Tomato seedlings took off once planted out and are now setting fruit
Planting out is almost complete with some extra direct seeding of beans in many of the beds.
The weather was settled for most of this fortnight...that gave me a chance to further prep for the coming heat of summer.
Kent Pumpkins planted out in Bed 10
California Wonder Capsicums and Phacelia in Bed 14
Tuesday 5th
Planted out:
California Wonder Capsicums and Phacelia in Bed 14
Kent Pumpkins in Bed 10
Catalogna Chicory, Phacelia, Cosmos and Zinnia in Bed 7
Dark Opal Basil in Bed 3
Italian Mixed Fryer Capsicums in Bed 4
Mixed Cucumbers and Yellow Button Squash in Bed 16
Phacelia and Dark Opal Basil in Bed 19
Phacelia in Bed 15
Phacelia, Cosmos and Zinnia in Bed 6
Mixed Cucumbers and Yellow Button Squash plated out in Bed 16
Direct Sowed:
Kentucky Wonder Wax Climbing Beans in Bed 17 top up where earwigs have taken the seedlings
Purple King Climbing Beans in Bed 2
Yard Long Snake Beans in Bed 14 top up where earwigs have taken the seedlings
Thursday 7th
Planted out cuttings:
Cotton Lavender Santolina chamaecyparissus
Lucerne (Alfalfa) Medicago sativa
Perennial Sweet Pea Pink
Red Pelargonium
Sage
Scented Pelargonium (Nutmeg?)
Planted in the bed at the base of the Grapevines that grow on the back pergola
Friday 8th
Potted up Cuttings:
Grapevines Pink Lady Finger and Ruby Red
Lavender
Cape Mallow Anisodontea capensis
White Sage Salvia apiana
Saturday 9th
Planted out:
Clary Sage
Garden Sorrel
Lovage
Moldavian Dragonhead
Nasturtiums
Parsley
Sage
Scented Pelargoniums
Wallflowers
Around the edges of the beds
Cos Verdi Lettuce
Parsley
Mitsuba
In the shade tunnel
Earwig damage and control
Collection in buckets from hose traps (see here)
and oil/water mix in shallow tins trap them overnight
Tuesday 12th
Direct Sowed:
Beans Dwarf Phaseolus vulgaris Golden Wax
Into Beds 16, 18, 13, 9
Beans Dwarf Phaseolus vulgaris Provider
into Bed 19
Zucchini Curcurbita pepo Lebanese and Cocozelle
into Bed 17 where earwigs are decimating the seedlings
and also sown in pots (cut down 2 litre juice bottles) as backups
Cuttings Taken:
Thyme
Silver Bush Convolvulus cneorum (Info here)
Thursday 14th
Planted out:
Kent Pumpkins into Bed 9
Friday 15th
Sewed hems on more shade cloth to cover all the beds extreme heat on way next week
Okinawa Spinach Gynura crepioides