Veggie garden walk through worm barrels saving a few Okra seeds 12th

Has been a tad warm here over the past week but nowhere near as bad as some of the southern states.. The garden worms chooks & fish have pulled through just fine with only one casualty (daughters pennyroyal) so happy about that..



Now the weather has cooled off a bit I will be planting out some seedlings & tackling some odd jobs to get the patch ready for Autumn.. Will be pruning the rest of the Chinese elm & some of the mango them running it through the mulcher... This will be mixed with some horse manure & left to compost a bit.. It will eventually become Autumns top up mulch for the beds...
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Have a great one All...

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Veggie garden walk through saving a few snake bean seeds 25th December

A bit slack with the updates so shall post the clips as I do them here now..



Hope everyone had a great Christmas with their loved ones..

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A few issues

Pests !!!! 
We have been inundated by pests as I may have mentioned in the last post...

These bugs have been feasting on the Cape Gooseberries & require daily removal.. The little fellas on the right are rather squishy & when in a pack can devour a large leaf in under a day.. I have a feeling one is the offspring of the other.. One for the books me thinks...



The lady bugs (not the good kind) on left have been feasting on the cucumber & Eggplants.. They dont appear to be doing much damage but still get a spraying when we do.. The damage to the Sweet potato leaves is caused by mini Grasshoppers that are just everywhere after the rain.. They are a hardy plant & will bounce back.

Here are a few shots of leaves infested with the citrus leaf miner.. We gave the 2 limes a good pruning to rid them of the blighters but have left the lemon for the time being... They only affect the new growth so we shall be spraying all new growth as it appears from now on...

Failed Crop...

We havent been successful with any hand pollinated pumpkins as of yet...
I fertilise the females before 9:30 most days & have been supplementing the plant with sea weed & worm wee fertilisers on a weekly basis but the little fruit just wont "stick".. After doing so well with them last year it is a bit disappointing...

On a final brighter note, we have a bunch of Crocuses about to bloom  under Koos window... Will be keeping an eye on the so as to get a good pic...

Have a great one all...
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