@robgordon962.bsky.social
Newcastle Australia 🦘 🌱
Not looking for a relationship 🚫
Not interested in politics or religion, from anywhere! 🛑
Not looking for a relationship 🚫
Not interested in politics or religion, from anywhere! 🛑
January 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Serranos from a second season plant has provided lots of early pods for sauce
Hot wax thicker pods have resisted getting sunburned or wilting from extreme heat (leaf curl from storm rains New year), they'll be good for frying with other peppers for a spicy sauce
#Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
Hot wax thicker pods have resisted getting sunburned or wilting from extreme heat (leaf curl from storm rains New year), they'll be good for frying with other peppers for a spicy sauce
#Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
January 11, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Serranos from a second season plant has provided lots of early pods for sauce
Hot wax thicker pods have resisted getting sunburned or wilting from extreme heat (leaf curl from storm rains New year), they'll be good for frying with other peppers for a spicy sauce
#Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
Hot wax thicker pods have resisted getting sunburned or wilting from extreme heat (leaf curl from storm rains New year), they'll be good for frying with other peppers for a spicy sauce
#Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
After 4 days of above 40C, the chilli plants have sprung back to life with cooler temperatures
This chocolate bih Jolokia was totally wilted in hot winds yesterday, fortunately leaf drop was the only issue, some other plants have sunburned pods and wind burnt foliage
#Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
This chocolate bih Jolokia was totally wilted in hot winds yesterday, fortunately leaf drop was the only issue, some other plants have sunburned pods and wind burnt foliage
#Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
January 11, 2026 at 5:16 AM
After 4 days of above 40C, the chilli plants have sprung back to life with cooler temperatures
This chocolate bih Jolokia was totally wilted in hot winds yesterday, fortunately leaf drop was the only issue, some other plants have sunburned pods and wind burnt foliage
#Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
This chocolate bih Jolokia was totally wilted in hot winds yesterday, fortunately leaf drop was the only issue, some other plants have sunburned pods and wind burnt foliage
#Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
Caribbean reds I've grown for over 12 years from a mystery seed pack
Possibly Fresno peppers from what I could research
They have a sweet pepper flavour with a bite of jalapeno, yet they get much hotter second season
Good as Sliders,stuffed or combined with hotter peppers for sauce #Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
Possibly Fresno peppers from what I could research
They have a sweet pepper flavour with a bite of jalapeno, yet they get much hotter second season
Good as Sliders,stuffed or combined with hotter peppers for sauce #Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
January 7, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Caribbean reds I've grown for over 12 years from a mystery seed pack
Possibly Fresno peppers from what I could research
They have a sweet pepper flavour with a bite of jalapeno, yet they get much hotter second season
Good as Sliders,stuffed or combined with hotter peppers for sauce #Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
Possibly Fresno peppers from what I could research
They have a sweet pepper flavour with a bite of jalapeno, yet they get much hotter second season
Good as Sliders,stuffed or combined with hotter peppers for sauce #Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
Pest control herbs & marigolds have attracted the first honey bees to my garden in 3 summers since the varroa mite killed off hives around the state
2 bees arrived just after Xmas, each couple of days more bees arrived, today I counted 7 awesome honeybees 🐝🐝
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱 #Pollination
2 bees arrived just after Xmas, each couple of days more bees arrived, today I counted 7 awesome honeybees 🐝🐝
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱 #Pollination
January 2, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Pest control herbs & marigolds have attracted the first honey bees to my garden in 3 summers since the varroa mite killed off hives around the state
2 bees arrived just after Xmas, each couple of days more bees arrived, today I counted 7 awesome honeybees 🐝🐝
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱 #Pollination
2 bees arrived just after Xmas, each couple of days more bees arrived, today I counted 7 awesome honeybees 🐝🐝
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱 #Pollination
3 types of melon finally fruiting with pyrethrum helping keep the pests away
Not sure if the lite green/white melon is a rockmelon or honeydew melon
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
Not sure if the lite green/white melon is a rockmelon or honeydew melon
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
January 2, 2026 at 8:34 AM
3 types of melon finally fruiting with pyrethrum helping keep the pests away
Not sure if the lite green/white melon is a rockmelon or honeydew melon
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
Not sure if the lite green/white melon is a rockmelon or honeydew melon
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
Enjoy 🥳🎉🎆🍺
December 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Enjoy 🥳🎉🎆🍺
2 sets of triplet butternut pumpkins surviving the summer furnace so far 🤞
#GardeningAUS 🌱 #Gardening
#GardeningAUS 🌱 #Gardening
December 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
2 sets of triplet butternut pumpkins surviving the summer furnace so far 🤞
#GardeningAUS 🌱 #Gardening
#GardeningAUS 🌱 #Gardening
Thanks to @fraying.bsky.social for sauce idea
First pods of summer 10 x Serranos & 8 x mini sweet peppers,I guessed water salt sugar ratios
Using 150ml of vinegar for 300 grams of pepper flesh, altogether made 500ml of medium hot sauce #Hotpeppers 🌱🌶️ ( it was 44C today so I cooked indoors) 🥵
First pods of summer 10 x Serranos & 8 x mini sweet peppers,I guessed water salt sugar ratios
Using 150ml of vinegar for 300 grams of pepper flesh, altogether made 500ml of medium hot sauce #Hotpeppers 🌱🌶️ ( it was 44C today so I cooked indoors) 🥵
December 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Thanks to @fraying.bsky.social for sauce idea
First pods of summer 10 x Serranos & 8 x mini sweet peppers,I guessed water salt sugar ratios
Using 150ml of vinegar for 300 grams of pepper flesh, altogether made 500ml of medium hot sauce #Hotpeppers 🌱🌶️ ( it was 44C today so I cooked indoors) 🥵
First pods of summer 10 x Serranos & 8 x mini sweet peppers,I guessed water salt sugar ratios
Using 150ml of vinegar for 300 grams of pepper flesh, altogether made 500ml of medium hot sauce #Hotpeppers 🌱🌶️ ( it was 44C today so I cooked indoors) 🥵
Nectarines I'm hoping to enjoy before fruit flies attack
Unfortunately the rosey red fruits are still rock hard, so I can't pick them yet
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
Unfortunately the rosey red fruits are still rock hard, so I can't pick them yet
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
December 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Nectarines I'm hoping to enjoy before fruit flies attack
Unfortunately the rosey red fruits are still rock hard, so I can't pick them yet
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
Unfortunately the rosey red fruits are still rock hard, so I can't pick them yet
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
Basil plants growing as companion plants have fared well in the scorching heat.
This Thai basil plant had been attracting Eastern Rosellas earlier in the week before the temperatures got higher, at least cockatoos aren't attracted to basil like they are to sunflowers
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
This Thai basil plant had been attracting Eastern Rosellas earlier in the week before the temperatures got higher, at least cockatoos aren't attracted to basil like they are to sunflowers
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Basil plants growing as companion plants have fared well in the scorching heat.
This Thai basil plant had been attracting Eastern Rosellas earlier in the week before the temperatures got higher, at least cockatoos aren't attracted to basil like they are to sunflowers
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
This Thai basil plant had been attracting Eastern Rosellas earlier in the week before the temperatures got higher, at least cockatoos aren't attracted to basil like they are to sunflowers
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
Today's 41 C temperature was hard on the garden yet the increase of winds day and night since spring began has been the biggest battle in keeping moisture in plants & soils, even after a good downpour of rain the winds haven't been kind, and summer has just begun 🫣
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today's 41 C temperature was hard on the garden yet the increase of winds day and night since spring began has been the biggest battle in keeping moisture in plants & soils, even after a good downpour of rain the winds haven't been kind, and summer has just begun 🫣
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
#GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱
Now my pepper plants are big enough to take away bird netting, I'm hoping the combination of herbs and mulch gets the plants through what already is testing weather
Different basils to deter pests (except fruit fly) & mulch to keep moisture in the soils
Serrano plant going well
#Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
Different basils to deter pests (except fruit fly) & mulch to keep moisture in the soils
Serrano plant going well
#Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Now my pepper plants are big enough to take away bird netting, I'm hoping the combination of herbs and mulch gets the plants through what already is testing weather
Different basils to deter pests (except fruit fly) & mulch to keep moisture in the soils
Serrano plant going well
#Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
Different basils to deter pests (except fruit fly) & mulch to keep moisture in the soils
Serrano plant going well
#Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱
So far so good for the summer garden using herbs as pest control
Cinnamon,Thai & common Basil, coriander, pyrethrum with melons, early marigolds to keep nematodes away from watermelon, shallots & eventually chilli
The mulch is much needed as winds & heat are constant
#GardeningAU #Gardening 🌱
Cinnamon,Thai & common Basil, coriander, pyrethrum with melons, early marigolds to keep nematodes away from watermelon, shallots & eventually chilli
The mulch is much needed as winds & heat are constant
#GardeningAU #Gardening 🌱
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
So far so good for the summer garden using herbs as pest control
Cinnamon,Thai & common Basil, coriander, pyrethrum with melons, early marigolds to keep nematodes away from watermelon, shallots & eventually chilli
The mulch is much needed as winds & heat are constant
#GardeningAU #Gardening 🌱
Cinnamon,Thai & common Basil, coriander, pyrethrum with melons, early marigolds to keep nematodes away from watermelon, shallots & eventually chilli
The mulch is much needed as winds & heat are constant
#GardeningAU #Gardening 🌱
First cucumber of the season, with no bees around hand pollination is the only way to go 👋
#GardeningAU #Vegetablegardening
#GardeningAU #Vegetablegardening
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
First cucumber of the season, with no bees around hand pollination is the only way to go 👋
#GardeningAU #Vegetablegardening
#GardeningAU #Vegetablegardening
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Lots of rhubarb picked before the heat of the day arrived, giving younger rhubarb time to grow before summer's temperatures burn the foliage, hopefully sugarcane mulch helps with water retention
#Gardening 🌱 #GardeningAU
#Gardening 🌱 #GardeningAU
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Lots of rhubarb picked before the heat of the day arrived, giving younger rhubarb time to grow before summer's temperatures burn the foliage, hopefully sugarcane mulch helps with water retention
#Gardening 🌱 #GardeningAU
#Gardening 🌱 #GardeningAU
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The rhubarb seems to grow faster after every picking since early August (as our winter got warmer)
#GardeningAU #Gardening 🌱
#GardeningAU #Gardening 🌱
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The rhubarb seems to grow faster after every picking since early August (as our winter got warmer)
#GardeningAU #Gardening 🌱
#GardeningAU #Gardening 🌱
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
October 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
October 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
October 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My first successful overwintering of a Capsicum chinense plant (Chocolate Bih Jolokia)has taken to the spring heat with new foliage, hopefully the transplant goes well as temperatures rise to 35C/95F
🌶️🌱 #Hotpeppers
🌶️🌱 #Hotpeppers
October 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
My first successful overwintering of a Capsicum chinense plant (Chocolate Bih Jolokia)has taken to the spring heat with new foliage, hopefully the transplant goes well as temperatures rise to 35C/95F
🌶️🌱 #Hotpeppers
🌶️🌱 #Hotpeppers
Fruit trees in flower, unfortunately no bees anywhere for the second spring in a row
The varroa mite is having a terrible affect on the honey bee population
#GardeningAU 🌱 #Gardening
The varroa mite is having a terrible affect on the honey bee population
#GardeningAU 🌱 #Gardening
September 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Fruit trees in flower, unfortunately no bees anywhere for the second spring in a row
The varroa mite is having a terrible affect on the honey bee population
#GardeningAU 🌱 #Gardening
The varroa mite is having a terrible affect on the honey bee population
#GardeningAU 🌱 #Gardening