Our family just came back from a week of getaway - to Mt Buller for the snow and to Sydney + Nelson's Bay. With a hobby such as gardening, I had to do all that I could to keep it going fine before I went away. I was happy that not one plant died on me when I came back. The pak choys and gai choy/mustard green in this patch are growing well.
My propagated strawberry plants have done well too. Before I left, I placed pot dishes under the pots and water them well. Whatever excess water was collected in the dishes and the plants get their water throughout the week from absorbing the water in the dishes.
This is galangal ginger which I bought last autumn from the Melbourne Flower Show. I have removed their plastic protection so they would not get frosts. They dont look too good now but I am quite confident they will take off soon.
I germinated some rocket seeds which were given by Bunnings when I went shopping.
My lemongrass with its plastic protection removed. Surely looks better than without protection.
Found a herb growing in Figgy's pot. I thought it was a coriander but it turned out to be parsley.
I realised I am not the only gardener who uses styrofoam boxes for gardening. I used this box to place the 'Kao Kee' vegetables which I am trying to propagate. After using the leaves for soup, I made a mix of propagating sand & compost, trimmed their stems, stuck them into the mix and watered them. I covered the box with plastic and stood the box in the shade while we were away.
Here's how the stems look like. Hopefully, they will root and give me Kao Kee vegetable for soup. I have no idea what the English name for this veg is. I only know the dialect name for it. It is yummy when cooked with pork liver and wolfberries.
Just found out that one of the two original green globe artichoke plants is having a flower!!!
Four of my 12 sweet corn seeds have germinated. That was very long time but I guess we didnt have much warmth to germinate the seeds with the cranky unpredictable spring weather.
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