Chili peppers

Restarted from scratch, and mostly from seedlings. The previous plants were several years old and running out of enthusiasm, not to mention alternately scorched and flooded due to blockages in the trays.

Note the selection of Tillandsia hanging underneath.

Three trays planted with seeds - Jalapeno, Serrano and x.

Jacaranda blossoms

Crawling with bees, as usual!

F1 Ferrari Shallots

Should be planted by Michael Schumacher?

Seemingly these are a thing:

I have another two pots - need to find a diverse sort of place for them. More sun? Wetter? Drier?

Update 2017/02/20:

These all died off ages ago.

Update 2017/03/25:

No they didn't. All the tyres that contained shallots are showing signs of renewed life... and I nearly replanted.

Update 2017/04/30:

Doing well enough to transplant some into new tyres -- now got 2 with local type shallots, and 4 with the Cape Town version.

Tillandsia blowout part II

A new batch from Cape Town. (Part I from last year is here.) (My local - free - ones here)

Tillandsia lorantziana

Tillandsia cyanea

Tillandsia tenuifolia

Tillandsia seideliana

Tillandsia funkiana

Tillandsia albertiana

The group photo - ten in all.

Update 2017/01/09:

Roses, bulbs, and orchids

Update 2016/11/08:

Planted some Amaryllis, Sprekelia and Asian Lilies.

Update 2016/11/30:

Update 2017/01/09:

Tomatoes

On the left against the east facing wall are 6 bags each with 2 plants of Moneymaker. The7  empty bags will get Little Wonder if I can find seedlings on our trip to Cape Town next week.

On the right are youngberries.

Update 2017/01/11:

Jerusalem artichokes

Leftovers from the artichokes in a tyre last season. There's another row of them at the other end of
this bed.

Update 2016/11/29:

Update 017/01/10:

Update 2017/02/23:

Strawberries

The end result.

Last season I tried growing strawberries in vertical columns made out of pvc milk bottles, but this wasn't very successful. Not enough soil or space.

This season is more traditional - a few runners planted into tyres along the base of the grape trellis have been doing very well. We've collected a bowl full similar to the above every couple of days for a week or two. The competition is from the thrush.

There's enough space for another row of about 8 to 10 tyres here, but not enough compost.

Update 2016/11/03: