Garlic is sown.

First Picture shows part of Beds 5 and 6 cultivated with fresh cow/sheep manure and also the old capsicum in place. The second shows that I have dug up the rest of the old Bed 6 and added cow manure and dug it in. The ground is now light and fluffy. The two beds are now full combined. Also show the garlic before bracking them up into individual cloves. The third picture illustrates all the gloves of garlic ready for sowing. The fourth has the garlic cloves in their spot ready for sowing into the ground. Some at the back have been sown already. They are about 50mm (2 inches) deep with the pointy bit of the clove up. The last picture shows all raked over and watered. Beautiful day today too, 16 degrees. Happy gardening.

Autumn Update.

The weather to starting to cool off now and we have had afew frosts already this season. Most of the summer vegies have died off except capsicums (starting to wilt now but still alive) and onions (spring, shallots).

This weekend I have turned over beds 5 and 6 to form one bed with cow and sheep manure. This is to enrich the soil for what I am about to plant - Garlic. Australian garlic purchased from Coles New World. Last years garlic which I never dug up have sprouted up again this year, so I'm attempting to dig one up to see what it's like. I'll dig one up soon for the sake of it. In Bed 6 the capsicums are still there, so I have dug around them ready for the garlic. This year I'll be planting the garlic closer together to get more in. Last year they were about a foot spacing and that wasted space preventing me from planting more vegetables.

Potatoes popped up again in Beds 2 to 6 and with this cooler weather we are experiencing, have begun to wilt. So I have dug up afew and found some more potatoes for the pantry.

I did some cleaning out of the old vegies which have died off, such as Beds 23 and 24. That dead rock and water melon plants went straight into the compost. I'll need to turn over the compost in the coming days to allow the penetration of air. I have two bins going at the moment.

The tomatoes have all died back, so in the coming days/weeks I'll be collecting tomato seeds for next years season.

I think the asparagus grew well this season that just finished. It's their first year and I believe needs another year to grow all ferny. The green seeds on the ferns are turning red which means I'll give it a shot to plant new asparagus plants/crowns. So I'll do that in the coming weeks.

So as I said before, I'll be combining beds to pick up more room to plant. Too many beds means too much lost space.

Till later, Steve the Vegygardener.