Weekly status of tyre garden - update 38

Nothing... down and out with shingles.

Weekly status of tyre garden - update 37

Not much going on.

Replacement Contender bush beans seem unfazed by autumn weather and lack of sun. Starting to flower. The older ones are also flowering again.

Weekly status of tyre garden - update 36

Nothing to report.

Weekly status of tyre garden - update 35

It's been cold and wet. Not much on the go.

Contender bush beans,

Turnips.

Transplanted globe artichoke crown.

Asparagus beds under swamp cypress mulch.

Sweet potatoes.

The morning crop of pecans - they haven't really started dropping out of their husks yet. There are plenty higher up in the tree.

The accumulated haul of pecans.

Weekly status of tyre garden - update 34

Surprising that things are still growing - yesterday was a minimum of 6degC and a maximum of 12degC. Hot water bottles at night! The tyre garden only gets morning sunshine and late afternoon.There has been some rain, but not lots.

The new Contender bush beans not looking too happy. Wilting but well watered?

Large tyres with rhubarb and transplanted globe artichoke crowns. This should give them room to spread a bit. The large tyre on the left will get some Jerusalem artichoke tubers, and the one on the right has some horse radish root purchased from Pick n Pay a few weeks back.

Jerusalem artichokes - these aren't that big, presumably because of rough soil. Will try to spread these round the garden a bit.

More Jerusalem artichokes. These should be bigger, even though they've been crowded.

An escaped autumn raspberry. Seems it's not too hassled about acid soil, but clearly likes being irrigated.

Turnip seedlings with lettuce seedlings in the interstices.

Cauliflower seedling.

Swamp cypress showing it's autumn.

Asparagus patch covered with swamp cypress leaves,

Foiled!

Sweet potatoes. I'll check these for size at the end of May.

A brinjal. Lots of flowers on the plants.

Some Moore pecans - another sign of autumn.

Weekly status of tyre garden - update 33

Moderate sort of day - clear and fine - not hot.

Weekly status of tyre garden - update 32

Overcast, a bit of rain expected. Evening temperatures have been a bit higher than last week.

Foolishly emptied the rain water tanks a week back to get rid of mosquito larvae. No rain since, but a rare (for us) municipal water outage. Need to seal the tanks properly.

Asparagus, needing weed control...

Sweet potatoes, looking luxuriant but wonder if this will be the usual problem of no underground growth?

Three of the twelve new interstitial lettuces.

One of twelve new cauliflowers.

Four of twelve new turnips.

Jerusalem artichokes.

More Jerusalem artichokes.

Marjoram, after severe pruning a few months back.

Qhite guava... the early ripening fruit gets stung and goes vrot/

New Contender bush beans broken the surface.

Signs of autumn - the swamp cypress turning orange...

Weekly status of tyre garden - update 31

Autumn is here... night time temperatures around 10degC.

Lots of unplanted tyres after getting rid of dead stuff.

Contender bush beans in production.

Newly planted Contenders.

Pick&Pay garlic coming up for the second time. The cloves aren't that big.

Globe artichokes being optimistic about the coming weather.

White guavas slowly getting bigger. Can't remember when they ripen.

Last of the autumn raspberries.

Sweet potatoes looking healthy.

Patty pan. Theere was one, but insect bites on it.

Small red cabbages.

Brinjals flowering.

Asparagus beds - wonndering how to top them up with compost/mulch that won't introduce weeds. My compost is quite suspect in this regard...

Original lima bean - second lease on life. Badly attacked by insects, but now flowering and producing pods.

Second generation of ima beans, planted from seeds of the above.

Gardening assistant, "helping" look for pecan nuts.

Husks are just starting to open.

The two types - small and large.