Hi every one! Thought Id join a new sight and get even more knowlegable :lol: about all stuff and things. I live on the south coast nsw, near Jervis Bay. Ive got a hubby, a 10yr old boy, a 2.5 and 1yr old girls,2 dogs 4 cows 10 chooks and whatever else comes to visit us! I like growing things, and Im usually pretty observant, but today in my garden, I was looking at my little banana shaped rockmelon (doesnt look anything like a rockmelon :shock: ) and was wondering if it was ever going to amount to anything, when lo and behold, I moved a leaf, and there was a thumber rockmelon, about 40cm long.... must have had my man eyes on before :shock: :lol: Anyway, hope to really rack all your brains.... chat with you soon :wink:
strawberry companions?? Hi Giget & everyone Welcome! I am also new to this site; and wish to become more knowledgable and more confident to speak with others about permaculture too, have posted on an other part of this forum. I live in canberra with husband and 3 boys, 10, 7 & 5 and a guinea pig named chocolate (mmm - name sounds delicious, Bill said that guinea pigs are great on the bbq and with a name like that she had best watch out :wink: ). We try to grow what we can in the garden currently pumpkins self seeded from compost. We have lettuce, bok choy (which looks a bit moth eaten) and have just put in some cauliflower, broccoli and spring onions, have planted them with lucrene seeds as a mulch/nitrogen source - hope it works, never done it before. Have been in Canberra for about 20 months, previously in Western Australia came here via Tasmania for 5 months, so the climate is very different from WA but not so from Tassie. Well, we should be here a while longer I guess, looking to build a home here and do a permie garden. Anyway, someone has asked my husband (at his work) if there is a companion plant for strawberries? Does anyone know? Is there a good site with all this information out there? Well shall check back later to see if anyone knows anything and shall do some googling myself. Bye Leanne
