Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Our Vegetable Garden

Trying to grow vegetables at Leighton Farm was a battle against the birds and pests. After much thought a covered garden seemed the best solution
Inside the covered garden we have two raised garden beds, and the only pest we have is some aphids. No birds, no bugs, no white moths and lots of vegetables
At the moment we are picking beans, silver beet, strawberries, chillies, celery, Thai basil, eggplant, capsicum and tomatoes. The green zebra tomato is a favourite, full of flavour and a good size. We have found that we can take cuttings and put them into the soil and away they go, growing quickly and producing lots of fruit. We hope to have tomatoes all year round
The strawberries are growing in special hanging gardens
Yesterday an outside garden bed was built, not sure what is going into this bed yet.... things that need bees to fertilize flowers.
It is so satisfying to go to the garden and pick produce for dinner each evening.
The apple cucumbers and zucchini are growing amongst my flowers. The apple cucumbers have turned golden.... kissed by the sun. Walking back from the garden this evening the lake looked so beautiful

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