I'll be giving plants away in another few months but for a gardener who's seen a lot, these tamarillos are what Nashis were in the 1990s. Really expensive to buy and dead easy to grow.
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Friday, September 30, 2011
This is a fantastic fruit
I'm picking a dozen a week of these things and the fruit tastes like passionfruit.
I'll be giving plants away in another few months but for a gardener who's seen a lot, these tamarillos are what Nashis were in the 1990s. Really expensive to buy and dead easy to grow.
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I'll be giving plants away in another few months but for a gardener who's seen a lot, these tamarillos are what Nashis were in the 1990s. Really expensive to buy and dead easy to grow.
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That's some rain
Great timing, season-wise. As the soils were beginning to dry out we got some rain yesterday and so far 4.8mm today.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
War on the roses
I'm glad to see this. The aphids have started to come in, and I'm a little reluctant to spray. Although Confidor is a good weapon here that doesn't hurt the beneficial insects.
But about the beneficials, at least they're having a try now. There's the lady bird, which is great. And if you see any little black alligator insects they're an earlier stage of a ladybird.
Less known are all these little white ones. The yellow/white bugs are parasitic wasps and they eat aphids too. So the white cottony threads where the aphids used to be - they're the remains of the eaten aphids.
All of these would be killed if I got a head of steam and sprayed with rose spray or pyrethrum, so I'm resisting it. Confidor, watered into the wet soil is the best answer, but expensive. It kills the sap suckers and leaves the others alone. Slightly less expensive, Confidor sprayed onto foliage.
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But about the beneficials, at least they're having a try now. There's the lady bird, which is great. And if you see any little black alligator insects they're an earlier stage of a ladybird.
Less known are all these little white ones. The yellow/white bugs are parasitic wasps and they eat aphids too. So the white cottony threads where the aphids used to be - they're the remains of the eaten aphids.
All of these would be killed if I got a head of steam and sprayed with rose spray or pyrethrum, so I'm resisting it. Confidor, watered into the wet soil is the best answer, but expensive. It kills the sap suckers and leaves the others alone. Slightly less expensive, Confidor sprayed onto foliage.
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
Singapore a home away from home
I've been coming to Singapore teaching for over eight years now and it holds little mystery for me.
I like the place. I tell you I could live for $80 + $30 here quite comfortably (daily accom + food). In fact I did, last year, when I was doing some work here, off the employer's purse. Here's today's $9 lunch:
The heat and some crowds tend to drive us crazy a little, but it's a pretty well run country.
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I like the place. I tell you I could live for $80 + $30 here quite comfortably (daily accom + food). In fact I did, last year, when I was doing some work here, off the employer's purse. Here's today's $9 lunch:
The heat and some crowds tend to drive us crazy a little, but it's a pretty well run country.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Chooks in the parkland
I've always found it nice to see these two as I walk to work here in Singapore.
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Monday, September 19, 2011
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