Our first zucchini for the year! Its about 2 inches long at the moment. Its so exciting. I was out yesterday pottering around and there is was. Finally! Something has grown. :)
And our first cucumber. My mouth watered when I saw it. The fresh crunch of home grown cucumber filled my head. I hope it hurries up, I'm so hungry for it! (sorry about the blurry pic)
And this is just to tease. How yummy do home grown strawberries look!This weekend I also planted garlic for the first time. I had one clove of S.N.O.G (super natural organic garlic) that we bought from the Eumundi markets ages ago. We held on to this one clove so I could try to plant it and this weekend it went into the ground. I also planted store bought stuff. I am crossing my fingers it will grow but its probably not likely as so many growers now spray so as they don't reproduce. I will give it a couple of weeks, and if nothing happens I will by some seed garlic that I discovered on the net and have a go at that.
I also pulled up my poor weather beaten lettuce. All the heavy rain we had has destroyed my poor lettuce, especially my mignonette's . I dug in lime and compost and a little 5 in 1 (because I don't have manure in my compost) and planted a new crop of dwarf beans. More beans! Yummy. The old crop is just about come to the end of its run. I have a few more to pick, a few flowers left to develop, but I don't expect much more action from those plants.
I also sprinkled a little lime and 5 in 1 about, just to replenshish the soil of nutrients that all this rain has leeched out over the weeks. The zucchinis and cucumbers were sprayed with a 1:9 milk:water solution to help combat powdered mildew.
My next projects are to raise seedlings of lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, celery and onions. Also I will be cutting my green manure next week and adding my compost to my 2nd plot. DH has burnt some wood for me, so I also will be sprinkling my lemon and lime trees with potash. That will all be next weekend.
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Congratulations, Mumma!
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