It’s winter here in Sydney, and the cold weather has just begun.
Small Girl (aged two and a half) has been here – she likes to leave carefully arranged pebbles on the steps. It’s always a treat to go outside and find her latest artwork…
Our poor garden has struggled a little from neglect – life has been frantic, and we’ve been too busy to maintain it to schedule. As a result, we haven’t raised many seedlings, and some beds have just been sown with seed and covered in mulch.
Many of the plants are self-sown, although we did deliberately plant the peas below. This variety (Willow) is supposedly mildew-resistant, and they’re growing from seed this time rather than seedlings. Their variegated leaves are very pretty!
All our broccoli (we have about six plants at the moment) are self-sown. We’ve harvested one large head already…
The perennial leeks are getting fat from the rain…
Our potatoes are growing in a box, which lets us hill them up as they grow…
The sprouting onion that I planted is yielding lots of greenery, which I cut off every time I need spring onions for a recipe…
The basil is still refusing to die, even with the recent cold snap…
Some optimistic self-seeded tomatoes – we seem to have an assortment of cherry and roma hybrids, all slightly different. They’re falling off before they ripen, although this branch looks promising…
Our parsley has survived a rotation of the chook dome and is slowly turning into shrubbery. We harvest some every day for salad…
Lastly, we’ve started our garlic in seedling pots, after first giving them a month in the fridge. Hopefully we’ll find time to get them into the ground soon!
What’s growing in your garden at the moment?
Fig Jam and Lime Cordial 