Today has been a busy one in the garden as I haven’t been able to get out there much at all in the past couple of weeks. It has been nice being able to potter at my own pace and get things done as I see fit!

The first job today was the most boring and tedious, but was an essential one. As my ‘garden’ is a tiled patio, it does need sweeping. As sweeping is a job I don’t like doing, it needs doing more than I would like! It is done now and the area looks a lot cleaner for it too.

I have done some more seed sowing this morning too. I have planted more beans, broccoli, cauliflower, beetroot, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, spring onions and also some poppies. I’m hoping that I get plenty of seedlings in the next few weeks.

My existing tomatoes that needed staking have been staked, and all my plants have been watered with some added liquid fertiliser to help them along after two weeks with little to no attention.

A lot of my plants are looking really good to be honest. I have plenty of beetroot looking really good at the moment-they are growing really well. I also have some cabbage that is starting to thrive too, along with some of my other brassicas. Many of my tomato plants have flowers and some tomatoes.

My pepper and chilli plants are growing well, but don’t have any flowers or fruit yet. My beans that did have flowers on them, which then died while I was on holiday, have signs that there may be more flowers coming soon. A gardeners often has a lot of stubborn hope in that they often don’t want to give up on plants they have grown. With both my beans, capsicum and chilli plants, I have this stubborn hope that I’ll get some produce off them all before it’s too cold for them (although cold is a relative thing here in Sydney compared to some places).

All in all, I’ve had a productive morning and I can enjoy watching my garden grow again. I just need to remember to label my plants!