Sunday 24 March 2013

WEEKLY TALLY - NUMBER 9

This week I had a lovely travelling family stay with us for a couple of nights and they offered to help clean up the last of the summer veggies! There are no more tomatoes left in the ground. The marrows have been pulled up and the beds weeded. I have planted all my garlic, and seedlings of cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, celery and leeks. Seeds of salad varieties have been scattered, as well as pea, snow peas and broad beans been planted behind a trellis.

Over grown garden BEFORE

Over grown garden BEFORE

overgrown garden BEFORE

Ready for winter AFTER

Ready for winter AFTER
With all the wind we had in Melbourne on Wednesday night and all day Thursday My pumpkins came out worse for wear, many of the have been harvested curing for winter storage. I have a few more on the vines waiting it out for another week or two until their section of the vine dies off. I planted a dedicated strawberry patch in hope that they receive more sunlight and thus produce more strawberries. My little man has fallen in love with strawberries these last few months after hating them.

18/3/13 - 24/3/13

Eggs 25
Capsicum 261 grams
Kale 240 grams
Marrow 14321 grams
Chili 42 grams
Tomato 1960 grams
Carrot 23 grams
Pumpkin 22412 grams

TOTAL 25 EGGS AND 39.259 KILOS OF FOOD






6 comments:

  1. I love seeing the before and afters of a summer veggie garden! I've just pulled a lot of my stuff out too - the tomatoes were a huge job but everything's nice and tidyish now and ready for winter crops. I've just planted lots of brassicas and need to get my onions, garlic and leek in very soon. Don't you love providing food this way? It's so rewarding and yummy:) x

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  2. I didn't realize the difference until I saw the pictures together! The tomatoes took me a long time as well, but not as long as the marrows as they were intertwined with everything! I'm very grateful to have the pair of extra hands! Do get your garlic in soon as they technically supposed to be planted on the equinox which was last week, but they will be fine if the get in within the next month. A lot of onions are sow in winter so I am holding off for a little while :D I so love being able to go out into my garden and pick my own produce. I know how they were grown and how fresh everything is! Happy gardening!

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  3. Maybe overgrown but you get a lot of a little plot, right!
    I just love the blue pumpkins, there so beautiful.
    Happy gardening from Denmark!

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    1. Yes very productive for a little garden! Pumpkins are so beautiful and I am so happy that I have two wonderful colours to keep on display for the next couple of months while we use them up! :D

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  4. Overgrown, my kind of gardening! It always happens to mine, really it does.

    Beautiful harvest, just lovely actually.

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    1. He he, my summer garden is always worse :D Thanks you so much! It has been my best harvest yet! And my first harvesting so many pumpkins, which I am so excited about!

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