March 1...tomatoes, some herbs and an eggplant...
Yesterday...
Despite the resident possums' penchant for nibbling the leaf tips of the tomato plants, the plants have made a lot of progress. One plant had 'regular sized' fruit...
The other is a cherry tomato variety...
The eggplant has grown well too...
There has been a bush turkey coming to visit but she has contented herself with just digging up a pot plant or two...sigh...and has left the veggie patch alone...for now anyway.
When I'm back to being retired later this week, the plans are to empty 2 of the compost bins into the other end of the larger raised bed and planting a capsicum and a zucchini. Of course the actual emptying of the compost bin will be done by my lovely DH...he was busy the other day with the mulcher too...
Hoping you will get a good harvest soon Maria. xx
ReplyDeleteI love autumn gardening. Beautiful eggplant you have there. I hope the critters stay away. I always plant a ratatouille garden....eggplant, zucchini and tomatoes, great to have all the ingredients there waiting for me.
ReplyDeleteIt is so much nicer when it is cooler. Our resident possums have a taste for my Italian parsley and nibble it to the ground Aaarrgh! You look like you will have quite a delicious bounty there x
ReplyDeleteHere it is the deer that eat our garden plants. I hope the animals leave something to enjoy! The little machine that makes mulch from branches looks very handy to have.
ReplyDeletelots of work going on in your garden very rewarding fingers crossed the turkey leaves the veg alone
ReplyDeleteWon't be long and all hour hard work will pay off xx
ReplyDeleteI NEED one of those machines!! OMGosh, looking at your tomato plants I could almost smell the plants. I absolutely love the smell of a broken tomato plant branch. Now you really have me yearning for warmer weather. And Geraniums. I love to put them on the patio. I love the smell of Geraniums too!
ReplyDeletexx, Carol
Maria, we have lots of wildlife too. I am finding it is getting difficult to move soil etc. as I have a neck injury and my hubby has problems lifting so I am thinking of downsizing the veggie patch and will try to buy some organically grown vegetables from the Farmer's Market which is going to be held fortnightly instead of monthly from April.Such is life when you get older eh? I have a few eggplants growing...for the first time...and I am not sure they are getting any bigger but certainly hope they will. Cabbages went in today as the weather has cooled down. I hope your garden does well despite the wildlife you have around.
ReplyDeleteGood luck protecting your plants from the critters, Maria... I ended up giving up a few years ago because the birds were getting fat on my hard work!
ReplyDeleteHope Mrs Bush Turkey leaves your vegies alone!
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