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The pups are tough little buggers I let mine get its leaves around the 100mm then pop them off . I find the fruit can go from ripe to what I call over ripe in short time I am not sure if it starts to ferment or what but it developes a not so nice aflavor I pick just a bit before where yours was...

Hi Mandy that is awsome pineapple well done .The new heads that are forming on the plant are called pups take a firm hold push down and twist they just pop off let them sit in a shaded spot for a couple of days then put into pots and away they go new pineapple plants you can transplant out...

60kg is pretty awesome hope they continue production in thier new locality well done. Cheers Dave

Hi Ray those are pretty flash bee homes . I hope to get some bees (been saying it for so long but it still hasn't happened) now I have started fermenting our garlic in honey it gets a bit pricey buying honey all the time. Is your honey from the natives or do you have honey bees as well? Have a...

That's a bugger you get excited the crop is looking good and then that happens. If you try some Glenlarge planted mid to late march you might have better luck even the ones I planted mid April produced much smaller bulbs all the best. Dave

Hi Mandy garlic can be a touchy with water and your beds need to drain freely what time of year did you plant? I planted 1 lot in July as a test run but wet season arrived before they matured and same result as you also there is only a couple of types that can grow up this way plant a cool...

I purchased the Glenlarge garlic from Green Harvest very happy with the product and had about 99 percent strike rate .2 years ago I purchased from a big supplier D#####s C##b the product was rubbish some bulbs full of dry rot any many never germinated. Cheers.

Hi Kathryn a bit late on the reply you would be better to buy your garlic stock from a seed supply company I planted last season's crop on the 15 of March using Glen Large cloves which I soaked for 12 hours in a weak seasol solution before planting. Once growing a feed of blood and bone is...

Nice shirt Jen only started back into chickens 6 months ago had forgotten how good fresh eggs taste . Dave

Nice set up should be ready to go come the cooler weather well done. Dave

What we do is as soon as the fist hand starts to turn is only remove that hand and leave the rest hanging we have found if you cut the whole bunch off they all rippen at the same time where as left on the tree they rippen slower from the top down we still get a glut so we peel and vacume seal...

Hi Kleasy welcome to the forum looks like you are off to a good start with your raised bed it is a bit tough at the moment battling the heat and humidity hope all goes well for you. Cheers Dave

Hi ToeNailz that looks yummy when I lived in WA there was always fruit around just left for the birds or rot on the ground know one seemed interested in the fruit I think they thought it was poisonous as it wasn't on Woolworths shelves good to see you are making use of them. Cheers Dave

Hi Maeve welcome to forum sounds like you have a handle on the basics and are putting food on the plate bit by bit broarden your knowledge by planting things you would like to eat but have never grown before you might be surprised just how much you can produce . Keep us informed of how you are...

Hi Jason I leave my flowers alone let nature do the work and I get about 90 percent fruit we do have a lot of bugs around at night so I guess they do a good job. Hope yours fruit up. Dave