So far, the bugs are leaving these alone - the bugs being slugs, snails, dogs, caterpillars and so on - I've been using some Yates Vegetable Dusting Powder to keep pests away, but tend to think its more the cold that these pests don't like
The picture below shows the broccoli across the back and the lettuce across the front - these lettuce grow very well in winter, but it seems that noone has an appetite for lettuce at this time!
I've been trying to get some other seeds started as you can see from my calender - but the only seedlings that are taking are the silverbeet - There's now a plant about 40 cm tall and another 4 or 5 seedlings on their way.
I turned over all the soil last weekend as it had packed down very firm - Guess I need to get some more sand and organic matter into the soil to help with this! I then planted some more broccoli and lettuce - seems that at this time of year, should stick to what works! The lettuce even doubles as an edible garden border!
Finally, I was going to do some work to the little garden out the front which I've not touched since the failed roma tomatoes (I'll never grow these again!!) - oops I mean "Lisa's" garden"... I was very surprised to see that the beetroot and silverbeet are taking again - may need to give the garden a little more time to establish itself
Anyway, that's about news from the patch for the moment outside of mentioning that I'm getting the odd pigface flower blooming out the front - spring on the way???
