#brisbanegardening — Public Fediverse posts

Stuff thats growing in our 'lawn replacement' area after 2 years; the photo series nobody asked for. (1 of 9)

I haven't seen much about how people realitically go with 'lawn replacement' mid-longer term, let alone in brisbane so...

Note we've had plenty of rain and generally let plants fight it out for dominance. This area never really had lawn. 3 years ago there was a freestanding (trip hazard) deck, concrete tiles, astroturf and and a sickly tree.

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First snowpea! Letting some grow up the tomatoes this year, because why not.

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Replaced my phone and now I can take my silly little photos of my garden again! Without looking like they were taken on my grandparents' floppy disk camera! (I wanted to love the G22, but could not)

(I got a refurbished pixel4a and chucked #lineageOS on it. Nice and snappy. Responsive. So hopefully i can keep it going past the life of the google updates. Maybe. No tap and pay, but I'll trade that for a nice camera)

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Go outside they said. Gardening is good for the mental health they said...

Did my 5 min post brekkie plant inspection, and now I'm itchy.

But capsicums are producing, though to be fair one of them is producing chillis. Still counts.

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First capsicum picked, she took a while to get going but more on the way :) plus some other misc solenacae for tonight's burritos.

We get a fruit box delivery, but there's never enough capsicum :)

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Volunteer cucumber vine! Weve been trying to do the no-mow grass alternative thing in this little courtyard area. Must have dropped a seed.

Nb: that verdant green isn't normal, we've just been having lots of regular rain for a month or so. Unfortunately means there's a bit too much life in it - so many cane toads.

Nbb: if anyone cares about the groundcovers: Dichondra repens, Blue commelina (native), white clover, some sort of not-clover, Cyperus gracilis.

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Might need to take me Dad's advice on this one; "Doesn't matter if there's grubs if you cook it" #VeggieGardening #BrisbaneGardening

Redid some veggie garden edge and now I've got these tempting looking holes in the bessa bricks. Considering filling with dirt and planting something in there, but would dry out so quickly. Looking for low, zero maintenance stuff to just look a little neater and maybe insulate from the sun.

Considering some of this pretty little local clumping grass 'cyperus gracillis' that's growing around the yard already. It just kind of flops over, and think I could brush it aside occasionally. Thoughts? https://www.brisbanecitylife.com.au/cyperus-gracilis/

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It is _the_ strawberry. Never had much luck in the past, but a freind gave me some runner sprouts and I've been absolutely babying them. Nice shady spot by the fence, buckets of water. One of 3 plants decided to strawb, the others have gone for disgustingly healthy amounts of greenery. Fingers crossed they survive the year. #VeggieGardening #GardeningAu #BrisbaneGardening

Tasted good :)

Pretty sure I put my garlic in too early (first time trying), been 4 weeks and I have just 3 sprouts. Dug up a couple of cloves that hadnt done much except look a little softer at the edge, and one that rotted. Do I give up and put another round in?? #GardeningAU #VeggieGardening #garlic #BrisbaneGardening