We are so impressed. We built our vege garden and planted on Melbourne cup long weekend (early november)
We have eaten all our lettuces (about 8) and have eaten most of our spring onion bunches. We have a continuous supply of parsley which is sooooo yummy and we have already pulled 2 great size zucchinis.
Our garden is purely organic and we cannot believe the difference in our zucchinis vs bought ones. Our skins are flawless and so smooth and the inside tastes creamy!
We have HEAPS of greeen tomatoes with one just starting to turn orange yesterday and our pumpkins are finally growing.
Our corn plants are over 1 metre tall and have just started getting the stalk bits.
The eggplant plant is doing nothing but growing. No development there unfortunately.
And we have a small capsicum which wont grow anymore?
Our cucumbers are fat and *****ly and look so cute. Just waiting for them to grow a bit longer
and i think thats about it! Would love to hear about yours too
Ours is doing well but looks like absoulute crapola because DP isn't getting out there and weeding or mowing so the grass is growing up so high around it and I am too pregnant to do anything about it! He is so naughty!
we've pretty much eaten all of our lettuce too, and gave some away cos they all came ready at once
zucchini's - we've had about five ourselves, and gave a few away - absolutely delish. have had a handful of mini roma's and cherry tomatos ready, which have made our salads fantastic
our corn is about 1.5m high, maybe a bit higher, we have corn husks, just waiting for them to finish filling out with yummy yellow kernals. pumpkin is going well - it's a random one that has grown from the compost heap so don't even know if it's qold blue or butternut! we have a pineapple almost ready to harvest too... fruit trees going insane - noticed this morning that DH had put two peaches in the fridge for me from our new peach tree (only went in last winter) - they're an anzac peach and very sweet and tasty!
Our garden bed is waiting for some soil, and then we can plant some of the seedlings, if any of them have actually sprouted from the seeds! We have some capsicum seedlings that DH saved some seeds from a capsicum we bought for dinner one night. He is quite chuffed that he got them to grow.
Our potted dwarf mulberry tree has some new mulberry's on it. Only got it for mothers day last year, and it has fruited quite well so far.
The lotsa lemons looks like it might have something chewing at it's leaves? Have to investigate a bit closer than just walking past it.
This is my 2nd tear of growing organic fruit and veg. Last year went quite well so I have become a bit more brave this year and have extended my range and garden space.
Things I am enjoying:
12kg of potatoes (I'm sharing them around to family and friends)
6 chilli plants that are all doing a great job (made my first batch of sweet chilli sauce the other day)
3 varieties of self seeded cherry tomatoes going wild (I have jars at the ready for a pickle making frenzy)
Carrots going steadily but I will try another variety next planting.
lettuce all gone now, they struggled with the heat but I have let a couple of plants go to seed and I have collected the seeds.
white onions all picked and drying. They were slow to start but have grown really well. I let two go to seed and collected the seeds.
I planted beetroot but they are miserable little things that are battling the heat.
Spinach is giving us the odd meal but is doing well and hopefully much more to come frome it.
2 types of Cucumbers are just about ready to pick the first ones.
Water melons are growing fantastic with about 15 good sized fruit growing bigger by the day, this is my first year for them so hopefully when we cut them open they will be worth the effort.
Rockmelon were slow to start but we have fruit starting to grow nicely, the timing is probably good because we have been enjoying the mother inlaws so far.
Crossing the fingers that the pumpkins and grammars will be as good as last year (we kept the family/friends in supply for 6 months).
Corn, I have planted lateish so I hope thing will go well.
Fruit trees are all still young, we added to the list this year including blueberries and Goji berries fingers crossed once again.
I am loving pottering around and the kids love to help. We love sitting to the dinner table and pointing out the things that we have grown in our garden, and I am happy to say that the trips to the suppermarket are fewer.
How is your vege garden going atm?
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