Imagine.

I'll let the video do the talking, but it's a must watch in my mind..





Cheers

Stewart.

Get the Gardenate app

Screen shot for Gardenate app.

Happy accidents! I like happy accidents.

Yesterday I was reading my email from Gardenate on my iPhone, that amazing veggie (when and what to grow and plant) website, and I must have touched a link on the touch screen by accident which then opened up their web page.

O.K. nothing earth shattering there I hear you say.
Well as I rarely go to their actual website I hadn't noticed they had a smartphone app available, and this is the amazing part. I downloaded the app and was amazed with it's ease of use and the information available. I know it basically what's available on their web site but to have it handy and presentable on my phone is, to me, just terrific.

 

"Get Gardenate on iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, and Nokia smartphones

Want a fully portable version of Gardenate with extra features like your own planting and harvest calendar? Try our app, available from iTunes, and now available on Android Market and Nokia Ovi .
The Android/Nokia versions don't yet have the Notes page shown in the iPhone version, but I'm working to add any missing features as soon as possible!"

Cheers and happy smartphoning,

Stewart

Rain

57mm of rain over the last two days. That ought to get those broad bean growing.

Bittersweet.

'Gardening is a matter of your enthusiasm holding up until your back gets used to it.' - Unknown



It's raining therefore it must be my gardening day. Bittersweet.

Cheers

Stewart

Only a Farm Kid

Only a Farm Kid

When you're from the country, your perception is a little bit different.

A Queensland farmer drove to a neighbours' farmhouse in his Holden ute, and knocked at the door.
A boy, about 9, opened the door
"Is your Dad or your Mum home?" said the farmer.
"No, they went to town."
"How about your brother, Howard? Is he here?"
"No, he went with Mum and Dad."
The farmer stood there for a few minutes, shifting from one foot to the other,and mumbling to himself.
"I know where all the tools are, if you want to borrow one, or I can give Dad a message."
"Well," said the farmer uncomfortably, "I really wanted to talk to your Dad. It's about your brother Howard getting my daughter Susie pregnant".
The boy thought for a moment...
"You would have to talk to Dad about that. I know he charges $500 for the bull and $50 for the pig, but I don't know how much he charges for Howard."

Scarlet Cambridge Broad Beans

What have I been up to. Work, work and more work which is why I haven't posted much lately. Why? I've been trying to save madly for the two months I need off work after I have my operation but today just to cheer my self up a little bit I planted some Scarlet Cambridge Broad Beans that were sent to me by Scarecrow from Scarecrow's Garden after I'd expressed an interest in them from a post Scarecrow had about them.

So I cleared a spot of veggie garden, attacked it with a digging fork and happily planted my seeds. All I have left to do is stay on top of any new emergent weed growth and watch them grow.

What Scarecrow says, Old English Bean has scarlet-purple bean seeds and green pods on 1 metre stems. Young pods can be cooked fresh or dried.
Beans are tender and a little smaller than other varieties.

Sounds neat to me.
Cheers

Stewart.