SCHWOIT - Gardening and Geekdom in the Urban JunglSCHWOIT - Gardening and Geekdom in the Urban JunglFocussed coverage on gardening, particularly fruit and vegetables, in an urban environment by a novice, but committed, gardening family. With an impending move we are working within the constraints of pots and tubs for mobility. Plant choice and tech 
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Mulching Day
2008-01-13 14:48:00 As I have mentioned previously mulching has been a weak point in my gardening quests. This became very apparent when I read Mulching Day over at Urban Cultivation very early on in my gardening quest. Lee talked about the many benefits of mulching and chose to use store bought sugar cane mulch. ... More About: Gardening
The End of an Era
2008-01-12 16:38:00 The #Peers.20s room on the Induced IRC network closed recently. This was a great room that was frequented by many for a number of years. The room was a foundation room that followed the split away from the Telstra Big Pond IRC server after some controversial decisions were made some years back. ... More About: Geek
Damping Off Is An Issue
2008-01-12 08:53:00 Well after losing the most recent Blackjack Zuccini seedlings I have been doing some research and believe that they may be suffering from damping off. Damping off is a fungal disease that attacks plants at any stage of life, however it is as a seedling that the worst effects can be seen. As ... More About: Gardening , Herb , Issue
Weighing In
2008-01-12 05:12:00 Well today is the weigh in day for the Go Smell the Flowers weight loss contest I mentioned in my earlier post entitled Goodbye Store Bought Pizza It Is Time To Get Fit. So I stripped down and looked like a beached whale. I jumped on the scales and waited for the reading. ...
All I Needed Was Garden Stakes
2008-01-10 13:46:00 Yesterday I needed some garden stakes to assist my now bushing beefsteak tomato. It has stopped rocketing skyward and is now going sideways. One of the longer branches was as such in need of staking. So rather than trapes to the the big kids toy shop we opted for Mitre 10. ... More About: Garden , Gardening , Herb , Garde , Stakes
Goodbye Store Bought Pizza it is Time to Get Fit
2008-01-09 14:41:00 Well every year I seem to get this idea into my head to get fit. Last year I did manage to end the year in slightly better shape than at the start, but I am still far from fit. This year I am now determined to achieve the final frontier. As a ... More About: Pizza , Time , Store , Goodbye
Thanks Matts Nutts
2008-01-09 14:03:00 Recently I entered a competition run over at Matts Nutts for 1000 Entrecard credits. The competition was judged on the best joke submitted. I found a corker, it is: Bob was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was really pissed. She told him ?Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in ... More About: Geek
Maggot Wars: Return of the Worm
2008-01-08 15:19:00 I have checked the worm farm today and was greeted by a magnificent site. Worm s wonderful worms everywhere. The little buggers have bred prolifically and have a large food reserve to chomp through. There was still the unmistakable aroma of maggots. However, on inspection I removed the milk soaked bread. The bread ... More About: Wars , Gardening , Return , Return of the
A Tale of Woe
2008-01-08 04:15:00 Copyright © 2008 ShadowKnight. Visit the original article A Tale of Woe at http://schwoit.com/2008/01/08/a-tale-of-w oe/.As I have written numerous times I like the taste of zucchini. In fact on Saturday I cooked a rather safe beef stir fry that had an entire home grown Lebanese zucchini sliced up and quartered. However, this article is ... More About: Gardening , Herb
The ?U Comment, I Follow? Revolution
2008-01-07 13:40:00 Copyright © 2008 ShadowKnight. Visit the original article The “U Comment , I Follow” Revolution at http://schwoit.com/2008/01/07/the-u-comme nt-i-follow-revolution/.Recently I became aware that the default installation of WordPress marks all comment links with the rel=’nofollow’ tag. The effect of this tag is that search engine spiders such as GoogleBot will not follow the link to your site, ... More About: Geek
Location, Location, Location
2008-01-07 00:00:00 Copyright © 2008 ShadowKnight. Visit the original article Loca tion , Location, Location at http://schwoit.com/2008/01/07/location-lo cation-location/.As with real estate success in the garden often has a lot to do with location. In my garden I have noticed that some plants are thriving, yet sister plants in a different location are struggling to continue. So I have ... More About: Gardening , Herb
Easy Peesy Snail Traps
2008-01-06 02:30:00 Yesterday it rained a bit in New South Wales. Thankfully, it did not rain as much in Sydney as it did in the Northern Rivers area, check out (Flooding in the Northern Rivers). However, rain is a double edged sword for us gardening types. The pro’s are that we get a day ... More About: Easy
Maggot Wars: The Worms Strike Back
2008-01-05 16:30:00 One of the less pleasant jobs that I completed today was checking on the status of the ongoing maggot war that all began when there was a disaster in the worm farm caused by the infamous green bottle fly and a piece of unidentified Christmas meat. After the hideous task of manual removal last ... More About: Wars , Gardening , Worms , Back , Strike
Big Bad Bertha
2008-01-05 12:35:00 Big Bad Bertha is a comical Christmas present. She is quite a voluptuous garden gnome and now lives in with the Grosse Lisse and Beefsteak Tomato bushes. I hope her melons inspire large juicy tomatoes. More About: Gardening
Win 500 Entrecard Credits
2008-01-05 00:00:00 Recently I joined the free Entrecard service in order to attract more traffic. An Entrecard is an online business card of sorts and is used to “drop” on other bloggers websites who also participate in the service. Whenever you drop a card you, and the person receiving the card, are given an Entrecard ... More About: Web Sites , Geek , Credits
Easy To Grow Herbs
2008-01-04 11:27:00 Today I have decided to write about some of the easiest to grow plants in our garden. They are Chives, Ku Chai (Garlic Chives), and Sweet Basil. The two forms of chives are great chopped up finely in a salad. Regular chives are a prolific plant that grows easily. Chives are great chopped ... More About: Gardening , Herbs , Easy , Grow , Herb
Improve Wordpress Performance
2008-01-04 08:35:00 Whilst cruising around the Entrecard member sites dropping cards I often find some great articles and tips. The latest little gem is a real corker. It is the How Fast is your Wordpress Blog. It came in very handy for me as I was noticing increasingly slow load times on SCHWOIT. ... More About: Performance , Improve
Lonesome Chilli
2008-01-04 00:00:00 On Tuesday evening I got in the mood and took quite a few happy snaps of the developing garden. I have already released a few, and more are coming. Scheduled over the next few days. For this post I have chosen Lonesome Chilli . This chilli is growing on the mysterious chilli plant. ... More About: Gardening , Herb
Blackjack Zucchini
2008-01-03 11:30:00 Blackjack Zucchini is a high yielding variety. It produces the typical long dark green fruit with juicy and white flesh. It is probably the most commonly grown variety of zucchini given its hardiness. Despite that, my previous attempts have failed miserably. My previous seedlings have all looked dodgy when purchased, and ... More About: Gardening , Blackjack , Herb
Tomato Bushes
2008-01-03 00:00:00 I love tomatoes of all varieties. From the cherry and grape tomatoes, to the big juicy beefsteak varieties. I currently have 9 tomato bushes in the garden. The beefsteak tomato is fruiting the heaviest. Here is the first picture of this wonderful plant. The Beefsteak Tomato is a large juicy fruit. ... More About: Gardening , Herb
Beans Are Sprouting
2008-01-02 12:25:00 Today I took a look down the beanstalk tower and noted the presence of sprouts. The beans are looking good, which is a little unexpected as I was dubious about the possibility of their success in tubs. I am now salivating at the prospects of some pucker tucker from the garden more and ... More About: Beans , Gardening , Herb
Snow Peas on the Way
2008-01-02 03:30:00 I am happy to report that the snow peas are now doing very well indeed. After carefully training them over the last few weeks to climb the tower I made from three stakes and a roll of cable ties the peas are growing of their own accord. Three of the plants are even ... More About: Gardening , Snow , Peas , Herb
Feline Frenzy
2008-01-02 00:30:00 Well the RSPCA has still not responded to my plea for intervention lodged prior to Christmas. Since then there has a subsequent kitten death. Unfortunately, the poor little bugger died in our driveway. It was so skinny that it appears to have starved to death. The creature was of course left ... More About: Frenzy , Feline
The Ongoing Maggot War
2008-01-01 13:45:00 Today I performed the horrid task of removing maggots from the worm farm. As mentioned in my Disaster in the Worm Farm post these horrid creatures invaded over Christmas and quickly became the dominant critter in the worm farm. As per the advice of a number of sites I placed milk soaked bread ... More About: Gardening , Goin
Happy New Year
2008-01-01 12:12:00 Although late I thought I best wish everyone a Happy New Year . We ushered in 2008 by spending the day playing in the sun and water at Brighton le Sands beach with the family. The day was warm but not hot, the water was war, and it was dry. The day was ... More About: General , Happy New Year
Gladioli Bulbs are Planted
2007-12-29 13:16:00 In the increasing effort to ensure pollenation of all our plants, especially the fruits and vegetables, we have decided to plant some of the 50 Glad ioli bulbs in spite of it not being the best time to plant in Australia . That said the Sydney summer so far has been mild to date, so with ... More About: Gardening , Herb
Gladioli Bulbs are Planted
2007-12-29 13:16:00 In the increasing effort to ensure pollenation of all our plants, especially the fruits and vegetables, we have decided to plant some of the 50 Glad ioli bulbs in spite of it not being the best time to plant in Australia . That said the Sydney summer so far has been mild to date, so with ... More About: Gardening , Herb
Disaster in the Worm Farm
2007-12-28 01:30:00 Well it was bound to happen sooner or later but disaster has struck in the worm farm. The worms are not the only creatures in the compost, which is normal. However when checking various layers today I saw a pulsating mass of white. On closer inspection it was a group of horrible ... More About: Gardening , Disaster , Worm , Farm , Aster
Disaster in the Worm Farm
2007-12-28 01:30:00 Well it was bound to happen sooner or later but disaster has struck in the worm farm. The worms are not the only creatures in the compost, which is normal. However when checking various layers today I saw a pulsating mass of white. On closer inspection it was a group of horrible ... More About: Gardening , Disaster , Worm , Farm , Aster
Christmas is Over ? Back to the Garden
More articles from this author:2007-12-27 11:55:00 Well unless you live under a rock we all know that the Christmas season has been and gone for the year 2007. It amazes me the amount of effort everyone expends on what amounts to half a day. Days, weeks, and months of shopping for gifts and ensuring everyone is covered, including those ... More About: Tools , Garden , General , Back 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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