Cucumbers

I’ve been adding to my garden pots lately but trying to grow continental cucumbers from pots just wasn’t likely to work. These are my only seedlings to go into the ground so far. I planted three seedlings and included soil improver and organic fertiliser along with some stuff to help hold water (Wettasoil or something) in the soil. Just behind the cucumbers, I stuck some of the overgrown cherry tomato plants that had been all crowded into one pot. The plants were looking a bit yellow, possibly due to lack of soil and other nutrients. I’m hoping to grow these up some old trellis pieces we’ve got around the place. Just have to remember to water out in the back regularly.

Other new plants: I bought two tomato seedlings to go into two very large pots I got from Kmart the other day. I also bought two chilli plants. One is jalapeno and I can’t recall the name of the other one. It’s supposed to be good in Asian and Mexican food though. I didn’t have enough potting soil to plant the last chilli seedling so will have to get that sorted out tomorrow. The jalapeno didn’t look quite as healthy as the other one so I planted that first. After all was planted, I did some watering and due to sprinkler issues got quite wet. The sprayer nozzle is broken or I would have used instead.

The strawberries are doing pretty well. Snails have become less problematic since I put the pots up on brick pavers. The fruit is now tasting really nice so I’m kind of wishing we had more planted to keep up the supply. The thyme is doing well as are most of the cherry tomato plants. I’d like to add basil and mint to the garden but need to figure out locations. It would be nice to make a proper herb garden some time.