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Broadbean harvest

Harvested the broadbeans all up I reckon around 750gm of dry broadbeans or around 100+ beans.

Macerated the remaining leafy and put back into pots and then covered with extra soil. then planted Lanternfruit from america with some louffa gourd seeds and bottle gourd seeds and horned melon seeds, also some eggplant seeds.

Herbs are going good, most have sprouted though the okra that has sprouted sprouted yellow, not sure why… replanted the pots that did not sprout. oregano growing the best followed by coriander but the coriander not leafing out rather bolting to flower and seed, same with the nasturtiums.

Vine going really well.

Cactuses have settled well into their new pots no complaints as yet, aloe growing well though edges of the leaves are drying and browning in the sun.

beans will take approx 30 days on rack to dry heres hoping no mold develops. also pic of fishtank with spiny eels, java fern, and catfishes and milky quartz rock substrate.

So yeah good summer so far really enjoying it!

Springs here and seeds are a sprouting!

Lots of seeds starting to sprout, lanternfruit, and parsely so far I think, maybe chives. planted a heap of okra seeds as well as some horned melon seeds.

Broad beans coming along nicely, having to water a lot.

The vine seems to be taking off, still not sure what type of vine it is…

Gardening update

With the last frost of winter behind us I have planted some more seeds!

Mostly borage(Star flower), mexican lantern fruit(tomatillos), more chives and parsley

Broad beans doing real well though one of the pots has developed chocolate spot.

A little seed sowing

Sowed some Parsley, Chives, Rocket and Tomatillos.

Garden coming along nicely, lots of flowers on the broadbeans.

Oregano, and mint survived winter, coriander is doing well though thinning a little and starting to bolt.

Gardening update X?

So yeah getting close to end of winter, last frost date is like 2 weeks away and then I am going to plant lots of seeds.

What the garden looks like currently. nasturtiums rebounding. mint doing ok, oregano doing well ish.

Got some strong wind that knocked most of the broadbeans over, with some of the stalks being damaged or blown off.

Lots of flowers on the plum tree from downstairs as well as the ornamental pear trees on the roadside. its very pretty.

third and fourth shelves install

assembled and built a 3rd and 4th set of shelves and put terracotta 17cm pottery planters on them. balcony now has 7 X 30cm pots, and 4 shelving units with 48 X 17cm terracotta pots.

Have another 2 sets of shelving to assemble going to put them on the second balcony. though it does get very hot out there during summer as it is a small balcony. maybe putting some shadecloth over it will be a good idea. something to think about i guess.

Update on the balcony garden

Balcony garden going ok, middle of winter here so not much is growing other than the broad beans.

Chilli plants not looking like they will survive the next two months of winter cold. leaves are starting to dry out and fall off as well as black appearing where the sap should be. for now there is a ground covering of local weed varieties, mostly saladable. I am leaving them there to see if they maybe help the chilli plants.

Coriander going well, nasturtiums recovering from the caterpillars, mint and oregano chugging along slowly. going to move them into an area that gets a little more sun.

Broad beans doing really well. One of the pots showing signs of being too well nutriented with the wrinkly/dancing leaves.