Chili bush

Our chili bush is still going quite well.

Prematurely picked capsicum

What Riley is holding may look like a green chili (or a red one picked before its time), but in fact it is a very sad capsicum. Ours don’t grow any larger than this before they shrivel up and die. Note Riley’s famous bottom lip; jutting out at that angle because I had just caught him picking that capsicum against my explicit instruction not to.

I’m about to pull up the tomatoes – can anyone tell me what Autumn vegetables I should be planting now? Something that won’t take over the entire garden – like Pumpkins can!

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