Visit Ravenswood John and Colleen 2026

This month's garden visit to John and Colleen's Ravenswood garden was well attended and much enjoyed.

 

John imparted lots of knowledge gained over his 84 years of gardening, including potato seed selection and limiting potato eyes to one only when planting.

When storing potatoes John does......

• Wash potatoes when harvested and leave to dry out of sunlight
• Store in a black fabric lined polystyrene box with the lid also lined with fabric
• Place in a cool and dark place
• Check regularly and remove any shoots that have started.

John happily demonstrated his ability to get on the ground and then proceeded to move across the lawn on his knees. We were left with no doubt how he manages his huge ground-level vegetable patch.

The washing machine water is put to good use in the apple orchard.

The sweet corn plants were looking great, the carrots already a very good size and the long rows of young brassica seedlings were surrounded by plastic pots to give them some protection from the elements.

Many of us went home loaded up with goodies from the produce table and also bags of Glebe Gold and bee-attracting flowering plants kindly donated by Glebe Gardens.

We enjoyed morning tea under the marquee as the much-longed-for rain came down.

Thank you, John and Colleen, for hosting this visit!