It was pouring with rain when I set off for the allotment this morning on a seed planting exercise, but I set off undaunted nevertheless. I would much rather garden in the rain than with the hot Queensland sun beating down. I had already dug in plenty of compost in preparation, but raked in some blood and bone this morning for an extra boost. I planted Moulin Rouge beetroot, Asian greens, Cavolo Nero Tuscan kale, coriander, Rabbit Ear and Red Romaine lettuce. Thanks to my seed saving friend Wendy for the lettuce and kale seeds.
I noticed my self-seeded tomato plant is doing really well and needed some more staking. It has about six stakes now. Looks like it might take over. There are already tiny tomatoes so hopefully it won’t be too long before I find out just what sort of tomato it is going to produce for my plate.
If you live in South-East Queensland and you like beans, do yourself a favour and plant snake beans. I have been harvesting snake beans for weeks now (as witnessed in previous posts) and today was no exception, I came home with a great bunch of them. I’ll take some to my daughter-in-law this afternoon.
Allotment Adventures with Jean 