Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Harvest time

In Melbourne, I find that this is the best harvest time for the garden. At this time of year the vegie garden is producing lots of good stuff, from peas, cauliflower, broccoli, lettuces, asian greens and almost broad beans. These last plants are so tall the recent wind has caused a sizeable lean.
My freezer is now home to 8 cauliflowers and the family is getting sick of cauliflower soup. The heads have been large and pretty free of insects which makes processing them easier.
The lawn has grown lush and rank with weeds. However, there will be several sizeable brown spots due to the ongoing saga of tree cutting following the August storm. Hopefully we will be able to move the 2 stumps out of the way this weekend, plant another couple of native trees and back fill with the leaves of the fallen trees as a coarse mulch. That way the recent reasonable rain can do its magic in the dry soil.
None too soon as the Weather men predict an unusually fine weekend. Melbourne at this time of year often fools one into thinking summer is on its way. In a couple of weeks time it will probably throw a last frost or two.
How is your garden faring?

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