Beans, lettuce, strawberries and mint... yummy!How things are growing with the recent rain! The cucumber plants have doubled in size, seeds are awakening and showing there first leaves. There is 3 reasons I grow our food.
1 the cost is so much cheaper
2 it is better for us and the enviroment
3 I am happiest in the garden!
I was thrilled to walk out to the car this morning and see the corn tips peeking out of the mulch. Last year I tried corn and it ended up a dismay display of tiny cobs and little to no kernals. Why you ask? Irregualr watering and possibly poor pollination.
I am growing alot more in containers this year as I can not dig up much more yard. I have quickly discovered chooks love sytrofoam! That is why in the picture the boxes are covered up, it seems to deter them.
In these boxes I have tomatoes, sunflowers and more tomatoes growing. The green box in the middle is the carrot box. It is a hydroponic method of growing carrots.
It is concerning how expensive fruit and vegetables are becoming. I was reading an article recently that 50 years ago most families grew their own food. If you did not, you went without as most families couldn't afford the high prices. Now backyards are so tiny that this would be impossible for most families to do, with the increasing cost to food! I wonder how they will cope if the drought continues?
I am currently harvesting - mulberries, lettuce, mint, cos lettuce, broccoli (still!), chives, strawberries, silverbeet AND Eggs!!!
Currently growing - brown bush beans, princess climbing beans, golden corn, pumpkins, zuchinni, cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, chickpeas, capsicums, chilli's, red and green lettuce, carrots and peacharines (cross between a peach & nectarine)
Now I am sure I forgotten afew things but that is a good start. Most of winter went to preparing the garden for summer plantings, filling tanks and finding containers. So we are having to buy most of our vege and fruit at the moment. What are you growing?
Have a wonderful afternoon.....
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