todays harvest

Ok dont know why blogger doubled up on the photos, buy hey here they are!
cucumbers in the fron, zuccinins in the middle and the tops of the beetroot in the back. I will lightly cook the beetroot leaves and then toss some olive oil and vinigar through them for a nice salad.
The tomatoes have heaps of fruit but because the temps have been low they are not ripening. I have been bringing them in when they turn orange and let them ripen in here.
it really feels like autumn here, not summer and I wonder if I will get alot from the garden. But they are growing well so the heat will have to hit eventually and then it will be all stations on deck to deal with the glutt, I hope.
I am hoping the weather is better in your part of the world, and that your harvest will be plentiful.
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garden catchup

 My tomatoes are ripening, yummy we should be able to eat some in a few days.

 the potatoes in pots are going gangbusters, hopefully they are making spuds as well as leaves.

My herbs are taking off again, we even had some in a potato salad the other day.

 the tomatoes, zucx and cucumbers in the front.

 More tatters in the forground, with the beans being the second row.

and here we have the beetroot and onions with tomatoes in the background. All are growing fantastically.
At this rate, we might be able to get a second crop in before the end of summer.
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First harvest.

this is the first Zucini for the season, and there are more babies on the way.
I took a photo of it near the phone so you can see how big it is. I will have to go out everyday now and check them. they grow so quickly.
Its very exciting when the garden starts to produce again.
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Fruit trees

 Since everyone loved the photos of the vegie garden here are some shots of the fruit trees. This blurry one is the cherry tree

 This is the apricot tree out the front, we have fruit trees out the back and some out the front.

This is one of the plum trees out the front.

 This is the pear tree out the back

and one of the apple trees out the back.
We have lost a few trees to too much water, ironic as I have established and keep alive all these trees through the drought.
It looks like the two peach trees out the front, the almond and the nectarine trees are gone. I will leave them till Im absolutely sure. Its very sad as they were all producint nicely.
Dam weather!

Garden update

Look there is a little baby tommie, this is one of the two cherrie tomatoes I planted in pots. I hope to be eating tomatoes well before christmas.

 As I was overseas this year I missed out on seed potatoes, these are ones leanne had in her pantry. Ive planted them in big pots and will add more organic soil as they grow. the plan is when ready I will just upend the pots and collect the spuds.

 These are some potatoes i had in the pantry, I cant remember what they are called but their the ones with the pinkish skin. These are in the raised garden bed. again dont know how they will go but its all about experimentation. Will mulch these very soon.

 My bush beans, these little things dont grow very big but give about 2-3 kilos of beans over the season. I just love them!

A shot of the tomatoes planted a few weeks ago. They were just over the first cross bar then. Look how much they have grown!
I hope your garden is going as well as mine seams to be, Time to plant the next lot in succession me thinks
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Baby Steps

I have decided to celebrate the small stuff.
Today I was able to get to gym and work hard for half an hour.
I then tackled the raised garden bed. It has been neglected for ages now and was pretty bad. But I just plodded along and got one done. The second one, which was the better of the two, I will try and get to tomorrow.
Then I should be able to plant out the winter crop. I know its abit later than usual but with the temps still being around the mid 20's I didnt want to plant the seedlings only to have them bolt on me. Which they had done one other year.
So I have been very good today, but now I defenately need a rest so I will find one of my various UFO's and sit quietly and get busy with that.
Hope you have a great day.
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From the garden

 The garden hasnt been the best this year with the weather being all over the place. We have harvested a few beans. This is the third lot we have collected and I have blanched and frozen them for use in stews during winter.

 The tomatoes have finally started to ripen. We have lost of green ones on the vines, but the weather has been to cold for them to ripen. cucumbers are doing well and the capsicums and chillies are starting to come on too.

And finally for dessert, fresh strawberries. Yummo!
We pulled the last of the lettuces as they had gone to seed and fed them to the piglets and chooks.
so even though the weather has forgotton all about summer, we havnt done too bad.
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summer roses

These are some of my roses! I dont know what they are called because they have been in the ground for years now and most anyway were bought cheap at markets and things and they did not have tags.
Roses are so easy to grow, I have not given them any water for about 5 years now and they continue to survive and blossom for me every years. I dont even cut them back every year and they still flower.
I really am a lazy gardener so roses suit me fine.
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the first of the summer berries

I got these strawberry plants from my sister in law just this year. They have been planted in the raised garden bed and are now producing abundantly.
I dont know what variety they are but they are an heirloom variety and they grew from my sister in laws original plantings. They grew so well she had to thin them out and I received lots of plants.
I even tasted one while I was watering them and even though it wasnt completely ripe, it was so sweet. No need to add sugar to these babies.
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getting stuck in

Over the weekend hubby and I planted some vegies in the raised garden bed, and mulched them both. One raised garden bed only has strawberry plants in it and hopefully soon we will get lots of yummy berries.
Today I decided to tackle on of the front garden beds. Boy am I unfit! I have only gotton half way through and I am sore all over. It was pretty bad though. One plant had grown so big it had taken over the whole garden. I dont know what the plant is called but I do know it is a bit of a weed and for the life of me I cannot recall how it had gotton into the garden. I think my mother planted it  because she has the exact same on at her place.
Anyway, we pulled it out and now the whole bed is looking better. I will rest for a little while and if the weather holds off, I will try and do some more this afternoon.
Once its all clear of weeds and everything is trimmed back I can do the fun stuff like buy more plants and put them in.
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And the star producers for 2009 are

King Billy And Angelina

couldnt resist yesterday and I picked one. Yummo. Will harvest in the next few days.

Have a great new year everyone. stay safe.

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