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Thursday, November 11, 2010

A lots going on in the garden ...


Some purple Basil, it's so pretty
Baby chilli plants are coming up by the dozen from seed I scattered in a container, they need to be potted up into smaller containers. Clean forgot about the cucumbers,parsley, dill, mexican garlic, spinash, carrots, beetroot and strawberries just to mention a few. The climbing beans have just popped their heads out of the soil so nexttime I take a pic of them and the rasberry cane I planted last year.

Lots and lots of cherry tomatoes for our salad, and they so sweet yum.


These are Roma tomatoes, they the size of a large egg and great for making sauces.


A healthy crop of beafsteak tomatoes. I am sure chaffed about the tomatoes, never had a crop bear so well. It hailed the night before so I got belted and very wet covering the patch with shade cloth saving these babies.


Could have planted more sweet corn but it's not to late for another round I think.


White button squash


Queensland Blue?


Sure hope this is a gem squash!!!


Think this could be a golden nugget?


Des planted a varity of pumpkin/squash/gems seeds so it really a guessing game at this stage. I worked some extra mushroom compost and some spent hay, into which I sowed some sunflower seeds and Milo. Have you seen milo seeds before, yes you have it in your chook food little round orange seeds the size of a coloured pin head. Anyway it grows about 3 foot high, looks like a bunch of corn plants together but with skinny leaves. Dried out you only need to run your hands over the seeds to harvest them.

4 comments:

  1. I have never seen purple basil before. Those tomatoes look fantastic.

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  2. Des says to tell you his is green of jelousy!! LOL! He is also very proud because he helped with the backhowing and the planting. I told you he's got green fingers! Your garden looks fantastic <3

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  3. Rina, It's so nice to see your spring produce as we fall into winter! Your tomatoes will be fantastic! and I can't resist basil. They are the two things I'm missing most about my garden now.
    Enjoy!
    Sherry

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  4. Your growing season is about a month ahead of us, looking good :D

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