Bits and Pieces

Just a small update. February has been pretty interesting. We have had flooding as has half the country and the backyard was under 4 inches of water, thankfully that was all and the plants are all fine.

Due to all the rain (i think it will be a record! Adam seems to think we are having a wet season this year :) ) the corn didnt grow properly which was a shame. However all pumpkins, zuccini and cucumbers are growing very well and we havnt seen a case of powdery mildew on them yet!

The figs are just begining to ripen, and the raspberries will be ripe in the coming weeks. which is great because have you seen the price of fruit and veg?!?!?!?!?!?

The raised bed is in a transitions stage. All that is left is the silverbeet and swede. Both of which will be finishing up in the next couple of weeks. Being planted in the bed at the moment is corn (orange and  purple), turnip, broccoli, beans and onion :). I also have a sweet potato plant in the tyres i use for growing potatoes! Its the first time i have planted sweet potato so we will see how it goes.

The numbers are in for January!

Well january has come and gone and now the exciting part...how much did i pick!!!

So here it is broken down

Fig-75g
Blueberry-84g
Strawberry-52.5g
Baby spinach-215g
Beans-164g
Tomatoes (various)-575g
White currant-8g
Mixed Lettuce-45g
Rhubarb--63g
Potatoes-366g
Capsicum-49g
Cherry Tomatoes (Various)-3.969kg!!!!!

So a total of 5.665kg!!!!!!!!!!!

Rain for January was a total of a wopping 124mm!

Hope everyone is surviving the heat!