Vegie Patch Update

This year I've tried a few different things in the vegie patch namely garlic and potatoes. Harvesting these recently produce mixed results. The garlic didn't resemble a head of garlic at all - it looked like a clove on steroids - not actually amounting to very much. However this afternoon after returning from the JMcSwash Xmas party (more on that later)  I decided it was time to dig up the potatoes.  Here is the result - I was very impressed with the large quantity of Royal Blue potatoes harvested. Definitely will try this again next year.

The rest of the vegie patch is coming along nicely. The zucchini's are flowering. The snow peas are growing along with the cherry tomatoes. Even the nextdoor neighbours rocket has taken off. And in the garden, the apricot and dwarf nectarine trees are on their way to producing their first crop and the feijoa tree is flowering beautifully.

 

 

Meanwhile the lemon tree has been under attack from Bronze Orange bugs who suck all the goodness out of the new growth. The poor tree had hundreds of these like creatures who in infancy are green, then slowly change to orange during childhood, brown in adolescence and finally black in adulthood! Not only do they smell but are quite dangerous as they can squirt a caustic like fluid. After reading up on them, the best solution is to hand pick the bugs off the tree and pop them into some hot water. So on several occasions I have been kitted up to deal with these little guys and seems like I'm winning.