Our Mini Market

12/08/2021

18/04/2021

All remaining succulents/cacti now $1 for clearance! Let your friends know!

24/02/2021

$1&$2 succulent babies still available! :)

18/02/2021

There are still a few plant babies available for sale! The top shelf is half full ($3ea) and the second shelf ($1 & $2 items) still has quite a few on it.
Thank you to those who have supported us and done the right thing with the honesty system it's been a pleasure getting to know you all :) for those who haven't made their purchases yet... Get in quick! This is the last sale and only while stocks last :)

13/02/2021

The plants will be out for a few more days. Then that will be the end of it.
Please get in quick and clear it out. There's nothing over $5. (I do have more loofah seeds if anyone is interested, please pm to organise pick up)

13/02/2021

To the three individuals who stole the loofahs and seeds today, you are on camera - do the right thing.
you stole items that were of very little value to you, yet took me months to grow and organise and labour over.
you have essentially destroyed a hobby, and guaranteed that I can no longer continue after first battling ill health and a whole heap of other setbacks, great job.
I am now shutting down and no longer continuing.

12/02/2021

I have taken it indoors for the night but I will put the herb cart back out early tomorrow (somewhere around 8/8.30am)
Happy gardening & happy weekend! 🌱 🧑‍🌾

12/02/2021

We are ready! 😬. Please BYO box 📦.
Please note: We have some small change but please aim to have as close to the right money as possible to limit transactions. Please use hand sanitizer prior to coming. Thank you and Happy gardening! 🌱 🧑‍🌾

12/02/2021

Getting everything ready for today’s sale! See you from 4.30 pm TODAY! 28 Centenary Drive Boyne Island

28/01/2021

Weather and universe permitting; we will restock on Friday afternoon February 12 we would be stocked and ready to kick off at 4.30pm

23/01/2021

Oh dear, we had a bit of a mishap here. It shouldn't put back the sale date but it has taken out a few different plant lines unfortunately (luckily it was only the small shelf bit the large one!). I will give you an updated list of what's available for sale closer to the date!

21/01/2021

I grew & harvested my first successful luffa! Great as a as a shower scrub.
This picture means these seeds are available NOW and seedlings will be available at future sales! (Luffas themselves not yet for sale, Eventually when I grow enough they will be but at this stage it will only be seeds and seedlings) what other items do you use or eat that you could grow easily at home? Throw those ideas at me! And happy ! 🌱

17/01/2021

Did you know I'm always open to seed & cutting swaps? (and sales)
I have seeds and some cuttings from my own garden as well as purchased from a range of types available at different times.
If anyone has any seeds you think i’d like and you would like to swap, let me know here or via inbox

10/01/2021

Thai multi colour chillies! 👏🏻...One thing I haven’t had before, but will have available this next time is Thai multi coloured chilli seedlings. They’re just peeking through 🙂 ...
Everything is coming along nicely! 🙂 happy gardening every body

10/01/2021

And That's a wrap on the planting stage for the next sale! The stock shelves are full and Last night I finished my soil quota for this sale AND therefore finally decided, the next sale will be EARLY FEB sometime.
Exact date TBC, but if the plants continue on their current growth patterns we are on track for early Feb! :)

08/01/2021

Check out these guys’ video on the ‘miracle tree’ or Moringa tree - I have three Moringa tree seedlings available in next sale - stay tuned for the date (depends when all the plants properly grace me with their presence but they're all doing pretty well so far 😂)

The moringa tree is the perfect ingredient to almost any dish including Green Smoothies, Tea, Stir fries, Salads. The flowers, Seeds, Leaves and roots can al...

05/01/2021

My favourite ladybug came back to visit again today! It has love hearts on its back instead of spots 🥰 a photo is in comments of the love hearts up close :)

04/01/2021

Garden spam time PLEASE and Thankyou! 😂 comment below with your favourite garden photos! Mine has loved the rainy weather we have had 🥰 and my tansy is about to flower/seed I hope to be able to germinate easier from those seeds! 🙂

02/01/2021

The shelves are filling up and slowly being transformed to green! Happy new year & happy gardening folks!
Flowers, herbs & medicinal herbs, succulents and more 🙂
Edit: not ready yet! I will announce when they’re all out the front 🙂 remember it will be first in best dressed and only until sold out.

02/01/2021

Any interest in herb bunches? (single herb bunch or mixed bunches)
some examples available as in pics, plus more :) 🍃 🌱

14/12/2020

I have recently decided to take all plants in until I can get stock back up, then announce here (and Boyne Tannum classifieds probably) when I restock with everything,all at once instead of putting out just a couple of plants every week or so, which is what I have been doing. So COMING SOON, a larger restock. stay tuned and please tell your gardening 🧑‍🌾 friends 🙂

27/11/2020

How exciting! Finding good bugs in my garden woot woot!
When I saw him I assumed bad because of his bright colours, but actually they eat powdery mildew and funguses that affect gardens here :) sorry about the terrible photo he kept moving! Lol

25/11/2020

Always learning in this garden game, this plant app seems to be fairly accurate (not always) but has helped identify weeds in my garden a lot easier so I can research and understand they’re benefits OR if they’re negative what’s going on in my garden to invite that in and if there’s anything I can to to combat it (now my ‘garden’ album on the app looks like I only grow weeds but hey! It’s helpful!) - it’s a great learning game this gardening thing!
(NB this is a free app but keeps trying to make you pay - you don’t have to, just keep hitting the ‘x’ whenever the option to pay comes up)... lol

22/11/2020

Just added today! 🥳 🌱

19/11/2020

I finally remembered to put my undercover and indoor plants out into the rain! Woohoo haha did you?

18/11/2020

EDIT:quick apology for being a little slow on releasing more seedlings a) I have been letting them get a bit more established before putting them out and b) I have been a little unwell so haven’t been in the garden as often as I should sorry!

Who can guess what is nearly ready????
Hints:
I know a couple of you have been waiting for them andddd that’s enough hints for now 😂

03/11/2020

Oh I think it wants to grow! 😂😂 ... I planted it ... it will probably die now 😂😂🤣🤣

03/11/2020

Soooo many lady bugs in my garden lately 🥰 they land all over me 😍 wish that did bring health and luck haha, I just saw a bright red one but couldn’t get a photo! What are some fun insects you find in your garden?

01/11/2020

Who else loves being able to add to dinner from your own garden? What have you grown to eat with this beautiful rain and warm weather? I would love to see pictures of your garden!

31/10/2020

These Peter P***s Chillie seedlings are almost ready - they will be available sometime next week I expect! Stay tuned!
(As always - limited stock available and its first in best dressed 🙂if there’s something you want quite a few of PM me I might be able to accomodate!)

29/10/2020

Ooh! My Nemophila Black are flowering after the beautiful rain we have had. What’s flowering in your garden?

Out today: flowering cactus in a wine glass & a few established rosemary

Outs soon: Peter p***s chillies yellow, and more asparagus.

25/10/2020

Woohoo I LOVE rainy weather - If I believed in previous lives, I bet I would have been a duck 😂😂 There’s has been some GREAT weather for the garden lately!
A little more tonight hopefully! Nothing better than QLD storm showers for the garden I reckon! 🥰

23/10/2020

An interesting outlook? ... what do you think?

16/10/2020

Ok because apparently I can grow seedlings but can’t keep plants... 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ I’ve planted MORE of these - I’ll make sure I don’t kill them all and some make it to sale this time! 😂😂

Woohoo, exciting! 🌱

16/10/2020

One pot of asparagus and some sea holly seedlings added to the sale stand today!

15/10/2020

Plants added and existing plants out were significantly reduced to clear (they’re getting too big for their pots and need planting!) 🙂

12/10/2020

😂😂😂

11/10/2020

Did you know this!?
(We don’t grow seedlings as they don’t like to be transplanted but I do love growing them, how about you?)

Are carrots orange for political reasons?
Source: Washington Post
By Suzy Khimm
September 10, 2011
This story has been updated.

For centuries, almost all carrots were yellow, white or purple. But in the 17th century, most of those crunchy vegetables turned orange. Why? It may have to do with Dutch politics. Next Nature explains:

In the 17th century, Dutch growers cultivated orange carrots as a tribute to William of Orange – who led the the struggle for Dutch independence – and the color stuck. A thousand years of yellow, white and purple carrot history was wiped out in a generation.

Although some scholars doubt if orange carrots even existed prior to the 16th century, they now form the basis of most commercial cultivators around the world. Presumably crosses between Eastern (purple), Western (white, red) and perhaps wild carrots led to the formation of the orange rooted carrot sub species....

Whatever the origins, the Long Orange Dutch carrot, first described in writing in 1721, is the forebear of the orange Horn carrot varieties so abundant nowadays. The Horn Carrot derives from the Netherlands town of Hoorn in the neighborhood of which it was presumably bred. All our modern, western carrots ultimately descend from these varieties.

(h/t Outside the Beltway)

Update, 9:30 p.m. Saturday:

As it turns out, the political history of carrots is more murky and complicated. The World Carrot Museum--an unsigned, virtual repository of information that Next Nature cites in its original post--calls the link to the House of Orange an “apocryphal” tale dreamed up by historians, though it fails to provide any specific citations for its own conclusion.

What is clear, however, is that the Dutch themselves have used the orange carrot as a political weapon during the rise and fall of the House of Orange. According to historian Simon Schama, in the late 18th century, the Dutch Patriot movement that revolted against the House of Orange saw the vegetable as an offensive tribute to the monarchy. After forcing the reigning descendent of William of Orange to leave the Hague, the Patriots declared that orange was “the color of sedition...carrots sold with their roots too conspicuously showing were deemed provocative,” Schama writes in his book, “Patriots and Liberators.” To this day, many in the Netherlands attest that orange carrots were originally a tribute to the House of Orange, as various Dutch tourism outfits will attest. I’ve emailed a horticulture historian at Purdue University for clarification, and I’ll let you know when I hear back.

10/10/2020

UPDATE!
Thankyou for all your help and humour! We have loved your input! Plenty of giggles to be had Thankyou! 😂😂
We have named our Ducks:
-Jemima Puddle-Duck
-Jerry (Jeremy) Quackers McDuck
-And Kevin The third (wheel)

And our Chickens are Agnes & Winnie

NOT FOR SALE
We need your help naming these three!
Please help us!
We tentatively named them Huey Duey and Luey when we didn’t know genders but now we know we have one bossy female who LOVES to splash and swim. (She is the one with the gorgeous mowhawk/bouffant (whichever you’re prefer)😂😂)
And two boys who are placid and would rather snorkel than actually swim. 😍🥰
Comment your name suggestions below, I’ll announce a price soon - most liked comment wins so get commenting and get sharing PLEASE!!! 🙏

Edit: extra notes, we have named our chickens Agnes and Winnie (if you’ve ever seen Mrs Browns Boys, you’ll know why 😂)

10/10/2020

Maybe I COULD get into this Halloween caper! Who is with me? 😂😂