Wicking Wolfe

Instagram - wicking.wolfe Creating a edible sustainable garden. Learning about wicking beds and aquaponics. Sharing what we learn about permaculture and healthy family living. Ballarat, vic Australia

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While some like to grow gigantic pumpkins, I thought I would go for the worlds smallest😊 My butternuts were a bit of a flop😆💚✌️ #butternut #pumpkin #urbanorganicgardener #sustainableliving #compost #backyard #small #cute #gardening #greenthumb #growsomethinggreen #urbangardenersrepublic #autumn #ballarat #fail

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Echinoid alive at least 8 million years ago😱 and it's in my hand! Mind blown....the world around us😍 (echinoid = really old sea urchin)

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Autumn update-My only pumpkins to have ripened. (A little over 4kg each) I have at least 6 more very big, very green ones that I don't like my chances of them turning😕 The vine has been fighting some powdery mildew all by itself, because I've not had time to deal with it😁 so will wait and see. The last of my tomatoes💚 I'm leaving half of my wickingbeds empty over winter (may cover crop?) just so I can get an early spring crop in this year. All tomatoes and eggplant that I planted early January in the wickingbeds produces bigger vegetables and healthier plants👏 than the ground veggie patch up the back. I'm really keen to get more wickingbeds in😄 I've pulled all my cucumber, still finding hidden onion. Waiting on some volunteer potato to die back so I can dig them up. #garden #gardening #greypumpkin #growyourown #organicgardening #veggie #veggiepatch #urbangarden #greenthumb #ediblegarden #permaculture #green #sun #happy #backyard #sustainable #Colour #love #autumn #outdoor #mygarden #backyard #urbanorganicgardener #compost #sustainableliving

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Shrek: For your information, there's a lot more to ogres than people think. Donkey: Example? Shrek: Example... uh... ogres are like onions! [holds up an onion, which Donkey sniffs] Donkey: They stink? Shrek: Yes... No! Donkey: Oh, they make you cry? Shrek: No! Donkey: Oh, you leave 'em out in the sun, they get all brown, start sproutin' little white hairs... Shrek: [peels an onion] NO! Layers. Onions have layers. Ogres have layers... You get it? We both have layers. I 💚 people layers and I 💚 onions, no matter the stink!😜 #shriek #onion #garden #gardentoplate #wickingbed #urbanorganicgardener #greenthumb #green #dinner #organicgardening #nospray #veggiepatch #growyourown #garden #bekindtooneanother💚✌️

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Seed saving💚 some of last season, the best bit...it's free🙌 #sharetheseed #heritagetomatoes #sustainableliving #cook #love #lettus #pea #snowpea #dill #urbanorganicgardener #urbangardenersrepublic #onion #springonion #sage #coriander #eggplant #cucumber

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Tired🐶 #puppylove #dog #peoplethatsleepliketheirdog #dogthatareliketheirpeople

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So how did you spend your Easter? This pretty much sums mine up, It got very saucy 😄 l lost so many tomatoes this year😣 One bag to laziness, I didn't store them well and they ended up in the compost! (I blame uni for this!) A couple of baskets I lost when I went away for the weekend. We had sun, then rain, then sun, equaling big tomatoes some of which exploded on the bush. Not in a spectacular bang kind of fashion, more a slushy over ripe kind of way! (I blame to many Margaritas for that😳) But over all we have had an endless summer of tomatoes👊 now I'm bottling up what's left🍅 I still have at least one big basket full of green tomatoes on the plants, I don't like my chance of them ripening at this point! Pickling is next on my list, and a freezer full of bean burritos to help get me through study time🌯🍅🌶 #garden #gardening #growyourown #organicgardening #veggie #veggiepatch #urbangarden #greenthumb #ediblegarden #permaculture #green #sun #happy #backyard #sustainable #DIY #love #seed #outdoor #mygarden #backyard #urbanorganicgardener #compost #sustainableliving #cook #preserving #tomatoes

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Well the hommus bucket won! After one night it collected more earwigs than I can count, the green store bought trap has about 30. Both were buried to the rim, with about an inch of olive oil in the base. I also put a small solar light near each(I read earwigs are attracted to light). I'm also wondering if the hummus container has some reschedule smell that attracted them, but I don't really know. I do know it worked so I'm making more💚✌️ note: I'm using rancid Olive oil that I have a case of. #oliveoil #pest #pestcontrol #gardening #gardeningtip #gardeningaustralia #earwig #traps #nospray #nontoxic #diy #hummus #winning

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Earwig traps, green one is store bought and a home made one from hummus container. I'm hoping the home made works best because it comes filled with food😄 #gardentips #trap #oliveoil #nospray #pest #fingerscrossed #diy #recycle #bugproblems #couldbeworse

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Not a pretty site😞. One day a thriving pumpkin next day it's gone! Overnight the earwigs obliterated the plant. So I'm in the process of setting up traps and you bet I will beat these little buggers😡 #earwig #destroyed all my cucumber, eggplants, basil and even had a go at the onions! #gardening #pest #grrr My sons #pumpkin

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Enjoying a coffee on the back step and daydreaming about what to do next in the garden.🤔. I'm still waiting on plants to finish seeding. Some strong winds knocked most of the coriander down but it's still producing flowers😎. I use a lot of coriander seed in cooking so I'm really looking forward to having organic home grown to use. As for the rest I'm thinking I will pull it all out. The eggplant and cucumber are under attack in the in-ground beds and I want somewhere safe to put them! The wicking bed are it! #urbanorganicgardener #gardening #growyourown #wickingbed #organicgardening #veggie #veggiepatch #urbangarden #greenthumb #ediblegarden #savewater #permaculture #green #sun #happy #backyard #sustainable #DIY #love #nature #urbangardenersrepublic #seed #outdoor #mygarden #backyard #recycle #epicgardening #repurpose #growsomethinggreen #sustainableliving

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True potato seed (pods in the making) with a tiny visitor🐞. If any one could tell me if this particular one is friend or foe in the garden, I would very much appreciate it🤔 my potato tops are being eaten and I have found a lot of these little guys and earwigs! #garden #gardening #growyourown #urbanorganicgardener #veggie #veggiepatch #urbangarden #greenthumb #ediblegarden #savewater #permaculture #green #sun #happy #backyard #love #nature #mothernature #seed #outdoor #mygarden #backyard #sustainableliving #potato #ladybeetle #tiny #growsomethinggreen #epicgardening #urbangardenersrepublic

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Round 2 seedlings🌱 cucumber Lebanese and Pickle🌱 3 varieties of chili🌱 purple capsicum 🌱 a little over 30 tomato plants, that have been repotted twice, each time a little deeper to encourage more root development. I literally planting a sliced organic tomato🍅 I had no seeds! It sure worked well but I don't really know what tomato plant will grow, a hybrid, the parent plants, mix of something else that was growing?? Time will tell🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔 also need to work out What to do with all these plants?? #veggiepatch #seedling #chilli #tomato #cucumber #capsicum #lettus #basil #experimenting #growyourownfood #growsomethinggreen #urbangardening #urbanorganicgardener #gardeningaustralia

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My first ever Carrot flower😊 well one of four. (In early stage) Also discovered how awfully hard a carrot becomes when it go's to flower😁 #carrot #collect #seeds #growyourownfood #sun briefly #cheeredmeup #wickingbed #sky #urbanorganicgardener #growsomethinggreen #urbangardenersrepublic #organicgarden #greenthumb starting prep work for the greenhouse this weekend, converting our current shed 😎 may have aquaponics setup by winter. Finger are crossed.

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Pulled up a few of the garlic and I'm extremely please with them. Had to try my hand at braiding them too, first attempt👍👍 (yes I'm a girl and I have never braided my hair!). #notthatdifferenttoplats #garlic #garlicbraid #wickingbed #garden #organigarden #urbanorganicgardener #mybackyard #kaleseed #carrot #corianderseeds #fun #collecting #growyourown carrot going to seed💚✌️

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Made a healing veggie soup yesterday because that is what the weather and my cold called for!🤒 I think it really helped 🤔😊✌️ #soup #veggie #homemade #homegrown #sick #garlic #ginger #kale #spinach #zucchini #tomato #corn #celery #carrot #chilli #potato #brocolli #beans #lentils #sage #rosemary #dill #mint #sageflower #parsley #yum #delicious #feelingbetter #urbanorganicgardener #urbangardenersrepublic

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This one loves getting his hands dirty😍 We planted out some pea and snow pea together (I'm hopeful the corn will shade it enough😬) Then he ever so gently planted his first pumpkin⭐️ and gave it all a good drenching💦 I still need to put sting around the teepee for climbing support🌱✌️ #starinthegarden #kidsgarden #peateepee #fun #sun #gardeningaustralia #stillgrowing #littlehelper #cutekid We have made a change to our greenhouse plans project to start early next year, I'm very excited😁 once I've cleaned it up a little I'll post and explain further👍