Early Spring Vegetable Garden Round Up

These are my Jersey Benne Potatoes which I hope will be on the table at Christmas Birds Ferry Lodge-Luxury B&B accommodation West Coast New Zealand

Today I planted out the pepers and chillies as well as the last of the tomato plants. The bottles serve two purposes - the upturned ones are for getting water & liquid worms wees right to the roots of the plants with minimum evaporation. The others are filled with water which heat up duirng the day & act like a storage heater at night for the tender plants.

Courgettes - these were badly frost damaged a month ago but fingers crossed they will pull through — at Birds Ferry Lodge-Luxury B&B accommodation West Coast New Zealand.

gladiolis - cut flowers for the lodge bedrooms and table — at Birds Ferry Lodge-Luxury B&B accommodation West Coast New Zealand.

sweetcorn which was started with tlc on a heat pad in the kitchen weeks ago! — at Birds Ferry Lodge-Luxury B&B accommodation West Coast New Zealand.

physalia which we grow as a companion plant to attact beneficial insets. — at Birds Ferry Lodge-Luxury B&B accommodation West Coast New Zealand.

some of our tomato crop - the hooop allows me to water directly to the plant with minimum evaporation. Under cover are rocket adn lettuce - to stop the blackbird digging them up in his search for worms! — at Birds Ferry Lodge-Luxury B&B accommodation West Coast New Zealand.

Russian Kale - not sure what to do with this! Any ideas? — at Birds Ferry Lodge-Luxury B&B accommodation West Coast New Zealand.

Bulb fennel - we had some in a salad last night it was lovely — at Birds Ferry Lodge-Luxury B&B accommodation West Coast New Zealand.

Spring sown Broad beans will crop soon. THe Autumn sown ones are so wind battered I am embarassed to photograph them. — at Birds Ferry Lodge-Luxury B&B accommodation West Coast New Zealand.

We have had some artichokes already but now there are lots ripening. — at Birds Ferry Lodge-Luxury B&B accommodation West Coast New Zealand.

snow peas anyone! Our are very bountiful this year! — at Birds Ferry Lodge-Luxury B&B accommodation West Coast New Zealand.

green cauliflowers last of this years crop. I dont grow brassicas in Summer due to Cabbage White Butterfly.

We have had lots of Asparagus so far this year too - Yum! — at Birds Ferry Lodge-Luxury B&B accommodation West Coast New Zealand.

tomatoes plants. In the foreground is a row of just emerged french beans. I sowed 4 varieties 2 weeks ago and this is the first to germinate. — at Birds Ferry Lodge-Luxury B&B accommodation West Coast New Zealand.