My first (potential) gourd.
Its been a while since I did an update on the progress in the garden. With the summer heat and regular rain we've been having everything is growing well. There have been some success and a few failures but I have been learning from them all. Next year will be an improvement I'm sure.
Top left - My first cauliflower which got picked this evening for my stir-fry.
Top right - The blackcurrant's are ripening well; now begins the battle with the birds to see who gets to eat them.
Bottom right - The corn plants are now knee high. I noticed the corn responds particularly well to the organic liquid fertiliser from my worm farm. They have a little growth spurt for a few days every time I feed them.
Bottom left - The raspberries are coming along. Hopefully we'll see some colour in them soon.
Speaking of colour, I'm finally starting to harvest my tomatoes.
Part of this whole permaculture game is seed collection. You should grow more than you need to eat, so that some of the crop can be left to go to seed. The seed is collected for planting next season, thus completing the self sufficient circle. It looks like these Chinese cabbage seeds will be ready to collect and store very soon.
Its not just about food... the flowers are coming out all over the place now too, so heres a splash of colour for all you Northern hemisphere folk in the grip of winter right now (happy Winter Solstice).
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