See the pictures on left showing different angles of the vegetable patch. The first piture shows the onions growing well. They are about one to one and a half inches (25-35 mm's) in diameter. The second picture shows potatoe plants, spinach, and leek. The third photo displays tomatoes on the right, zuchini and cucumber. Also you can see the one year old asparagus ferns. In the back of the pic are sweet corn (about 6 inches - 150mm tall) and beds with carrot, basil, sage, dill, and turnip (the turnip is being eaten a bit by pests). The fourth photo contains cheery tomatoes and climbing beans in the closest bed, then beds of water melon and then rock melon. The rock melon is beginning to run. Then there is leek, potatoes and spinach at the back right. The fifth shows part of the still young silver beet, two types of orange carrots, spinach, leek and potatoes. Sixth picture is a similar shot to the third photo. The seventh and final picture illustrates a broad view of the entire vegetable garden looking towards the west. The sunrise was behind the camera.
Basically all growing well. Sowed some pumkin, snow peas, beetroot, shallots, and another batch of silver beet since the last post. Peas really went crap and there is only one plant left and it's struggling. I don't know what happened there. So in the spot where the peas died I sowed as I mentioned before, snow peas. And they are already starting to break the soil. Good stuff. Tomatoes are starting to take off now. They are due for a thinning and staking. The capsicum (forgot whether it is red or green) is just about the size when they can be trnsplanted. The size they are now range from two to four inches high. So in the coming days/week I will separate them and sought that bed out. Garlic is dieing right off now and I'll leave them in the ground till I need garlic in the kitchen. Just have to keep them dry.
Summer is here and with it is some pretty warm temperatures. Great for the garden and boy those vegies are taking off. Just got to keep the water up to them with a good soaking early morning and late evening. Nothing beats watering late evening when the temp is warm. Just the mozzies are out in force.
The creamy colour posts in and around the patch will be holding up a new sprinkler system and shade cloth cover. The sprinkler system I hope to construct over the Christmas break. The shade cloth cover I will build in Autumn (around Easter next year) to give me a longer and warmer period for the year especially over the cold and freezing Canberra/Murrumbateman months. The shade cloth will be removed once the frosts are over and that's about October/November each year.
Until next time, cheerio.
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