Tag Archives: zone 3

Microplot design, #2

Posted on January 3, 2016 by tikiwanderer

Jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke), basil, tomato, choko. I actually don’t know which number this is, but I think it’s the second one I’ve posted about. This microplot is in the “vegie garden” section (zone 3A) of my trials, so it is … Continue reading →

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Plant profile – Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare

Posted on June 8, 2014 by tikiwanderer

Fennel is one of those weeds that turns up all over the place around this city. It’s also a useful herb. As both weed and herb it has a potential role in my low-water zones. It’s in the Apiaceae (formerly … Continue reading →

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Green, cool, productive and droughtproofed – the lower-water vegie garden

Posted on January 27, 2014 by tikiwanderer

As I wrote yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to find that even though the watering system broke while we were on holiday, most of the plants survived a summer week or two without water. I’m putting this down to the … Continue reading →

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Leaving a droughtproofed garden for a summer holiday

Posted on January 26, 2014 by tikiwanderer

We recently spent three weeks away on holiday. It’s firstsummer, moving into secondsummer, that time of year also known as “January” or just plain “bloody hot”. My garden is unirrigated but not entirely unwatered, so us being away means no … Continue reading →

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Heat tolerant vegies

Posted on November 17, 2013 by tikiwanderer

One of the surviving-summer strategies I’m using heavily in my zone 3 gardens is choosing heat-tolerant plants. Heat tolerance is an important thing to select for, but it’s not as obvious as it first seems. For instance, I don’t mean … Continue reading →

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Cercis siliquastrum, zone 3 / zone 4

Posted on September 24, 2013 by tikiwanderer

This year, to mark the equinox, I planted a tree. The timing’s a bit coincidental, it’s taken me over a year to source this tree and we finally got it on Saturday. But I celebrated by planting it anyhow. It’s … Continue reading →

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