Sprout out

Ripped out the brussels sprout plants today, they were starting to flower and the sprouts were pretty small and not growing much. The net tells me to plant them in summer and harvest in autumn/winter, just the opposite to what I did. Poo!
Got a meager handful of sprouts, they look quite gourmet-ish as they are tiny and will make a one meal side dish.
Their space can be used for better things in a month or so. For tomatoes and capsicums etc they say to wait till after Labour Day (Monday 26 October this year). Seems a long way away.
Started to dole out some of the compost to deserving plants.

I made a small terrarium!

Good fun, just found some moss and a few small plants around the garden. Put a little extra soil onto a lid of a largish jar, arrange the moss and plants on the lid with a little sprinkle of water and screw the jar carefully down onto the base. It shouldn't need any extra water for ages as it can't evaporate.
Here's one I made in minutes...

Trellis move

Moved it away from the wall of the house (which needs painting) and erected it in the new bed so we can pick from both sides of it. Planted 22 sugar snap peas at the bottom so it's all go. 8-10 days till mature it says on the packet. We will see...
There is still plenty of full sun space for capsicum and chili plants in front of it once the sun climbs higher in the sky.

Have started to spread a bit of the compost around, will need to get some spots ready for tomato plants soon too.
The yellow hedge is flowering beautifully at the moment.
:)

Plum blossoms!

Looking very good! They are popping out all over, if this is any indication of actual plums it will be most wonderful.
Our lovely neighbors gave us a wheelbarrow full of horse poo this afternoon, will be most beneficial to the compost heaps.
:)
Just noticed a stirring from the long red capsicum seeds sown on the eighth!

Dogwood blossoms, nice

First plum blossom!

Yes indeed!
:)

Broccoli chop

Yes sir, chopped the centers out of them, it will be interesting to see how the side shoots form so we can keep harvesting small heads.
These are just wonderful.
A few days of rain and they have doubled in size

Pleasant day

Wonderful weather, blue dome sky, lovely and warm in the sun.
:)
Harvested the last of the beetroots today, not a bad crop. Some will be eaten tonight as a beetroot and mint salad!


Planted another 20 red detroit beetroot seedlings, they seem to grow well in our garden and are a nice treat.
Also very healthy!
:)
A new marjoram plant joined the herb garden and I shifted a few parsley plants around. Moved the black currant bush to the old vege patch, ripped out the old rosemary bush and now there will be space for tomato plants etc when it warms a bit more.

Planted some long capsicum seeds

The seeds are from an amazing long red pepper we bought last year. I have read that they are much more inclined to grow and produce red fruit quickly. We don't use many green peppers at all so these sound great. They will need to be babied along for a good while before they can be safely planted outdoors. If they germinate at all that is.
:)
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