May time in the Garden

It's been a month since last big update on the garden, The herbs are starting off slowly, probably because the weather is getting colder. But the Peas and Snow Peas are thriving.


The garden a month from last time, doesn't really look very different.

I placed some newspaper under the lettuce, so that when i went to pick it, its free of dirt.


Both gardens uncovered.


The peas are killing it!

View full album here - Garden in May

The Pot Planting Begins

A while back i planted some flower seeds and a blueberry bush into pots, they seems to be going really well.


Blueberry bush and flowers, this was taken back on the 18th of April, but it fit better into this post.


Close up of one of the flowers.


Here are the flowers on the blueberry bush.

Full album here - May Flowers

The Garden in April

Hello all, its been a while since i updated this blog, so here come another wave.

The garden has been through a fair bit of renovation since the last photos were added.
I removed pretty much everything from the first bed, no more carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers or broccoli. These have been replace by some very hardy herbs, Parsley, Thyme, Oregano, Chives and rosemary. Also planted some mint. In the second bed, the corn and beans have been removed and some peas and snow peas have been planted. Also the Chilli plants are still going strong. Here are some pics of the improved garden:


Here is the new garden


The chilli plants are going strong, looks like a decent harvest is coming.


Here are the peas and snow peas sprouting

View the full album - April Garden

My First Harvest

Fianlly my first proper harvest, not much, but its still satisfying.

The removal of the Sunflowers

I came to the conclusion it was time to start removing some of the plants to make room for new things. The first to go were the Sunflowers, as they were attacked by birds and pretty well destroyed already (make sure to cover your flowers when then get close to the seeding stage, as birds love those seeds). The corn was also removed from this garden.

These were the roots on the end of the Sunflowers, left quite a crater in the garden.


Quite long stems, i ended up reusing these as poles for holding up the bird net.


As you can see everything is growing like crazy. You may also notice that everything is far to close together, one lesson i have learnt is to give everything ample room now. Tomato and Basil is going well, the cucumber have just taken off, they are getting very close to giving me some veges. The Broccoli got attached by some kind of Caterpillar and the carrots are close to harvesting time.

Here we get a decent view of the second garden, it has better spaced corn and beans in it.
Full Album - Sunflower Removal & Garden Album

Veges are growing

Finally its almost time to reap some rewards from my hard work.

Cucumber has totally taken over that half of the garden.

My first cucumber, it was very yummy and the ones that followed were equally as good.

Another one on the way.

My Broccoli before it all got eaten by the bugs.

The Habanero chili plant MD bought from Bunnings, this would be about a week after we planted it.

The Sweet Chili a week after we planted it.

The tomato is growing up.

My poor Beans.
See full album - Plants are growing album

Down time

Around now was when i stopped taking photos for ages, i am not sure why, i guess i just didn't have time. Maybe it had something to do with it being Xmas and all.

Garden Update!

And now for another garden update with your host, Hof.
Hello and welcome to another edition of HoF Garden, today we will see the progress the garden has made over the past month. enjoy.

HoF Garden attracts a lot of local insects.

Sunflower in pollinating mode

In this photo we see the cucumbers are still going strong, also there is some Aloe Vera towards the back and some Broccoli to the side at the back.

The Sweet Basil is off to a good start.

The beans are also off to a good start.

The triplets.

The tomato seedlings are finally starting to grow.
Full album - Garden and Sunflowers Album

Sunflowers in Full Bloom

The next day the sunflowers were in full bloom.


The sunflower creates a crazy pattern within itself.

See full album here - Sunflowers Full Bloom Album

Sunflowers are starting to bloom

In December the Sunflowers decided it was time to startopening up.



After i split up the cucumbers they started to grow quite well.

I decided it was time to split the carrots up a bit so they weren't in clumps anymore.

Even the cucumbers were flowering.


Full album here - Sunflowers Bloom Album