This was our vegetable garden in May:
This is the garden now:
As you can see, Melbourne’s recent good rainfall has spurred on a typical springtime growth I no longer dared to believe in. If you click through to Flickr it will show the notes I’ve made on the pictures, but here’s a brief rundown:
1) My silverbeet is the champion silverbeet of all time. Shame I’m the only one who eats it.
2) My mint has gone beserk, and…mutated I think. The leaves are massive and on the furry side. Is this normal?!
3) My oregano has also gone beserk, but I’ve been told it can do that if you let it take over.
4) Obviously, I have let things take over.
5) Those leaves in the bottom left corner of the top shot are the (formerly) presumed dead oak tree.
I took these shots the other day before I pushed up my sleeves and did some heavy weeding. Today I’m off to Bunnings to do my summer planting shopping of tomatoes and basil. While I’m at it I’ll get another chili. The other one died of some sort of fungus (?) The leaves just started to crumple and rot on the plant. Does this happen much? Or is it just me?
