So we finally got around to doing our Spring garden. We left it too late to start with seeds, so yesterday we went out and bought some seedlings, a bag of manure and a couple of big bags of mulch. This morning, E and I went outside in the (much needed) rain and planted all our new seedlings in the veggie beds. E also had great fun jumping in puddles. It's been a while since it rained.
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| Golden Oregano |
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| Heirloom Oxheart Tomato |
We've filled all of our veggie beds again now. The new plants are sweetcorn, zucchini, two different types of tomato, jalapenoes, mild chillies, basil, mint and oregano. Still surviving from last season's planting are parsley, beetroot, kohlrabi, red onion, celery, silverbeet, parsnips and one lonely Japanese burdock. We also have some eggplants, oregano, brown onions and older tomato plants that aren't in the beds, but surviving elsewhere in the garden. I'm looking forward to the bounty.
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| E enjoying the garden in the afternoon sunshine |
We pulled up some of the silverbeet, beetroot and parsnip and the last of the turnips and swedes. They became the base for a minestrone that I made for dinner. Gotta love those home-grown veggies. When hubby got home from work, he installed new sprinkler heads, so it will be easy to keep it all watered.
Happy gardening :)
-Polly
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