End of October Sow

I pulled out the old cabbage and brocolli. I actually harvested one cabage with K used in her cooking tonight. All the brocolli and cabbage went to yellow flower. In this area, I sowed Basil, four Pumpkin plants (two seeds per hole), eight Roma tomato plants, eight Grosse Lisse tomato plants. Put tomato stakes in too. These sixteen plants I purchased from a Canberra nursery. I put the pumpkins on the outside edge so when they grow I will encourage them the grow outside the patch. Last year the pumpkins filled the vegie patch up and over took the area. I will put the old cabbage and brocolli plants in the compost when I have the chance.

In with the climbing beans I sowed four pumpkin plants also on the outer edge. I will force them to grow outside.

I had saved some seeds of some mixed tomatoe plants last season so I sowed them all today in a small spot and put pea straw mulch over the top. Sowing the tomatoe plants I think is abit late but who cares, I have done it anyway. Also in the same format I sowed parsley seeds from a commercial packet also under mulch. This in the bed with the already growing red onions. The red onions should be ready to harvest before Christmas.

In the old orange carrot bed I sowed red capsicum seeds from last season which I saved. Just a note, there are two lots of seeds. One lot which I sowed in the bed furthest from my house were collected on the 18 July 2010, and the lot sowed closest to my house were collected on the 5 June 2010. They are sowed beside each other yet separate. I would like to find out how each grows and if one is better than the other. So more on this later.

Pulled out quite abit of weeds from the patch. The normal thing. Also mulched with pea straw the lettuce plants which I must say are growing well. I separated the lettuce plants a couple of weeks back I think. Putting mulch around the lettuce does three things; 1. keeps the ground warm, 2. keeps the ground moist, 3. keeps the lettuce leafs clean. I have never put mulch around lettuce like this before, but I only see great benefits.

I sowed Asparagus seeds months and months ago and they are growing very nicely indeed. I will give them away to my friends, if wanted. Nice little ferns. Also the Sage and Dill plants are growing well and NOW ready to be harvested. I keep putting it off and need to do it shortly.

Please see the photos below that were taken today: