Oct 2013

October was a rather uneventful month in the garden for me. I planted two Tomato plants; Heirloom Orange and Black Russian. I tossed in some beetroot seeds for the second time in as many months and they too failed dismally. My marigolds are coming along nicely and should be flowering shortly. I pulled up my sugar snap peas as they were not doing so well and have prepared that area for spring/summer planting.

I have yet to decide what to plant I have just under 2SQ metres of space for veg for spring and summer, decisions. The mini white Cabbage that I planted are about 50% successful, It appears every second one is sacrificing it self for the one next to it. I have been diligently plucking of the green caterpillars and feeding them to the local birds. I planted six and will only be able to harvest two. One of which I have already eaten, made coleslaw. So now I have one left. I am unsure if I will grown cabbage again, at least white. It takes up a lot of room even the mini ones.

Here is a photo of one that gave it's life so another could live.