the new year is here and its really heating up, today is our forth day in a row of over 40 degrees it

the new year is here and its really heating up, today is our forth day in a row of over 40 degrees it

the new year is here and its really heating up, today is our forth day in a row of over 40 degrees it

well its been over a month since i last updated and alot has been happening in the garden

here is my daughter in the garden watering the herb patch

Oh and i only moved into Renmark from Barmera in late September
so im very proud of my achievements thus far!!

I would like to note that all my efforts in the garden are all organic i do not use artificial fertilisers or any chemical pest or weed control methods

fertilisers i use include:
seasol (seaweed concerntrate)
power feed (liquide compost with fish emulsion)
cow manure
chicken manure
for weed control i use my hands
and pest control i invite predetory insects to control the pests
and if i find a plant that is being attacked by pests i levae it there in the hope that will only attack that plant and leave the others alone.

this is my new patch i started just this week it has been planted up with mescullin mix lettuce, lollo mix lettuce and a few other leftover seedlings such as artichoke, capsicum, chilli and egg plant for reference ill call this one bed five the citrus tree in the middle had been hit by boarers so ive choped it right back and now seems to be responding well.

bed four (tomatoes bed ) is coming along well and have had to stake them, in one month they have gone from 2 inch tall to 1 foot in most cases

bed three is going fantastic the corn is starting to flower and pumpkins are already starting to from, it wont be long before me family is enjoying BBQed corn and pumpkin

bed one (beans, corrots and silverbeet) the silverbeet is now muture enough to eat, carrots are goin very well and to some extent showing what colour they are on the leaf stems, and the beans show lots of colour with flowers although i wont be harvesting the beand this year for food they will produce enough seed for next year

bed two (capsicum, basil and russian tomato) while the basil and tomatoes are going well im having trouble with the capsicum, i havent seen any pest and can only put it down to the dramatic changes in tempreture with the storms and the heat, here hoping they come good