I sowed a sald mix of lettuce seeds and put about one to two inches of lucerne mulch over it. I also sowed in the same area the shallots (third season generation). I sowed these just before Christmas and now the lettuce and shallots are growing well and are about 10mm high. By the way the second generation shallots are now about 6 inches high.The first generation of shallots are somehow mixed in with the brown onions and now I have a problem of knowing what is what. Not easy. When I look closely I can just see a slight difference in the color between them. Never again I sow similar seeds beside each other again because they can get mixed up.
I separated about only 10% of the lettuce. Put it into 2 beds. I shall still put in around them some lucerne hay as mulch to help keep the ground moist and the lettuce leaves clean. The rest of the lettuce I will cut off and use them in future salads.
The beans are shooting up to the sky as they are about 1800mm or 6 foot high.
Also back filled the potatoes and I'm confident that the potatoes will give a high yield.
The garlic is ready for harvest and I'll dig them up in the next day or so. Hopefully they are of good size.
I have been picking coriander seeds as most are brown. Some are still green and those ones anr still on the plants in the vegetable patch. The brown ones have been picked and are ready for bottling so to speak.
The sweet corn is about 12 inches high.
Basil is generally about 3 inches high.
While I water with the sprinkler, I have been doing the weeding throughout the patch. But the best way to water the vegetable patch is by the sprinkler.
See below the latest photos of my vegetable garden.
