Busy bees on the last of the Luffa flowers!
Weather Highlights:
Lowest Min 4.4C
Highest Max 32.6C
1 mm Rain
Propagation:
None this week!
Harvest Tally:
Beans Butter 52g
Beans Purple King 135g
Capsicum California Wonder 350g
Squash Golden 1034g
Tomato Money Maker 870g
Zucchini Nero di Milano 330g
Apples Cox's Orange Pippin 7418g
Grapes Black Sultana 3172g
Peaches 2649g
Pear Josephine 260g
Strawberry Guava 62g
Eggs: Total for the week 11
0 from the lone Barnevelder
11 from the 5 Farmyard Ferals
0 from the 4 Faverolles
The new Snow Peas were growing well in Bed 7 (MVG) but not towards the fence!!! A few sticks will show them the way. Once they grab hold of the fence there will be no stopping them!
Purple Sprouting Broccoli in Bed 1 (MVG) is enjoying the late summer warmth...it's nearly a metre tall already!!
The warmer weather is keeping the late Zucchinis in Bed 2 (MVG) flowering!
The Strawberry Guava in the Almond Area is fruiting right now...The Lone Barnevelder is banned from this area until all the fruit is harvested...she loves Strawberry Guava!
Amazing Growth on the Lettuces in Bed 7 in the Main Vegetable Garden.
To see how the various Garden areas fit on our half acre block check out the newest Planting Plan for Autumn HERE This is updated as planting occurs.
Beautiful fall garden. Our spring garden is finally gearing up. Hoping for a bounty crop, too!
ReplyDeleteAll the best for your growing season boneygirl!
DeleteYour garden is looking great.
Love the new look blog. Well, new to me, I haven't visited in a wee while. Your 'harvest list' is impressive as always, you guys eat well and everything looks wonderful, especially those too-cute twinnies!
ReplyDeleteI miss my desert garden, all we've done is traded red alkaline sand for gutless, grey, acid sand and close to the lowest rainfall on record.
Still, growing in worm-made-soil in cut off tanks and we have more tomatos and silverbeet and pumpkins than we can eat, so it's not all bad :-)
Tulls x
G'Day Tulls long time no hear from you.
DeleteI thought I'd better change the blog since all things blogger are about to change soon. I thought I'd get used to the changes now.
Oh no from one desert to another...hope you get some decent rain this winter.
Pumpkins, Sliverbeet and tomatoes are a great start. Keep those wormies working!
Those twinnies are growing up very quickly!
Wow, love the new look! I've always found your production an inspiration. Mine's hopless, but I am eating yellow cherry guavas:)Thanks soooo much for sharing the info. I live in the metro area and grow a little.Norma
ReplyDeleteThanks Norma
DeleteI'm know there are limitations living in the metro area but there are many ideas for packing a lot of growing in a small area. Vertical gardens using trellises and containers will add more space. It's great that you are trying to grow some food.
I hope you enjoy the yellow cherry guavas!!
Hi there,
ReplyDeleteI was just wondering how long your purple sprouting broccoli takes to mature. I see that some people say 9 months some people say 12 weeks. Very confusing!
Great looking garden !
Normally the Purple Sprouting Broccoli will begin to harvest in spring in my garden with it's very cold winters. With this year's warm start to Autumn these plants have really taken off and I wonder if they will in fact "sprout" sooner rather than later this year.
DeleteIt would depend a lot on your climate but it tends to have a long growing season.
One thing I have noticed is that the plants will grow very large and crop for quite some time once they start. That is why I have only put 3 plants into this wicking bed which measures nearly 2m x 1.5m.