All In Bloom

I've been focusing so much on my veggie gardens lately that I forgot about the gorgeous flowers that have started blooming in my cutting garden and surrounds.

Walked outside today after it had rained all day yesterday only to find these gorgeous irises has opened, lavender in my chicken coop now in flower, a rose bud and single calla lily just shouting out 'cut me cut me'

My first David Austin  Rose for the season ' Chaucer' - one of my favorites!

Dutch Iris (miss 5 cut most of them before I got a chance to take a photo)

White Calla Lily - the plants given to my from my Grandmother

Lavender in the chicken coop in bloom and one of my hens, Sarah

Nothing compares to home grown veggies as opposed to store bought, there is such a huge difference. But the same goes for flowers. Home grown flowers last longer in a vase, have brighter colours and stronger stems. When I see something in bloom, I just have to cut it and bring inside to pop in a vase and enjoy whether it be a single stem or a small posy of blooms.

Next year I will work on adding more plants to my cut flower garden . When ever I cut some flowers to bring inside, miss 5 and miss 3 want them in their bedrooms and I miss out unless there is lots of blooms. But that is okay - that just shows that they like pretty flowers like their mother ;-)

It's been a little while

Well it's been a long long time since I have been here - 2 years to be exact! So much has happened in 2 years. Biggest thing of all, another addition to our family making me a mummy of 4! I have always found the first year with a baby quite overwhelming at times, but around their first birthday I tend to feel more on top of things.

So last week my baby turned one and Spring is here - so it's the best time to start fresh in the garden! I am super motivated to get my hands dirty and to provide my family with lots of fresh organic, home grown produce. Last summer, my veggie patch was not as productive as I would have liked, but I was too busy with a newborn baby. Then Autumn came around I was was itching to fill my beds, but still short on time - I managed to get a few things in. Garlic made it into the beds in May (a bit later than the recommended March date for Sydney) Oh well, if I get smaller garlic this this harvest then so be it. Small garlic is better than nothing I say! I also managed to put in a few cauliflower, kale and broccolini seedlings.

Check out my first cauli!

    

A crop of carrots also got planted about 2 months back and are ready for their second thinning. I really need to get another crop in so I get a continuous supply.

I also put in about 8 silverbeet seedlings thinking I would have WAY too much but it actually can't grow quick enough!

A few weeks back i put in some bare rooted fruit trees and created more gardens for more veggies and fruit but I'll talk more on that another day.

I germinated some tomato seedlings indoors in my heated propigator a few weeks ago, but when I put them outside in my mini green house, either to wind or the dog knocked them over - I was soo upset! So instead of putting in more seeds, I bought some seedlings of tomato, eggplant, capsicum and lettuce.

This weeks job is to put in more tomato seedlings, as well as Beetroot, and cucumber. Oh and carrot seeds.




What are you currently harvesting from winter?