a Pie man! |
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Pieface MkII
assistant gardener
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Posted - 15/10/2007 : 11:00:27
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I may be simple but I'm no Simon
Just the friendly GD Pie Man
Thanks muchly to Tessa and Liz for having us around. We got to see her beautiful spuds and her hideous mole crickets! I think Anna liked the chooks the best to be honest  It inspired me to have a fossick around in my spuds last night and we had some delicious roasters for my trouble. Still not as big as yours tho' Tessa!
So it is onward and upwards for the tomatoes. Hopefully I strike the right balance of care and meanness this year and get a good result.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 15/10/2007 : 13:09:42
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Hey pie man - can I have an apple pie please? Sorry I'll go quietly back to my little corner now
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 30/10/2007 : 22:13:27
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i wonder if the pieguy has planted out his tommies yet?
i got some blight in the greenhouse...so i might be in for some trouble now.
dang!
but i've planted out today...and here, gail, is the green zebra from your seed:
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
perth, wa |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 30/10/2007 : 22:39:04
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Oh dear sorry to hear about the blight I hope Gail's Green Zebra will be ok.
And speaking of Gail's Green Zebra I ate that one of hers last night with my salad and very tasty it was too, certainly a different taste to the shop bought ones.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 31/10/2007 : 13:13:51
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Way to go little zeb!
I'm picking many more gzs than the others, they are heavy bearers and I think they are quickly becoming a favourite in taste - so smooth and full of flavour and a very thin tender skin. My main dislike in tomatoes is thick or tough skins.
I had cheese and GZ tomatoes on toast for breakfast this morning which made Ian look twice - at first glance he thought the cheese had grown green mould!
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Pieface MkII
assistant gardener
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Posted - 31/10/2007 : 13:49:31
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Planting out this weekend Tessa. The little fella's have taken off in their foam cups, must be a good brew you have them in! I prepped the soil last night so it is bombs away on the weekend.
Big Jim and the Thai eggplant are the only ones who are not doing much. Probably still a bit cold for them to do their thing! |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 31/10/2007 : 15:28:26
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my big jim is doing nothing as well. time to get out the whip!
the eggies are going gangbusters tho. they're loving it in the greenhouse.
i've been told on another site that my tommy may not have blight...but frost bite.
so i'll ask gail if her's looked like this after her frost.
day one front:
day one back:
then....
day two front:
day two back:
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
perth, wa |
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Pieface MkII
assistant gardener
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Posted - 31/10/2007 : 15:57:24
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Not that I know much...seems odd to get frost in your greenhouse? Have you pulled the plastic off or anything yet Tessa?
I have mine sitting out in the open more or less and they aren't suffering despite the cool nights. I have to say though the best tommie I have growing at the minute is one that sprung up in the pavement of all places! It's going gangbusters. |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 31/10/2007 : 18:21:07
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yeah....i pulled the plastic off with that heatwave...only to get caught out with the cold snap!
while we may not have had frost...the greenhouse is downhill from the road, and the cold really settles up against the house where it is.
then not long after...the sun comes out, blazes through the plastic ceiling...and fries the leaves.
so it could be either cold damage...or sunscald!
oh the fun and excitement here in the west!
hey pie...i've still got a few more green zebra seedlings kicking around...so if you have any disasters up there...there's backup!
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
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