Today I have had a little gardening session that has been as enjoyable as usual. I haven’t spent a huge amount out in the garden, but that time has been productive.
The first thing that I have done today is pot up around twelve tomato plants that I have had growing in small pots. All were more than ready to be potted up as they were getting a little large for their original pots. Here are four of them that will hopefully grow strongly now they have more space.
I also did some seed sowing today. I direct sowed my two varieties of sweetcorn (‘True Gold’ and ‘Glass Gem’), while the capsicum ’Sweet Mini Mix’ and chilli ‘Padron’ seeds were sown into small pots and are now next to my large window for germination.
I till have my native seeds to sow, but I do need to get some native potting mix that is low in phosphorus, the same as many of the soils here in Australia. As these seeds need to go through a scarification process for twenty-four hours before they are ready to be sown (so its easier for them to germinte), I will get the potting mix tomorrow while I am out. I will start the scarification tonight (putting them in boiling water for the stated time period) and then sow them tomorrow evening. I’ll then hopefully have plenty of natives for my back garden area.
Some of my seedlings that were sown last weekend have now germinated. So far, it is my spring onions, but they usually germinate quickly. I am sure my chillies and capsicums will appear in the next week or so.
The new cactus I got recently is quite happy in its new pot. It hasn’t done much growing as yet, but cacti aren’t usually the quickest growing plants about!
What would a blog post about my garden be without my nasturtium flowers? Here are some ‘Orchid Cream’ flowers, just because they are my favourite and this variety has done so well for me this year.
On the downside today, the rest of my melon plant has disappeared off the face of the Earth. This must be down to a snail or two, which is a shame. Its funny because the nearby leek has been untouched. That leek is growing so well at the minute, I’m hoping that continues.
What is nice is that my son was sat out in the garden this morning, spending time with Cuddles the cat. He really enjoyed sitting out there surrounded by my plants. He likes the fact that my nasturtiums are running rampant all over the place instead of being tidy and my potatoes are rather untidy looking. He told me I need to get more plants growing. That made my day, it was nice to hear someone appreciating the slightly messy greenery outside as much as me!
For now, that is all I have for you in my garden today. There will no doubt be updates over the next few days as I have more time for pottering over the next week.