The beds in the yard go grow grow grow...

Everything in the garden is growing so quickly at the moment, even though it is very dry. Unfortunately, the weeds are too :/ Nutgrass is the bane of my existence!!

Here are my garden beds Wednesday. 

These cucumbers and coming on wonderfully!

This one is the one I picked this afternoon.
It's tripled its size in a couple of days.

Coriander flowers in my Romanesco Broccoli (that's looking
a bit lacy thanks to the Cabbage Moth caterpillars)

Lots of spaces for lettuce to go in when my seedlings are
bigger, the celery in the middle is looking wonderful and
it will be picked more often now that my Chinese celery
has gone to seed.

Tomatoes, zucchini, capsicum and pepino

Zucchini, cucumber and various leafy greens
(and my pineapples next to the raised bed)

Lettuce, Asian greens, Rosellas, tomatoes
and pumpkins still to find homes

Plastic bags hanging off bamboo stakes protect my pots
from the brush turkey. 

Today's harvest, pepino, beans and cucumber

The pepino went into the fruit salad I had for dinner. The flavour was amazing!! Sort of like rockmelon crossed with a honeydew melon. Thankfully it's thriving so I'll be picking those as soon as more are ripe! Whilst I have a blueberry, orange tree  and fig tree, they are all slow to mature and aren't yielding much fruit at the moment. I've got Chinese Gooseberries to go in so they will add to the fruit side of things as well.

Mel aka OneCraftyMumma hosted a dishcloth swap recently (that's now finished) and below is the cloths that I made. These were so quick to whip up I can see myself doing lots more when holidays come around! I used this pattern off Ravelry, mixing it up a little with the colours. 

Time to relax and watch some tv for me now I think and read my new cookbook. Thanks for visiting!

In the garden... again

Yesterday I tried to study but I was so distracted I ended up gardening. I've done so much in the yard the last couple of weeks and it's really looking great. There are still a few spots that are overcome by weeds but I'll get to them eventually! The weather has been divine, until the 34c days started to appear. I hate to think what it's going to be like over summer, the official one anyway! 

This is how our front bed was looking. Chinese celery and Miner's lettuce going to seed and lots of nut grass, wandering dew and other weeds. So I pulled out the grown lettuce and Miner's lettuce and trimmed everything back that was staying and planted lots of new things.

Before

The trellis is for a choko that I planted. I did want it going over the front gate but the ground is so dry I'm going to have to thump stakes in to make holes or I might bend the trellis a bit much trying to get it in. (It's just a $20 cheapie from Bunnings) 

After

And my updated what's growing in my garden list.... what I'm nurturing anyway :) (lots of corrections because I pulled out my seeds to put the full names in where I could so I can keep a track of what's growing well)

Alyssum, 'Cameo'
Artichoke, 'Green Globe' Cynara scolymus

Aloe vera

Basil, sweet

Beans, purple

Beetroot, 'Crimson Globe'

Blood Orange

Blueberry, Britewell

Broad Beans, 'Long Pod'

Broccoli, 'Romanesco'
Calendulas

Camomile Matricaria chamamilla

Cape Gooseberry Physalis peruviana
Capsicum, 'Californian Wonder'

Carrot, ‘Paris Market’ Daucus carota Syn. 'Tonda di Parigi'

Celeriac, 'Caesar' Apium graveolens rapaceum
Celery, Chinese

Celery

Chilli, 'Amigo Jalapeno' Capsicum annuum
Chilli, 'Chilli Shake' Capsicum frutescens

Chinese Cabbage, Bok Choi, Pechay Brassica oleracea var. capitata

Chives

Choko, green
Cornflower, 'Blue' Centaurea cyanus
Coriander

Cosmos, 'Sea Shells' Cosmos bipinnatus var. cosmicos
Cottage Garden Mix, Stocks, Cosmos, Gaillardia, Poppies and Cornflowers
Cucumber, 'Mini white'

Cucumber, 'Lebanese'

Dill Anethum graveolens

Echinacea, 'Bravado' Echinacea purpurea
Fig, 'Black Genoa'

Florence Fennel, 'Zefa-Fino'
Four seasons herb

Four seasons herb, variegated

Galangal

Garlic chives
Kale, 'Dwarf Green Curled' Brassica oleracea acephala

Kale, 'Red Russian'

Larkspur, 'Galilee Blue' Consolida ajacis
Lavender, 'Spanish' Lavandula stoechas
Lavender, two different varieties

Lemon Balm

Lettuce, ‘First Fleet’

Lettuce, 'Miners'

Lettuce, 'Darwin'

Marigold, 'Gallery'

Mint, 'Chocolate'

Mint, common

Mint, looks like chocolate mint but isn't lol

Mizuna, green

Mustard, 'Red' Brassica juncea

Nasturtium

Oregano

Parsley, ‘Italian flat-leaved’

Parsley, 'Afro'

Peanuts
Pepino

Pigeon pea Cajanus cajan

Pineapple

Potatoes
Pumpkin, 'Buttercup'

Pumpkin, 'Jap'

Queen Anne's Lace Ammi visnaga
Rocket

Rosella, 'Red Drops' Hibiscus sabdariffa

Rosemary, four different varieties but no idea of their names

Sage, variegated

Shallots

Silverbeet, Rainbow Chard
Snapdragon, 'Magic Carpet' Antirrhinum majus
Sorrel

Spearmint

Spinach, Ceylon Malabar
Spinach, Brazilian
Squash, 'Bennings Green Tint' Cucurbito pepo
Stevia, Stevia Rebaudiana

Tarragon, French

Tomato, 'Cherry Roma; 

Tomato, 'Green Zebra'

Tomato, 'Mortgage Lifter' Lycopersicon esculentum

Thyme, common

Thyme, variegated

Turmeric

Warrigal greens

White button mushrooms (hopefully lol)

Yacon

Zinnia, 'Giant Dahlia' Zinnia elegans
Zucchini, 'Cocozelle'
Zucchini, 'Tomboncini'

Still to plant:
Beans, 'Roc D'or' Phaseolus vulgaris
Beans, Climbing Snake 'Red Dragon' Vigna unguiculata var. sesquipedalis
Beans, Soy
Tomato, 'Cherry Rainbow' Lycopersicon esculentum

In my garden

Seeing as study and the garden are taking up most of my time at the moment I thought I'd record what I've got growing at the moment Jerry style. (No idea of the proper names of things though.)

Artichoke

Aloe vera

Basil, sweet

Beans, purple

Beetroot

Blood Orange

Blueberry, Britewell

Brazilian Spinach

Broad Beans

Calendulas

Camomile Daisy

Capsicum, 'California'

Carrot ‘Paris Market’

Cauliflower, Romanesco

Celery, Chinese

Celery

Ceylon Spinach

Chilli, Jalapeno

Chinese greens

Chives

Coriander

Cucumber, white

Cucumber, 'Telegraph'

Dill

Fig, Black Genoa

Four seasons herb

Four seasons herb, variegated

Galangal

Garlic chives

Kale, two different varieties

Lavender, three different varieties

Lemon Balm

Lettuce, ‘First Fleet’

Lettuce, 'Miners'

Lettuce, 'Darwin'

Lettuce, mixed punnet from Bunnings no idea of most of the varieties

Marigolds

Mint, Chocolate

Mint, common

Mint, looks like chocolate mint but isn't lol

Mizuna, green

Mustard, Red

Nasturtiums

Oregano

Parsley, ‘Italian flat-leaved’

Parsley, Curly leaved

Pepino

Pigeon pea

Pineapples

Potatoes

Pumpkin, Jap

Rainbow Chard

Rocket

Rosellas

Rosemary, four different varieties but no idea of their names

Sage, variegated

Shallots

Sorrel

Spearmint

Stevia

Tarragon, French

Tomato, Roma

Tomato, Cherry

Tomato, Green Zebra

Tomato, Moneymaker

Thyme

Thyme, variegated

Turmeric

Warrigal greens

White button mushrooms (hopefully lol)

Yacon

Zucchini