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Posted by the_grub Sydney (My Page) on Thu, Feb 9, 06 at 3:08
| Rainbow Road is starting to produce...
Tomatoes are yielding, chooks are laying, fish are snapping. I think they call this peak season. Yeeha. |
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Hi Ray,
You might like this: the little orangy red one middle frame and back with a label is an F4 Akers West Virginia x Kelloggs Breakfast. It's quite productive and has great parentage.
Cheers, Grub. |
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- Posted by finbar Central Italy (My Page) on
Thu, Feb 9, 06 at 6:16
| Interesting spelling in the thread title. You being paid by the letter these days? |
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| Lol Finbar. How the heck are you anyway? You know only too well the problem I have with my sausage fingers and this laptop. Thankfully, the problem doesn't extend to the bedroom. Moving right along, it's been a humdinger of a Sydney tomato season. I look forward to hearing more from you on this forum. Would you like some seeds for some more damn good tomatoes? Meantime, breakfast. Golden Monarch. Mmmm... 
And Grub's Mystery RL Green...
Best wishes for a great season in Italy,
:)-Grub |
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- Posted by finbar Central Italy (My Page) on
Fri, Feb 10, 06 at 2:55
| Two days ago, I started seeds for: Pink Gaetano, Soldacki, Camp Joy, C Chocolate, Anna Russian, Jaune Negib, B'wine OTV, Golden Queen, Zogola, Jaune Flammee, Marianna's Peace and Kellogg's Breakfast. Not a bad little selection to introduce to the locals, methinks. I'm waiting a bit to start B. Sudduth. It would die in summer here. At the same time, I started seeds for Pisello Nano, a dwarf pea that comes highly recommended, cos lettuce, leeks, onions, and all sorts of other things. I've also tracked down seeds for those glorious little cipolline borettane, the tiny, flat onions that I was never able to find in the shops in Sydney. Toss them in with roast potatoes about 20 minutes before they're finished and you have a flavour sensation. Even better, I've also found seeds for the Italian zucchini that the River Cafe uses in their zucchini soup. Such is the flavour that they use water in lieu of chicken stock for the soup. Let me know if you want some. |
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Go Finbar. I don't recall if I have thanked you for introducing me to Kellogg's Breakfast, Zogola and Soldacki, but THANKYOU. Anna Russian is a big winner down here as well. Loads of small hearts that lend themselves to so many things.
All the best, and may you get a smile from , whatshisname, the gardener, with that selection. |
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| Zucchini with flavour. Bring it on. The Rondo de Nice are a hit up here, but those sound wonderful. |
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| Hi, Finbar. Have you tapped into these resources in Italy yet? http://www.biodiversita.info/
http://www.virtualpepper.org/ Very interested in Italian onion and leeks. What varieties are you growing? Jennifer, Canadian friend of the celebrity tomato Princess PP |
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- Posted by finbar Central Italy (My Page) on
Fri, Feb 10, 06 at 9:16
| Cheers, Richard. All great tommies. Anna R remains Mrs finbar's favourite. I just, this morning, had a debate with Carlo the Italian gardener over the relative merits of cow manure and horse manure in the garden. He prefers cow because it produces fewer weeds, I prefer horse because it's easier to work with. And, if composted properly, isn't too bad in terms of weeds. At least we're now having this discussion. Last year, he was of the view that two shovelfuls of manure of any description were enough for ten beds totalling about 250 sq m. Adam. The zucchini in question are small to medium-size, ridged, called Romanesco. Can't wait to try them. |
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Romanesco, I have seen them in a catalogue somewhere I reckon.
Just did a search, and it was brocolli romanesco I was thinking of. |
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| Finbar, we'll all be eager to hear your verdict on that zucchini. And those tiny onions. Hopefully you'll have a great season this year. :) |
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