It's been a really long time since my last garden update and a lot has happened since my last post.
For starters the grow house is gone.
It was a great idea except every time we has strong winds come through the arch would collapse and would need to be fixed. I don't know if we had the windiest year last year or if the construction was really bad, but either way the grow house didn't work for us and it had to go. Which was such a shame because we really need something like it.
One of the things I hate and love about living in the Blue Mountains are the birds. They're great and they're a major pain in the arse at the same time.
I've realised if we weren't trying to grow our own food the birds wouldn't be that bad, but we are and I'm learning all about their dark side. The scavenger, destroyer of veggie gardens side.
That's pretty much what prompted today's harvest.
We've been nurturing these citrus trees for months now and have been waiting for the right time to pick the fruits.
This morning when I was out hanging the washing I noticed orange skins on the lawn and saw we were missing a couple of oranges. Instantly I knew them bloody cockatoos got to them and that if I didn't harvest now I wouldn't get to try them again this year.
Interestingly enough they seem to leave plants alone once it goes wild.
Exhibit A. The Parsley 👇
There was a time I was concerned about it's survival. Every day I went outside it seemed like it had gotten a trim to the point where there were no leaves left. Now look at it?!!
It was great for a while, but there's only so much tabbouleh a girl can have. Even though it is a source of Vitamin C.
While I was sussing out the plants I figured I may as well see what else was due for picking.
I did a mad panic planting of seeds around the time Aussies were panic hoarding TP of plants that were suppose to be quick growing.
I can vouch for the radish and lettuce since they're both ready to eat now. The beans grew very quickly but I've yet to harvest any beans. The carrots look like they're almost ready but it's a definite FAIL for the kale and beetroot ~ these didnt grow at all.
I also planted seeds in the raised beds but they didn't survive. I think I need to work the soil and figure out a watering system.... and a netting system...
With the baby, me working on weekends and house chores we really haven't had time for the garden and it looks it. I'm hoping to remedy that in a couple of weeks though.
Here are the fruits of our labour.
Not the biggest harvest ☝️ but it's better than nothing and at least we get to try the oranges this year!
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