Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Winter Chill!





Even though the mild weather has deserted us, now is great time to get into the garden. We cleared out the old summer vegetable beds, added some old manure and raked it smooth - ready for planting! The tomato bushes had more or less melted during the last frost, so they were easy to lift out, as were the chillies and capsicums. Old corn plants are a little more difficult as their roots were quite deep! The old stalks are drying out now, awaiting the mulcher, only to be added back onto the vegie garden at some stage.



We have planted Spring Onions, French Shallots, Red Chantenay Carrots, more Asparagus crowns (yum!) Tatsoi, French Sorell, Rhubarb, Garlic bulbs, Artichokes (Purple and Green varieties) and a bush Pea .




This weekend, I plan to extend the vegetable plantings by including a patch of red onion, mustard greens, spinach (english) and some more bush peas (trying to stagger the planting so we don't end up with a feast or a famine!) I should also put in some broad beans but I haven't got past my intense childhood dislike of this particular vegetable so.....I will leave that one out!









2 comments:

  1. Please give broad beans one more chance! Pick them younger, take them from the pods, throw into boiling water only until it returns to the boil. Drain, add olive oil, verjuice or lemon juice, crushed garlic and pepper. Toss and devour... I bet you will love them. If you like chilli, add some very finely chopped or a few chives even, or bacon, but nothing else!

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  2. Mmmmmm. you make broad beans sound almost appealing when cooked like that! Maybe I should give them another chance :)

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