Starting with seeds...

Seedlings planted into coconut coir pots around the 15th May. Sugar snap peas, kale, beetroot, spinach, fennel, carrots, lettuce and rosemary. Ready for the big move to Wollongong. Sprouted and growing slowly but they don't really start to get their grow on until I get a hold of my sisters mini hot house. A clear plastic "tent" covering four shelves... and it gets hot in there. The sugarsnap peas are going for gold and ready to be planted out so I really need to get to work on the garden beds.

So far these seedlings have been given the seasol treatment every two weeks and they were sown into what I was informed was good quality seed raising mix. One compost bin is full, a black plastic regular 60L bin from bunnings (eek!) with holes drilled all around it and on the bottom. It smells a lot like a mulchy forest floor so I am taking that as a good sign... lets see how long it takes to compost down. The padres radishes are ready to go - they love the wollongong sun, the poor radishes I sewed in my sunless Sydney pad before I left haven't even started to form their bulbs (some 3 months later!). Asparagus seeds have arrived and I am not sure I am happy with the 2 years it will take for them to become productive but as they say... You should have planted your asparagus yesterday.