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Old 14-12-2010, 06:51 PM
snowyskiesau
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Astronomy - cheaper than gardening.

A while back I caught the gardening bug from a friend. More specifically, a veggie gardening strain.
I dug all the gardens over, added various foul smelling organic substances and planted the seeds as per the instructions on the box. For the most part success, slow but successful, mostly herbs but some onions, carrots etc.

In August, I decided to try planting potatoes. 'Use the no dig method, it's brilliant!' my infectious friend said.
I carefully followed her instructions and soon had a nice big cage full of green stuff. 'There must be lots of potatoes under that' I thought and asked for advice on when to start digging .
'Once the green tops start to wither, you can start to harvest' she said.

Well I went out and started to dig, and dig, and dig some more and ended up with the crop as shown. Not a great return for months of waiting .
I'd value my bountiful harvest at about $60 per kilo, given the cost of hay, fertilizers, seed potatoes, etc.

I'm told it may have been the Sydney weather and the humidity so I'm moving to Tasmania to try again

[Sorry there's no astronomy content here. I'll post another thread on my failings in that hobby soon ]
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