The potatoes have sprouted, and so time was spend on Saturday rolling up the sides of the containers and adding more soil over the sprouts ready for the little potatoes to do their growing! The broccoli is also growing really well, and there are lots of little sprouts coming along on all of the plants which is great. The beetroot and two kale plants are moving along as well, so hopefully we will be able to plant the sugar snap peas in there soon and harvest the beetroot soon after!
Many of the seeds have sprouted in the hot house as wel. I sowed a heap of butter lettuce seeds at the same time as the other seeds I purchased from seeds2freedom and they are growing incredibly well. The next to sprout were the sugar snap peas, and then the tomato seeds.
We went for a drive out to the Diggers Club garden in Dromana on Saturday and picked up some strawberry plants and a Stevia plant as well, that have now been planted out near the front door in a pot.
Potatoes
Strawberries and Stevia plant out the front
Snow peas and baby spinach - we continue to pick from the spinach twice a week and it keeps on growing and growing! An awesome crop...the snow peas have been growing, but seem to be prone to a bit of mould or something similar and are dying back in areas. Might go for another variety next time, and provide a bigger trellice for them to grow on.
The Broccoli and Nasturtium are doing really, really well. They're taking over a bit, but are doing so well so that's great!
Beetroot and Kale are going well as well. Once the crop is ready to harvest we will plant the sugar snap peas and lettuces in this container.
The backyard...
Next batch of beetroot that will be planted once the broccoli are finished...
The Sugar Snap Peas, Butter Lettuce and Tomato plants have sprouted.
Beautiful head of Broccoli, almost ready to harvest.
