January veggie garden update

It has been an absolute bonanza recently in the garden. So far I have picked around 4kg of beans, with the "Blue Lake" climbing beans yet to produce anything. The "French Dwarf" and "Purple King" have been astonishing with their yields to date. And what's more they are delicious. What has been disappointing have been the butter beans. They seem to grow well and flower, but yield no beans, then wither and die. I won't be growing these again. Photo's of the beds taken on January 2 are below.

Bed 1

Bed 2

Bed 3

Bed 4

Bed 5

I have also picked 8 zucchinis, a pile of rocket and lettuce, 6 beetroot, 15 or so carrots, 6 leeks and a miserable amount of potatoes. The tomatoes have heaps of fruit on them, as well as the capsicums and egg plants. The corn plants are over 6 feet tall, and all have at least three cobs on them. I must remember to keep the food up to them (heap compost around the base) as well as the water. The pumpkins have flowers on them (male and female), so these should not be to far away from fruiting. Hopefully be next month I'll have tomatoes, corn, egg plant and capsicums picked, with pumpkins fruiting and growing nicely.

And finally, the chooks have started to lay. We have had two eggs this week. It won't be long before we have more eggs than we know what to do with.

Tim with our first egg

Our new "Tree chook's"