Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
I find I need to spend about 10-15 minutes a day just checking on things plus time spent watering, feeding and cosseting plants
That’s a good thought and not something I’d considered. Yeah I get quite a bit of happiness and zen from just being outside, although some bugs and insects really freak me out. I don’t mind most of the things that actually live in the garden and help like worms and such, it’s only really the pesty types and spiders I can’t really deal with. Also bees I never kill but I do have this funny tendency to freeze up if anything with a stinger comes anywhere near me
I didn’t even know you could just grow peanuts honestly. I mean obviously they’re a type of nut so of course you can grow it but I never would’ve thought they’d be easy to grow or even really like our climate. Always associated them with the tropics and jungle type areas for some reason. But yeah, I like peanuts so I might look into giving them a go. Thanks TW!
They grow very well in Melbourne over summer. Can’t overwinter them, but who cares. My boys got given seed peanuts in primary school to plant etc so they’re easy enough for primary school kids to grow. Another nice thing is that they are nitrogen fixers - that is, if planted in the garden they actually improve the soil rather than deplete it. They aren’t nuts - just a really really weird bean/legume as @catfish points out.
