Saturday, 29 January 2011

after the rain has gone: 30 Jan

the 2 Zucchini plants and some of my tomatoes

Looking across the bean trellis at the empty spot , i lost 6 or 7 bean plants and 4 cucumbers on that far trellis, theres something wrong with that space, i suspect insects of some type..the bed will go all the way to the wall next year and the brick stack will be gone hopefully that will remove the anonymous destroyers habitat

The Great Escape..Scarlet Runners on the loose

As shown earlier but probably a better illustration of my point...something is fishy in the far corner of that bed

baby oregano planted from a root division from Petes beautiful garden, you can see the heavy litter from our neighbours gumtree that i have to clear frequently...its almost brought the netting down a few times...

Second Year Oregano, this one has flourished

a poor shot but THIS is the offending beetlery, its an old door or something but it weighs a ton i cant move it...you can see some of my garden nemesis traversing the zone

My little white eggplant, not tall but looking strong and promising flower buds soon..in the background is my lone brocollini looking to set heads soon

i detatched and cast some parsley seeds from one of last years plants this morning...they left the oddest smell on my hands almost like petrochemicals...these were from bought seedlings so may not be viable anyway, but that smell left me wondering

Wednesday, 5 January 2011

Morning Watering 6 Jan 2011

newzealand spinach flourishing in a hard to grow spot

the lone surviving brocollini

San Marzano tomatoes: the first flowers

Scarlet Runners living up to their name (2nd year plants)

the first female flower

beautiful lavender

bean flowers in scarlet

The New Year 2011

freshly harvested garlic

picking lavender

scarlet runnerbean flowers, these runners have reached the roof

The first of the zucchini flowers