Emma took these this arvo. Going to try and ripen some of the peaches away from the fruit fly. Also, featuring: Lettuce, beans and corn.
Thursday 20 October 2011
Saturday 8 October 2011
Water, Growth, Some Seedling Success
This week saw a nice little flush of heat and rain which meant the green stuff in the garden has shot up. Emma (wife) went out to Caboolture markets to fill out some of the blank spots in the bed, so there is plenty of produce to look forward to. Spring onion, cucumber, corn, basil, dill, coriander, lettuce from the markets, and tomatoes from my seed raising. It looks goodish!! Most of it will bolt pretty quickly, but it will give me some time to refine my seed raising.
Speaking of, pak choi came up fast as usual, and we are seeing heaps of beans, beetroot, royal oakleaf, and a couple of cucumbers. Still waiting on corn (grrr...), eggplant and capsicum. This round of raising has been moderately more successful, which makes me think its the temperature that might be holding the little fellas back. I will persist!!
Fixed the watering system in the bed so it has more pressure from the pump (making more of a closed loop. Thinking about it now, I might put some taps in to increase the pressure to some areas if they need a spray from time to time. Thats where this blog comes to the fore as a garden diary. I just have to read it later...). Anyhoo, its more of a spray than a drip feed now.
Found a peach with some colour on it on the ground, alas, already fruit fly infested. I would have thought it was too early, but what do I know? Almost nothing. The peaches seem to colour before they are ripe so it gives a good visual target for the flies to lay eggs. Maybe this seasons peaches will be chook food? I'd like to at least get one of them untouched.
Speaking of, pak choi came up fast as usual, and we are seeing heaps of beans, beetroot, royal oakleaf, and a couple of cucumbers. Still waiting on corn (grrr...), eggplant and capsicum. This round of raising has been moderately more successful, which makes me think its the temperature that might be holding the little fellas back. I will persist!!
Fixed the watering system in the bed so it has more pressure from the pump (making more of a closed loop. Thinking about it now, I might put some taps in to increase the pressure to some areas if they need a spray from time to time. Thats where this blog comes to the fore as a garden diary. I just have to read it later...). Anyhoo, its more of a spray than a drip feed now.
Found a peach with some colour on it on the ground, alas, already fruit fly infested. I would have thought it was too early, but what do I know? Almost nothing. The peaches seem to colour before they are ripe so it gives a good visual target for the flies to lay eggs. Maybe this seasons peaches will be chook food? I'd like to at least get one of them untouched.
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