April is betwixt and between seasons. Summer stragglers are still producing, just. Some winter crops ready to harvest now, some yet to come on. There are even promises of the spring ahead. It is scarily warm for April. Last night’s low was 15 C and got up to 24 during the day. Summer temperatures!
Carrots should sit there all winter for pulling when we need themDitto leekssecond carrot patch growing wellBoysenberries need pruningAnnoying perennial chilli which flowers and fruits all winter but is too hot to eatBeetroot should sit there all winter ready for when we want themself seeded coriander just starting to sprout through the weedsBok choy and babies, hope they will grow now its supposed to be cold but isn’t actually Broccoli sprouting after main heads were cut already, hoping they go all winterCapsicums still fruiting and flowering. Have them covered in the hope they stay alive over winter and get off to a head start in springTomato stragglersHen pecked tatsoiPea sized brussels sproutsDwarf bean stragglers – amazing plants have been going since before christmasDisaster of a kumara crop. Didn’t get them in until end Dec after being away and catching covid, then I thought they died in the heat so planted brassicas there insteadParsnips doing wellPurple sprouting broc for spring growing among beetrootArtichokes for spring , still need to cut down last year’s stalksRainbow beet, cut cauliParsnips looking goodCelery usually sits all winter but this year started bolting late summer so planted more in the foregroundRunner beans all finished, sacrificial rainbow beet for the chickensZucchini plant rotting into the mulchOld corn plants and some that were planted too late actually are ripening (didnt taste very good)Nappa cabbage, bok choy and babies, hope they growLettuce patch – found two rotted from the wet weatherBroad bean bed, dont want to plant too early because mine never set if they start flowering too earlyCompost heaps composting for spring plantingsMizuna for winter saladsRocket and raddichio for winter saladsVarious brassicas to see us through the winterAsparagus starting to die off, sooo looking forward to first harvest come spring
food ripe from my garden 