Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Watering the Vegetable Garden...


 Alan's bountiful vegetable garden includes:
  • Snow peas
  • Carrots
  • Fennel
  • Cape gooseberries
  • Buttercup pumpkins
  • Squash
  • Courgettes
  • Moon and Stars melon
  • Potatoes
  • Assorted climbing beans
  • Broccoli
  • Kohlrabi
  • Chinese cabbage
  • Tomatoes (3 varieties)
  • Capsicum
  • Eggplants
  • Perpetual spinach
  • Rhubarb
  • Rocket
  • Lettuce (assorted varieties)
  • Cucumbers
  • Asparagus
  • Sage
  • Oregano
  • Lemon balm
  • Summer savoury
  • Parsley
  • Coriander
  • Basil
  • Onions (bulb, spring, shallot)
  • Garlic chives
  • Chives
  • Mint
  • Vietnamese mint
  • Thyme
  • Rosemary
  • Lavender
  • Chillies
  • Figs
  • Lemons
  • Blueberries
  • Feijoas
  • Strawberry guava
  • Ground cherries
  • Nasturtium
  • Bay

9 comments:

  1. Looks good, I like a nice rhubarb crumble.

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  2. Some nice tomatoes there. Yum ... fried green tomatoes with a cornmeal coating.

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  3. That garden is a real credit to Alan. A real little goldmine.

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  4. @Paul: Me, too!

    @Rosemary: Fried green tomatoes with a cornmeal coating... you must be the US. :)

    @Susan: Gardening and cooking to Alan is relaxation.

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  5. That is some garden. When I retire I hope to get a few veges going. It is such fun eating your own produce.

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  6. Ssshh... don't let Alan hear that R-word. He'd love to retire. :)

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  7. wow that's very green, you do lots of herbs! I am more of an "American staple" grower though I do try to use heirloom or more exotic varieties. Keep it up!

    Scott

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  8. It looks like a beaut vegetable garden. I like your watering system.

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