Our garden has loved the rain, well maybe not all the plants... The Pumpkins, Honey pod/Snow Peas all have a medium to bad case of Powdery Mildew...Is a sad day today as we need to pull the Honey Pod & some of the Snow Peas... are leaving ½ the Snow Peas as there looks to be 2 pickings worth of peas & another pickings worth of flowers coming on... Will be chopping up & digging in the old plants.. I was concerned about digging the infected plants into the soil so did a bit of a search on the Net & a few books.... I found out that it shouldnt be a concern for future crops in these areas... Thinking about some Lettuce & Kohlrabi & some climbing Beans on the small trellis.... There are also what I think are some Egg Plant seedlings coming through so might just see what pops up over the next week or so... Should consult the Queen B? as well Me thinks...
The Chooks have really done a job under the mango tree.... I am thinking of fencing it off & planting some Chook greens.... Just need to work out what they will eat & wont now... We did grow NZ Spinach as we were told they loved it but refused to touch it... There is a "Grow your own Poultry & animal Forage" Kit available from Green Harvest. so might try that If we cant come up with anything else...
Most of the Zucchini will be cooked up with some Mushrooms, onion, & tomatoes to make our all purpose chunky sauce.... The last of this crop of Cabbage will make some coleslaw for tomorrow nights dinner along with the Honey Pod Peas...
Left : This Fungus was attached to the roots of some Snow Peas so shall be looking into what they may be a bit later...Right : These little fellers are popping up everywhere along with 2 other types... I dont mind them but shall just see if they are going to pose a problem in the future...
If you have a suggestion for what food to plant the Chooks or know anything about the Fungus, please feel free to lets us know.... Cheers !!!
Have a great one all....
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