Mid Autumn I guess you could call it

The garden looks nice and tidy after the tomato met it's maker



It's getting much cooler in the evenings now, and with daylight savings ending over Easter the day ends so much quicker seemingly. The chillis and peppers are still growing and ripening and with a bit of luck we may still get a one more flush of beans. The one and only basil we grew this year is huge and still producing perfect large leaves (must make some oil). In the meantime we have planted lots more beetroot and a bunch of lettuce. The rocket I sowed last weekend is up and growing stronger by the day. Lets hope the white butterflies leave it alone. I admit to derris dusting the brassicas.
I have picked a veritable peck or three of peppers to be pickled. They look wonderful in a heap, a good harvest. The plant still has plenty left for drying too.





I had a play with them :)

Easter 2010!

The most amazing tomato plant in the whole wide world has met it's end, I chopped it down on Good Friday, a fitting day for such a feat, it took a fair bit of dismantling too I must stress.

After sorting out the weeds and giving the soil a bit of a loosening we have planted our own raised silverbeet seeds (chard) and some cardif leeks and broccoletti (small broccolli) seedlings. Will start some long cylindra beetroot and hollow crown parsnip seeds next.

Daylight saving has ended now so dreaded winter is on it's way.
:(

Spring will be wonderful though of course!
:)

Photo of late harvest, there are heaps of chillies and peppers though, we'll have to preserve some of the wildfire chillies in oil I think.