Why do zucchini have to be so scratchy? I've just been out trimming and tying up my plants and have scratches all over my arms. They are being quite prolific though, I have a load of slices in the dehydrator to grind for flour and took 8 up to the local food cupboard. The button squash have not grown so well, but it looks like I miight have one soon. Better than nothing I guess.
I have also harvested my first beans of the season - only four today, but I suspect I will be swamped soon. The climbing beans are paticularly rampant this year, so once they start producing I will definitely have more than I can handle. The tomatoes are still not ripening, but I have a lot of green fruit and flowers. I guess it just needs to hit the right temperature for them, and then I am going to be overrun with those too.
I am extra excited that I have some capsicum fruits, I've never had much success with those before. The same with the eggplant, they have lots of flowers which will hopefully become fruit, something I've never managed before.
I don't think I'll be getting any loofahs this year - the vine is alive, but has been growing so slowly I don't think it will get big enough to produce anything. Not sure why, the pumpkin nearby is going really strongly (although my plans to grow it onto the top of the shed are not going to work out as the leaves that get that high are being eaten, presumably by possums). Another pumpkin variety in the front yard is now growing onto the roof of the carport, leaving the lattice on the side of the carport for the sweet potatoes which are growing very strongly, and hopefully forming lots of nice tubers under the ground for me.
Surprisingly I have some wombok growing really well in spite of the number of cabbage moths around this year - I'm not sure how long it takes to form the heart, but it is definitely starting to form.
Why do zucchini have to be so scratchy? I've just been out trimming and tying up my plants and have scratches all over my arms. They are being quite prolific though, I have a load of slices in the dehydrator to grind for flour and took 8 up to the local food cupboard. The button squash have not grown so well, but it looks like I miight have one soon. Better than nothing I guess.
I have also harvested my first beans of the season - only four today, but I suspect I will be swamped soon. The climbing beans are paticularly rampant this year, so once they start producing I will definitely have more than I can handle. The tomatoes are still not ripening, but I have a lot of green fruit and flowers. I guess it just needs to hit the right temperature for them, and then I am going to be overrun with those too.
I am extra excited that I have some capsicum fruits, I've never had much success with those before. The same with the eggplant, they have lots of flowers which will hopefully become fruit, something I've never managed before.
I don't think I'll be getting any loofahs this year - the vine is alive, but has been growing so slowly I don't think it will get big enough to produce anything. Not sure why, the pumpkin nearby is going really strongly (although my plans to grow it onto the top of the shed are not going to work out as the leaves that get that high are being eaten, presumably by possums). Another pumpkin variety in the front yard is now growing onto the roof of the carport, leaving the lattice on the side of the carport for the sweet potatoes which are growing very strongly, and hopefully forming lots of nice tubers under the ground for me.
Surprisingly I have some wombok growing really well in spite of the number of cabbage moths around this year - I'm not sure how long it takes to form the heart, but it is definitely starting to form.