October, 2019 | Rare Green Seeds

Posted on October 31, 2019December 26, 2019 by Rosemary Stevenson — Leave a comment

Growing new stock

Happy “Day of the Dead”.. Halloween.. All Soul’s Day; do a skeleton dance. Remember your ancestors! I have a garden full of insects. Native bees and honey bees working side by side in the turnip flowers. Small flies in and out of the blueberry flowers. Dark purple basil and Chinese broccoli, from Eden Seeds and the heading mustard and Pomona cantaloupe from Casterton’s Garden Larder, all germinating in pots right now and Zinnias from Lambley Nursery. Warming up. Summer’s coming!

Ruth’s Sweet Pea. Amazing perfume.. hope to have seeds later.

Flanders Poppies. Bees love them. These flowers are particularly big and bright.

Posted on October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 by Rosemary Stevenson — 2 Comments

My old garden in Elmhurst

My old neighbour Margaretha put together this lovely slide-show of my garden in Elmhurst. Some of the shots are from a few years ago now, as the old teepee had to be taken down because it kept getting damaged from the winds.

Posted on October 21, 2019October 31, 2019 by Rosemary Stevenson — Leave a comment

Peas, Beans, Turnips and Radicchio

Haw Lan Do Peas
Uncle Dick’s Turnip
Raddicchio

Above are the Haw Lan Do Peas doing very well with long pods. The peas originally came from China to Darwin in the Gold Rush days – 1880’s. Jim Ah Toy’s family grew it for generations. He put some seeds in his pocket when everyone was evacuated to Adelaide in WW2, and later shared them with Marie Heindtman of Pine Creek who shared them with me. It performs well under heat and is not a thirsty pea!

Next to the peas is a photo of Uncle Dick’s Turnip in full bloom. Plants over 1 metre tall. Flowers growing in proximity to attract pollinating insects: Calendula, Imperial Stocks and Flanders Poppies.

Finally we have the Radicchio which is about to flower, in front of the red flowered Broad Beans