With daily watering, weekly dose of a seaweed based liquid fertiliser and vigilant supervision / 'decapitation' of caterpillars & other undesirables, our Kitchen Garden has rewarded us with fresh and juicy produce such as these:
Presenting from left to right: Lebanese Eggplants, Cherry Tomatoes and Snowpeas. They are incredibly crunchy and sweet. Again, fresh is certainly the best and they don't require much space to grow especially, the cherry tomatoes and snowpeas!
In the last week, I have witnessed the prolific growth on all our plants and this is due to the rising temperature. It is afterall, summer here in Australia. It has certainly given me extra incentive to harvest from my garden every evening.
Check out the photo on the right! It's filled to the brim with vine ripened cherry tomatoes and an assortment of salad vegetables!
Three Lessons We Have Learnt:
Water the Kitchen Garden either in the early morning or late evening to reduce evaporation and you must do it daily, especially in summer.
It is essential that your garden or pots are mulched to reduce evaporation as water is such an important commodity.
Harvest from your Kitchen Garden regularly if not daily to promote more growth.
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