Garden Progress

Hello. Oops. I seem to be two days into 2019. Well done. 😀
Just a few updated photos of how the new patches are progressing.
Oh – Fiona dropped by today. I didn’t go for a hike but she came by with a hiking souvenir… a small black kitten!! It was adorable. She found it where it certainly shouldn’t be – up in the National Park where I have seen more and more cats lately. I love cats BUT – not the place for them.
Anyway, she hiked the whole loop with a kitten on her arm, then drove into town to the vets and bought some milk before coming back to me! It was so thirsty poor beggar. I carefully introduced him to Pip who was VERY interested indeed… then when he finally worked out it was a small version of himself, he gave a gentle hiss and retreated in disgust under the table!!!
Fiona took mini kitty home and will find a place for him we hope. (I know – I should have gotten the camera out but I was too busy oohing and ahhing and cuddling)

Back to the garden. I suspect we are going to lose most of the plums this season. They are so late ripening and the birds are in there already. These ones are from the smaller trees behind the hothouse. The big tree’s fruit doesn’t even look close to colouring up. If we get a chance Jeff and I will try to net a few branches…

Some of the self seeded tomatoes have been hiding little surprises!! yay!

The leafy garden is halfway there. The silverbeet and basil are a bit half hearted but the next lot of lettuce and beetroot look fine!

Those tomato laterals are all looking pretty good! I had to get in and tie them up as it got a bit windy the last day or so.

I love pumpkins. They rush about looking so awesome. There are a few flowers and false starts, but they will get there eventually! The watermelon are looking ok I suppose. A flower or two on them but since I haven’t ever grown with success its all new to me! Keeping my fingers crossed anyway.

The almost dead spring onions are making a comeback

Still not sure what to fill this garden with. The spring onions are along the back corner. The capsicum are going slowly but the three lettuce seedlings took off ok. The eggplant and rocket seem happy.

Despite the rabbit and chook incidents the second corn patch is looking pretty good!
The first patch is still a bit woebegone. (The third patch seems ok but yet to photograph its recent achievements)

One slightly out of control tomato patch! I think I need to start tying them up!! The self sown runner beans are also twining themselves around the tomatoes… its all a bit messy in there!

Getting lovely little carrots from here and eagerly awaiting more beetroot to be ready – so I can make more pickles.

My ‘from seed’ tomato patch is slowly making progress. I am hoping they produce because there are some yellow tomatoes in there and I enjoyed them the last time I grew them.

My $2 bargain tomato flowers are not pollinating. Lots of flowers. No fruit at all!! I planted these marigolds around them to attract bees so now I am cheering them on to get the flowers to get the bees to get the tomatoes!!!!

Still fabulous is my rhubarb!

I love it when the potato patch is at this stage! Just a lovely sea of plants.

The garden is far from Magazine Worthy, but I am just happy its got food. The prettying up can come later.

I’ve actually made a few dollars out of the veggies so far this season – without even having a stall yet!!
I’ve sold $40 worth of garlic plus a nice amount in snow peas and zucchinis.
If the tomatoes ever get going, thats when I will start having the stall again. Everyone loves stopping for home grown tomatoes!!

I think its time to pick more of that rhubarb and make more of that raspberry/rhubarb jam!!

Anyway. I am working on getting to bed early (earlier for me) as I saw the doc today and explained my less than ideal sleeping habits. He raised his eyebrow somewhat and was very subtle in his suggestions about trying to fix that haha.
So…. before the clock gets close to midnight… thats me signing off!
Hope your first days of the New Year have been lovely!
Cheers!