I hope you are having a lovely weekend this 23rd of October...
Today I had a couple of plans - recording vocals for Hubby in the studio and planting out my cucumbers and tomatoes - all of which have been dashed due to heavy rain.
So I have been walking around aimlessly in the house doing little jobs (changing sheets, washing, prepping dinner) and now I am at a loss of what to do.
What better time to do another post here in Gloomy's Garden and possibly show you what is going on in our little patch of paradise.
We live in a suburban home which is on approx 900m2 of land - we have a normal 3 bedroom home, which we have made into our sanctuary of peace away from the maddening world.
The gardens have only really come into fruition during the Covid times and now is a flourishing area of flowers, veggies, herbs and fruit trees - I love going into the garden when I am having a hard time at work (systems slow, things not going right) - it's lovely just to grab a coffee/tea and just go out into the garden to listen to the birds, bees, hover flies and other insects doing their thing. It is very calming.
So it's still spring - October is usually the time that I plant out my summer veggies as that is when the frosty overnight temperatures are passed (we have our own eco-system in our garden - which is like no one elses), I have noticed over the years when our garden is the most productive and when is the wrong time to plant things in the ground, so I stick to that and not when all the gardening pages tell you to plant.
It's part of being in touch with nature, reading the seasons, listening to the plants themselves and noting the weather patterns. There is a lot to learn in gardening and I don't think one will ever stop learning.
I do have a few things that we are currently harvesting in the garden:
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| Broad Beans |
Once they have finished I will just chop and drop them onto other beds so that they will leach their goodness into the soil...
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| Turnips and Beetroot |
Next up were some really small turnips, which didn't really grow very well indeed - but the greens were yummy! And even the beets didn't come to a big size either - but what I did have I pickled for my own use as I am the only one that will eat these... I planted both of these in the wicking vegepods - and they just didn't do well - so next time I plant them, I am going to try them inground to see if they fare better.
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| Carrots |
And here is a pic of my carrots - I haven't got the knack of growing them straight yet - I adjusted the soil to include sand so they didn't find it so hard to grow through the soil, but I still got some with legs and curly bits - still, they tasted fabulous!!
Snow peas have been wonderful this year too - we have had many handfuls of these beauties!!
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| Snow peas |
This is the first time that snow peas have grown in my garden - I tried in other years and they just turned up toes and died...
Maybe I have the timing right now - plus the soil composition as well..
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| Cabbages and Cos Lettuce |
I also harvested all the cabbages and cos lettuce because something was getting into the bed and munching of them - even though I had a cover over them - I might have to come up with a better system next time I plant them (same with my brassicas which were eaten by rats last year).
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| Potatoes |
I even managed to grow some potatoes - they are very little, but this was just one plant that voluntarily popped up in the garden (in a place where I didn't even put any potatoes - which is odd), but still - food is food and I am grateful for it.
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| Capsicum & Long Red Pepper |
Capsicums and long red peppers miraculously grew all winter long and I have been harvesting quite a bit from them. Now they are dying off (when they should be coming to life), so I will have to plant some more.
Also in the garden we have loads and loads of flowers, which has encouraged loads and loads of insects!!
But that is a post for another day, as this post is probably getting a wee bit too long!!
Have a wonderful week ahead - it's getting close to Samhain for the Northern Hemisphere folks and Beltane for us Southern Hemisphere folks - also Halloween is in just over a week too!!
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| Time for a witchy soup... |
Season's blessings to you all....
Cheers for now,
Gloomy xxx
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| Gloomy :) |
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