Saturday 12 October 2013

The beds in the yard go grow grow grow...

Everything in the garden is growing so quickly at the moment, even though it is very dry. Unfortunately, the weeds are too :/ Nutgrass is the bane of my existence!!

Here are my garden beds Wednesday. 

These cucumbers and coming on wonderfully!

This one is the one I picked this afternoon.
It's tripled its size in a couple of days.

Coriander flowers in my Romanesco Broccoli (that's looking
a bit lacy thanks to the Cabbage Moth caterpillars)

Lots of spaces for lettuce to go in when my seedlings are
bigger, the celery in the middle is looking wonderful and
it will be picked more often now that my Chinese celery
has gone to seed.

Tomatoes, zucchini, capsicum and pepino

Zucchini, cucumber and various leafy greens
(and my pineapples next to the raised bed)

Lettuce, Asian greens, Rosellas, tomatoes
and pumpkins still to find homes

Plastic bags hanging off bamboo stakes protect my pots
from the brush turkey. 

Today's harvest, pepino, beans and cucumber
The pepino went into the fruit salad I had for dinner. The flavour was amazing!! Sort of like rockmelon crossed with a honeydew melon. Thankfully it's thriving so I'll be picking those as soon as more are ripe! Whilst I have a blueberry, orange tree  and fig tree, they are all slow to mature and aren't yielding much fruit at the moment. I've got Chinese Gooseberries to go in so they will add to the fruit side of things as well.

Mel aka OneCraftyMumma hosted a dishcloth swap recently (that's now finished) and below is the cloths that I made. These were so quick to whip up I can see myself doing lots more when holidays come around! I used this pattern off Ravelry, mixing it up a little with the colours. 



Time to relax and watch some tv for me now I think and read my new cookbook. Thanks for visiting!

Monday 7 October 2013

In the garden... again

Yesterday I tried to study but I was so distracted I ended up gardening. I've done so much in the yard the last couple of weeks and it's really looking great. There are still a few spots that are overcome by weeds but I'll get to them eventually! The weather has been divine, until the 34c days started to appear. I hate to think what it's going to be like over summer, the official one anyway! 

This is how our front bed was looking. Chinese celery and Miner's lettuce going to seed and lots of nut grass, wandering dew and other weeds. So I pulled out the grown lettuce and Miner's lettuce and trimmed everything back that was staying and planted lots of new things.

Before
The trellis is for a choko that I planted. I did want it going over the front gate but the ground is so dry I'm going to have to thump stakes in to make holes or I might bend the trellis a bit much trying to get it in. (It's just a $20 cheapie from Bunnings) 

After


And my updated what's growing in my garden list.... what I'm nurturing anyway :) (lots of corrections because I pulled out my seeds to put the full names in where I could so I can keep a track of what's growing well)

Alyssum, 'Cameo'
Artichoke, 'Green Globe' Cynara scolymus
Aloe vera
Basil, sweet
Beans, purple
Beetroot, 'Crimson Globe'
Blood Orange
Blueberry, Britewell
Broad Beans, 'Long Pod'
Broccoli, 'Romanesco'
Calendulas
Camomile Matricaria chamamilla
Cape Gooseberry Physalis peruviana
Capsicum, 'Californian Wonder'
Carrot, ‘Paris Market’ Daucus carota Syn. 'Tonda di Parigi'
Celeriac, 'Caesar' Apium graveolens rapaceum
Celery, Chinese
Celery
Chilli, 'Amigo Jalapeno' Capsicum annuum
Chilli, 'Chilli Shake' Capsicum frutescens
Chinese Cabbage, Bok Choi, Pechay Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Chives
Choko, green
Cornflower, 'Blue' Centaurea cyanus
Coriander
Cosmos, 'Sea Shells' Cosmos bipinnatus var. cosmicos
Cottage Garden Mix, Stocks, Cosmos, Gaillardia, Poppies and Cornflowers
Cucumber, 'Mini white'
Cucumber, 'Lebanese'
Dill Anethum graveolens
Echinacea, 'Bravado' Echinacea purpurea
Fig, 'Black Genoa'
Florence Fennel, 'Zefa-Fino'
Four seasons herb
Four seasons herb, variegated
Galangal
Garlic chives
Kale, 'Dwarf Green Curled' Brassica oleracea acephala
Kale, 'Red Russian'
Larkspur, 'Galilee Blue' Consolida ajacis
Lavender, 'Spanish' Lavandula stoechas
Lavender, two different varieties
Lemon Balm
Lettuce, ‘First Fleet’
Lettuce, 'Miners'
Lettuce, 'Darwin'
Marigold, 'Gallery'
Mint, 'Chocolate'
Mint, common
Mint, looks like chocolate mint but isn't lol
Mizuna, green
Mustard, 'Red' Brassica juncea
Nasturtium
Oregano
Parsley, ‘Italian flat-leaved’
Parsley, 'Afro'
Peanuts
Pepino
Pigeon pea Cajanus cajan
Pineapple
Potatoes
Pumpkin, 'Buttercup'
Pumpkin, 'Jap'
Queen Anne's Lace Ammi visnaga
Rocket
Rosella, 'Red Drops' Hibiscus sabdariffa
Rosemary, four different varieties but no idea of their names
Sage, variegated
Shallots
Silverbeet, Rainbow Chard
Snapdragon, 'Magic Carpet' Antirrhinum majus
Sorrel
Spearmint
Spinach, Ceylon Malabar
Spinach, Brazilian
Squash, 'Bennings Green Tint' Cucurbito pepo
Stevia, Stevia Rebaudiana
Tarragon, French
Tomato, 'Cherry Roma; 
Tomato, 'Green Zebra'
Tomato, 'Mortgage Lifter' Lycopersicon esculentum
Thyme, common
Thyme, variegated
Turmeric
Warrigal greens
White button mushrooms (hopefully lol)
Yacon
Zinnia, 'Giant Dahlia' Zinnia elegans
Zucchini, 'Cocozelle'
Zucchini, 'Tomboncini'

Still to plant:
Beans, 'Roc D'or' Phaseolus vulgaris
Beans, Climbing Snake 'Red Dragon' Vigna unguiculata var. sesquipedalis
Beans, Soy
Tomato, 'Cherry Rainbow' Lycopersicon esculentum

Thursday 3 October 2013

In my garden

Seeing as study and the garden are taking up most of my time at the moment I thought I'd record what I've got growing at the moment Jerry style. (No idea of the proper names of things though.)

Artichoke
Aloe vera
Basil, sweet
Beans, purple
Beetroot
Blood Orange
Blueberry, Britewell
Brazilian Spinach
Broad Beans
Calendulas
Camomile Daisy
Capsicum, 'California'
Carrot ‘Paris Market’
Cauliflower, Romanesco
Celery, Chinese
Celery
Ceylon Spinach
Chilli, Jalapeno
Chinese greens
Chives
Coriander
Cucumber, white
Cucumber, 'Telegraph'
Dill
Fig, Black Genoa
Four seasons herb
Four seasons herb, variegated
Galangal
Garlic chives
Kale, two different varieties
Lavender, three different varieties
Lemon Balm
Lettuce, ‘First Fleet’
Lettuce, 'Miners'
Lettuce, 'Darwin'
Lettuce, mixed punnet from Bunnings no idea of most of the varieties
Marigolds
Mint, Chocolate
Mint, common
Mint, looks like chocolate mint but isn't lol
Mizuna, green
Mustard, Red
Nasturtiums
Oregano
Parsley, ‘Italian flat-leaved’
Parsley, Curly leaved
Pepino
Pigeon pea
Pineapples
Potatoes
Pumpkin, Jap
Rainbow Chard
Rocket
Rosellas
Rosemary, four different varieties but no idea of their names
Sage, variegated
Shallots
Sorrel
Spearmint
Stevia
Tarragon, French
Tomato, Roma
Tomato, Cherry
Tomato, Green Zebra
Tomato, Moneymaker
Thyme
Thyme, variegated
Turmeric
Warrigal greens
White button mushrooms (hopefully lol)
Yacon
Zucchini