Bees win.

I didn't get to my Pak Choi soon enough and it's gone to flower. Due to a lot of rain, some poor diet choices lately and they go to flower pretty quick.

I was about to pull it out and feed it to the compost bins when I noticed the plethora of bees enjoying the flowers.

Though I could use the space I'm happy to let the bees have their way for now.

Cheers, Stewart.

Another busy day

Busy day for weeding and planting seeds after 13 and then another 5mm of rain over the last two days. And a beautiful gardening day at that.

Planted

*Purple King, climbing bean. Phaseolus vulgaris

*Cherry Belle, Radish. Raphanus sativus

*Fennel. Foeniculum vulgare

*Red and Green Salad Bowl Mixed, Lettuce. Lactuca sativa

*Pak Choi. Brassica rapa var, chinensis

*Gourmet Mixed, Lettuce. Lactuca sativa

*Rocket. Eruca sativa

*Capiscum. Capiscum annum

* Lyon Prizetaker, Leek. Allium porrum

*Crimson Globe, Beetroot. Beta vulgaris

*Three struck cuttings of Sweet Potato. Ipomoea batatas

Now I've only got to get them all to grow.

How's your garden growing? 

Cheers

Stewart.

Pak Choi

Here's a photo of the Pak Choi I mentioned earlier. It was only last Monday I planted the seed.

Today I finished preparation for the Sweet Corn by adding compost and blood and bone. Seen as corn is just an overgrown grass I don't mind having a very fertile soil to plant in. It will also be given a good regular dose of Charlie Carp as it Grows.

Also prepared two areas for Cucumbers with Blood and bone and compost and dropped four seed into each site. They are planted close to a wire mesh fence so I can train them to grow vertically.
They are Cucumber 'Crystal Apple' and Cucumber 'Marketmore'.

Things are really moving now

4mm of rain overnight has freshened things up around here and will make watering a little easier.

Seed report.
On Thursday 11/09/08 I planted a follow up row of Beetroot
Sunday. Seeds I've planted that have sprouted are Capsicum. Pak Choi (planted 8/09/08), Tiny Toms, Lettuce and Cabbage.

Sporadic sprouting of Chilli. I planted 16 and have 5 but am hopeful the rest will follow. I want to plant these in a flower border as a compromise between ornamental flowers and useful vegies, even though I can't eat them I can give them away to friends who can.

Cheers

Today

My wife commandeered me today for some car repairs but, I managed to get some seed planting done.
Sweet corn Snow Gold Bicolour F1 x 10
Pak Choi x 6
Broccoli Italian Sprouting x 2
Cabbage Sugarloaf x 2
Tomato San Marzano x 6
Lettuce Iceberg x 6
Celery Green Crunch x 6
Basil Sweet Genovese x 6