It was time to say goodbye to our Summer crops. Although the tomatoes, beans and capsicum were still producing a little fruit, we wanted to give the soil a few weeks to relax before we launched our next attack of seeds and seedlings.

So out came everything (aside from the our capsicum) and into the compost it went. We dug the bean plants back into the patch, added a couple of bags of compost, watered in some worm wee and sprinkled over a handful of organic compost.

We’re going to let that soil have a break for now.

So the final tally was:

Corn
Disaster. We finally had to accept the fact that they weren’t growing well, and pulled them all out. Not a single corn cob to be seen.

Beans
A handful every few days meant we were relatively happy with these plants, especially considering they had been overshadowed a good deal by the much larger zucchinis and pumpkins. As they got bigger, they did become stringy, if we plant them again next year we will be harvesting them younger.

Capsicum
A late bloomer, but worth planting. Once we had culled all the nutrient hungry pumpkins and zucchinis, this little plant was finally able to thrive. Every few days there’s a new capsicum starting to grow. We’re hoping to keep the plant through Winter, depending on how much room we need for other crops.

Tomatoes (Black Russians)
When they finally began to produce, they were absolutely stunning. Gorgeous flavour, large fruit and heaps of them. Would we plant them again though? Unsure – it was difficult to see all the early-flowering smaller tomatoes and not feel very jealous!