A few more hrs:)

Well, today was an office day unfortunately but to keep myself sane I took regular (albeit short) breaks in the garden. Yesterday was herb snail and front bed - so today I moved onto the other beds.

 Weeding alone took about 2 hrs - here's the start of the 2nd bed.

 And here's the other end finally weeded out.

 In this 2nd bed are some very yummy things. Here's some more kholrabi:)

 Up the far end are 4 marjoram plants. I planted 5 but one seems to have disappeared. These will probably transplant into one of the two herb areas once they are bigger. This has to be one of the greatest herbs on the planet.

 Here's a shot looking down the line of celery. They are really growing now:)

 Here's the start of the cauliflowers. They are all growing at different rates which is perfect. No idea what we would do if they all came at once. Probably get really sick of cauliflower!

 And here's looking down the bed - cauli's of the left, broccoli in the middle & celery on the right.

 So...moving onto the next bed. Here it is weeded out. There's plenty of space here to plant more things, I think I'll throw in some more radishes  down the front (I just love those guys) and then think about what might go in the space up the back.

 Here's the current crop of radishes all growing nicely. They have been in the ground only 2 weeks. Now that I've cleared out all the fallen leaves they might get a bit more sun and shoot up.

 Here's 3 more kholrabi - I seem to have dotted this all over:)

 The next crop of spring onions coming along. I took the last of the old crop today.

 Here's those lettuces looking rather green and luscious.

 And a better shot of the mutant cavalo nero. This is what happens if you just take enough for a meal now and then. The plant just keeps growing and giving. I've had 8 great meals out of this one plant and I foresee at least 2 more!

 Here's those spring onions I harvested. The outside ones are as thick as my thumb!

 Peas! Yay!!

 More on the other side. All 8 plants are starting to produce peas:)

 Here's the next crop of chard coming along nicely.

 And here's a job for tomorrow - weed out this end of the bed and provide a bit more climbing material for these snow peas and broad beans.

And here's the whole bed. Looks so much better weeded and tidied up. Onwards to tomorrow!

A few hrs in the garden

Well today was planned to be most of the day in the garden but it didn't work out that way. I was called in for a meeting in the city and by the time I ran errands on the way home most of the day was shot. Raking up the leaves took over an hour so I only managed about a third of what I hoped to do. Ahh well them's the breaks.

 I started off weeding the herb snail and trimming off any sick or old foliage. The malky mint had to go and after some pruning I was left with just these two healthy parsley plants that are just coming back all nice and bushy.

 Above the parsley is the sage, rosemary & oregano. A good trim and weed out and they are looking good now. The sage is starting to put out tons of tiny new leaves as is the oregano.

 Here's the front of the snail showing the trimmed back lavender and thyme.

 Behind the parsley is a marjoram plant. I'm just amazed by this thing - it was the tiniest sickest little thing and now it's a turning into a real solid bushy plant. 

 Here's the back of the snail showing the chives, lemon balm & tarragon. Everything benefitted from a good trim back.

 The pots needed some sun so out they went for the afternoon. That's raspberry, juniper & passionfruit from left to right.

 I found a small thyme plant that managed to wedge itself into the rocks of the snail. I took it out carefully and planted it next to the bay bush. Hopefully it survives:)

 After the snail it was onto the first horizontal bed. It needed a good weed out too and I trimmed off anything that looked brown and old. Here's the a wombok cabbage that is starting to clump up nicely.

 The same wombok from above showing the start of the head.

 Here's the brussel sprouts, 2 big ones and two little ones:)

 Those womboks again!

 6 arugula plants. Pretty soon these will be seriously bushy like the other one in the other bed.

 The only parsnip that survived. It's a star!

 Here's the pak choy. I don't know what happened to it but most of it has bolted. I pinched out the flowers and trimmed off some dodgy leaves but it seems to be growing straight up. The one in the front is the only one clumping. Oh well - better look up what goes on here.

 Endless spinach behind the garlic:)

 Here's more spinach - the big ones!

 And here's the whole bed - all weeded and trimmed. Looking pretty good for a complete novice:)

I had to throw this shot in. As I was coming inside I noticed that the kholrabi are starting to grow more than leaves! Just look at that little beauty:D

Things have grown while I was away:) Just got back from 2 weeks overseas and the vege's have gone ballistic.

 Cavalo Nero still going strong. It's nearly a metre high now.

 Cos lettuce have doubled in size.

 Beans & peas climbing well and getting very bushy

 We will have endless chard to eat. The new plants are really starting to come along and the old one is just huge.

 Pak choy getting bigger. Not sure if it's growing right or not as it doesn't seem to be making clumps but I'll look that up tonight.

 Brussel sprouts, womboks (I think) and more chard in the back:)

 I think these are womboks - can't remember what we actually planted here. Mystery veges!

 Endless garlic with spinach behind

And my harvest today - look at the size of those radishes. What monsters! They will go in my lunch tomorrow an the chard & cavalo nero will be my dinner tonight:)