Spring/Summer Garden

This year I got started very early with my gardening. Once the sun made it over the house and into the backyard- I hit the ground running! We only get about 6 1/2 to 7 months of sun in our backyard so have to make the most of it. I feel sorry for my chookies for the other 5 months but, we aren’t talking about them today.




Unfortunately, I can’t take a photo of everything I’m growing so, here’s the list:
carrots, lettuce, spring onions, bok choy, yellow zucchini (x2), cucumber (x2), more green onions, beets, romaine (cos) lettuce, more beets, red sail lettuce, silver beet (swiss chard) , little gem lettuce, cabbage (x5), broccoli (x7), spinach, chillies (x2), potato plants (x3) these will give us between 30 to 60 potatoes total, tomato plants (x10) I hope to jar most of these to use in Winter, and last but not least…. 4 celeriac bulbs. I’ve never grown these and am hoping they all turn out. They cost $20//kg at the produce store and are hard to come by in Autumn/Winter.

In the herb garden (pronounced “Hhhherb” here in the land of the kiwi):
parsley (x4), oregano (x2), mint (x2), sage, thyme (5), rosemary, lemon grass, cat grass, catnip and Thai basil.

Potted fruit trees (because they are coming with us to our next home):
Meyer lemon, lime, passion fruit, blueberry bush and tree tamarillo.

Between playing in the garden, then using my herbs and veggies in the kitchen and looking after the chickens my time is all used up till Winter.