Nov 2013

A very wet month is November, my area alone has had close to 90mm in 3 weeks. The ground is struggling to hold any more water an my backyard, as it has a slight angle on it, it does drain from the top down to my dry grass area on a retaining wall, which drains a little to well. We kind of recently installed a gutter on our pergola (why one was not already there I don't know) and fixed some drainage issues but not enough it seems to deal with the heavy delude we keep getting. This time of year the rain is FAT FAT drops.

In amongst all the rain I have managed tone quite productive. I have planted two different aubergine; Bonica & Mini Lebanese, the Bonica. Also planted was a Bush Crop cucumber as well as a mixed Sweet capsicum, green lettuce of a mystery variety and some sunflower seeds.

The tomatoes I planted are already flowering but I have picked most to get it to get strong stems.

My carrots are getting close to pulling and look great & so lush, I just with I could eat the greens from them. I have looked up what to do with them and composting seems to be the best solution.

Photo's below of corn, beans & sweet pea planted a while ago as well as my red cabbage, Thai chilli plant as well as seedlings planted this month.

I picked about 250 grams of chilli and topped the stems off, and blended with 150 grams coarse salt. Topped up with 250 grams rock salt and placed in glass jars to be used for cooking. Instant Chilli Salt
Enjoy