Returning after holidays we have a mountain of work to get the vegetable garden producing so that we can supply ourselves (and some family members) with all the vegies we need.
We will try to plant all the vegies that we will eat, with the exception of Broccoli, which will have to wait until the weather is a bit cooler.
Our main vegies are potato, sweet potato, carrot, pumpkin, beans, spinach and broccoli.
Time has passed and the vegetables are now growing -
Tomatoes
Roma Tomatoes in above ground garden
Grosse Lisse Tomatoes in above ground garden
Grosse Lisse and Roma have done fabulously, keeping us in tomatoes for our salads for months as well as making several jars of Tomato Jam and Tomato and Basil Bolognese Sauce- I will share my recipes I used in a later blog.
Below is a fun garden with types we haven't grown before so hoping to have success with these and of course we are always looking for a challenge in growing and trying new things.
Harlequin Carrots, Burpees Golden Beetroot, Silver Beet Bright Lights and Dwarf Butter
Bean in one of the above ground gardens.
Sweet Potato, Mango Melon and Strawberries in the large above ground garden.
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Pumpkin in the ground on the border of the property
The paw-paw trees
Passion-fruit
Boysenberries
Raspberries
Sugar Melon
In a previous blog I mentioned the Sturt's Desert Pea plants that I have grown from seed, Much excitement here when the first flower bloomed last week.
The Glass House
Desert Rose - Adenium Obesum
I am in the process of growing some Desert Rose seeds I purchased from a seller on ebay that imports them(from Africa south of the Sahara region) They are shooting up and are my 'babies' at the moment until they grow strong.
Clivia
Approximately 20 of my clivia seeds, I gathered from the original plants we grow, have shot and are now about 5cms tall so almost ready to go out into larger pots
Grosse Lisse Tomatoes
6 Tomato bushes I have grown in the hot house have produced a huge number of tomatoes - I was not sure how this would go as we get temperatures in the 30C - the hot house has a shade over it in summer and I did not trim back the bushes thinking the growth might protect the fruit (just my idea and not sure it made it any better but probably will do it again next summer 'if it aint broke, why fix it'?)
Water Lilies
I have purchased and been given plants to grow at the edge of our creek but they have lived in the hot house all summer due to the creek being low and the hothouse being misted regularly.
That is all that is going on in the hothouse at the moment but I am looking forward to starting more seedlings in the next month so will update then
We will try to plant all the vegies that we will eat, with the exception of Broccoli, which will have to wait until the weather is a bit cooler.
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| The netted garden |
Our main vegies are potato, sweet potato, carrot, pumpkin, beans, spinach and broccoli.
Time has passed and the vegetables are now growing -
Tomatoes
Roma Tomatoes in above ground garden
Grosse Lisse Tomatoes in above ground garden
Grosse Lisse and Roma have done fabulously, keeping us in tomatoes for our salads for months as well as making several jars of Tomato Jam and Tomato and Basil Bolognese Sauce- I will share my recipes I used in a later blog.
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| Roma tomatoes |
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| Grosse Lisse and Roma tomatoes |
Corn, Zucchini and Radish in one of the above ground gardens. |
| Zucchini and Corn |
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| Corn |
Below is a fun garden with types we haven't grown before so hoping to have success with these and of course we are always looking for a challenge in growing and trying new things.
Harlequin Carrots, Burpees Golden Beetroot, Silver Beet Bright Lights and Dwarf Butter
Bean in one of the above ground gardens.
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| Fun garden |
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| Dwarf Butter Beans |
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| Silver Beet Bright Lights |
Sweet Potato, Mango Melon and Strawberries in the large above ground garden.
Pumpkin in the ground on the border of the property
The paw-paw trees
Passion-fruit
Boysenberries
Raspberries
Sugar Melon
In a previous blog I mentioned the Sturt's Desert Pea plants that I have grown from seed, Much excitement here when the first flower bloomed last week.
The Glass House
Desert Rose - Adenium Obesum
I am in the process of growing some Desert Rose seeds I purchased from a seller on ebay that imports them(from Africa south of the Sahara region) They are shooting up and are my 'babies' at the moment until they grow strong.
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| Adenium Obesum - Desert Rose |
Clivia
Approximately 20 of my clivia seeds, I gathered from the original plants we grow, have shot and are now about 5cms tall so almost ready to go out into larger pots
Grosse Lisse Tomatoes
6 Tomato bushes I have grown in the hot house have produced a huge number of tomatoes - I was not sure how this would go as we get temperatures in the 30C - the hot house has a shade over it in summer and I did not trim back the bushes thinking the growth might protect the fruit (just my idea and not sure it made it any better but probably will do it again next summer 'if it aint broke, why fix it'?)
Water Lilies
I have purchased and been given plants to grow at the edge of our creek but they have lived in the hot house all summer due to the creek being low and the hothouse being misted regularly.
That is all that is going on in the hothouse at the moment but I am looking forward to starting more seedlings in the next month so will update then
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