Category: Zucchini

  • I admit, the tomato stakes were pretty haphazard. Planted in a state of plant emergency when it was clear our one plant was spreading all over the ground rather than growing up, it’s become necessary to give it (and the patch) a spring clean. So with a bit of help from master Carpenter Craig, we…

  • During December it seems that our zucchinis are becoming masters of the patch, easily dwarfing our carrots, beans and even the pumpkin plants. Even though we culled some plants in November, there are still four plants going great guns. We’re starting to wonder if we shouldn’t have planted less…

  • First lesson learnt from the patch: think carefully about what (and how big) your plants will grow. This week we realised that our zucchinis are growing so well they have dwarfed the pumpkins, the beans and the capsicum. Unfortunately, this means that we had to cull some plants, all for the health of the patch.…