Autumn has well and truly hit, after the long hot summer we had I'm looking forward to cooler temperatures and a bit more rain. I have had a hectic few weeks, 5 short weeks actually which doesn't sound hectic but due to the nature of my job 5 short weeks make for a very stressful work week. I was also lucky enough to catch the flu and was in bed for most of the Easter long weekend - I did get a lot of reading done which was pretty great. Any-who, on to the harvests.
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With the cooler weather I finally have salad greens again! My garden is so open and has sun for over 10hrs in summer so I haven't been able to grow anything in the salad green category since November.
A lovely basket of rocket and Salad bowl lettuce that was taken to a friends house for dinner and shared with yummy Snapper pie.
Thinning's from my carrots and a lone beetroot that popped up.
My girls are happy with the daily bunches of silver beet they get, devouring them faster than I thought possible.
and in exchange for the leafy greens they provide me with beautiful eggs with the brightest orange yolks I have ever seen.
I cut out a few of my basil plants to make way for some more autumn plantings. This lot will go into some pesto for freezing.
And lastly I just wanted to show you a picture of my brassicas under my new Veggienet, above is 1 week ago.
And today - the growth and health of the plants is amazing. My cabbages outside the net are suffering from cabbage whitefly and in turn there larvae which I thought were aphids to begin with, not the cabbages under the net though they are healthy and pest free. One week, I can't believe the growth!
Tahnks again to Daphne of Daphnes Dandelions for hosting the Harvest Monday blog hop.