This week marked the arrival of autumn. The day when you wake up and find the air carries with it a crisp chill that hints of the cooler months to come. This kind of weather always stirs a desire in me to head for the mountains. Jamie and I both said so that morning when the first chill came. It was this weekend, 5 years ago, that my husband took me to the Snowy Mountains and proposed. I love this time of year.
I couldn't put it off any longer. My garden needed some work done to it to prepare for the change of season. As I have been caught up in 'real life', I decided that purchasing some seedlings from our farmers market would suffice for this round of planting, as I just haven't got around to planting much from seed.
I ripped out what was left of my summer crops. Dead beans and vines signalling the end of a season and my total lack of attention to my garden recently. These were removed.
And the planting began. I planted beans and radishes from seed...
Beetroot from seed...
Leeks as seedlings...
I cut back heavily my basil and parsley plants, then moved them into the part of my vegetable patch that receives the least sun light during the winter months...
Cos lettuce and kale were planted as seedlings...
Successive planting of radish seeds is yielding a good crop...
Two different varieties of chillies, some perennial capsicums, and rocket seedlings...
Progress so far...
My passion fruit has taken off. I cannot wait until fruits appear!
My hardy herbs are the only thing to thrive under my 'no attention at all' gardening method...
It feels good to have dirty nails again.
Sam xox
