Hawthorn Garden Update - Week 9

All of the lovely plants continue to grow at Wattle Road!  We are at full capacity at the moment, just waiting for all of the vegetables to continue growing in what has been very wet and cold weather!  The shortest day of the year has passed, so we - and I'm sure the plants feel the same - are looking forward to the brighter, longer, warmer days  to come.

We built the last of our container boxes this weekend, and have planted a heap of beetroot seedlings to mature whilst the seeds are continuing to grow in the hot house.  The garlic has also shot out of the ground and is looking very happy!  The snow peas continue to flower and the pods on the plant continue to grow.  The only work that I'm doing with the plant is pinching out any wayward sprouts.  You will notice that each new flower/leaf growth also has an additional sprout that forms perpendicular to the branch.  I have been pinching these out and leaving the new growth that comes directly adjacent the new flower.  I have been told that this helps with flowering and means that the plant spends more time producing flowers than unnecessary plant growth.

Snow peas, spinach, broccoli, spring onions, nasturtiums and catnip

The new beetroot box!

Snow peas continue to grow and ripen

Kale and fennel seedlings

Oregano, rosemary, mint and thyme doing well through the winter

Sage and parsley.  New parsley plants are beginning to grow.

The garlic has sprouted!

Companion herb plants ready to be potted out...

The leftover spring onions are being snipped and eaten as we go :)

Beetroot seeds are beginning to sprout.

Hawthorn Garden Update - Week 5

The propagating hot house is alive with activity at the moment.  The Kale seeds continue to grow very well, and the Nasturtium seeds have also sprouted!  It looks like three out of the four seeds have germinated which is fantastic.  I haven't had as much luck with the Catnip seeds that for some reason got completely waterlogged and were subsequently chucked in the worm farm!  I think it must have been the huge amount of rain that we have had that was dripping through the holes in the roof of the hot house onto the seeds.  Oh well, lesson learned!  I bought an established plant for kitty at CERES yesteday instead!

It will be interesting to see whether the Warrigal Greens and Radishes sprout.  The Radishes in the Luscombe Street patch have already sprouted so maybe these ones have been given a little bit too much water!

 The Hot House - Parsley seeds are almost germinated, Kale doing well, and Catnip seeds have been given to the worms!

 Kale seedlings are going really well

Nasturtium seeds have germinated