Warmth + Rain = Much Growth

The cicadas are singing very loudly - more like a din than a song, the weather is warmer and the humidity is high after the rain during the week, summer is in the air and the soil.

The tomatoes have grown so much I had to tie them to the stakes again after only a week since the last tie-up. Kay’s Brandy-wine tomatoes have been planted even though they are rather small but they will get going fast in this weather.

The sweet corn is looking so good. I spread some BFA certified organic sugar cane mulch between the rows and pulled out a few weeds, it likes lots of organic material to feed on and it will soon be time to plant some cucumbers between the rows, the two grow well together.

Donald has found a treasure, several barrow loads of horse manure which has been hiding under black plastic for many years. The hay-burner poo is well composted and weed-free so he spread it on the fallow bed, I will spread some on the sweet corn as well. There was a grey snake hiding in the plastic – it was most upset when disturbed!

The tomato crop is growing beautifully, I am pinching out the lateral shoots and pulling out the few weeds that grow around them:

The zucchini have doubled in size in a week:

In the early morning on Mt.Tamborine the air is thick with perfume from honeysuckle. The jasmine is in full bloom. This is a great time of year:

Here’s a nice flowering ground-cover I got from Hely growing outside my bedroom window, I have taken some cuttings for pot plants. Its growth habit would be ideal for a hanging basket. It looks  a bit tatty as I have just removed the weeds. Some begonias at the back.

The carrots are winning the battle with the weeds, with some help from me. I will work this end over thoroughly when the carrots and beetroot have finished. This part was not covered by the black plastic and has several years of weed seeds ready to go.

Here are the beans, they look so healthy. I wonder which will be the first crop to be ready to eat, the beans look like they will start producing pods very soon:

Some honeysuckle and jasmine:

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