Mid February update

Weird white growth on aloe. Aloe does not like full sun or too much water.

Main veggie patch is looking sparce 

Some plants are taking over in the containers though.

Strawberry spinach is blushing 

A lot of the others died. 

Lettuce is doing ok and strawberry is setting out runners. Everything is bolted. 

Time to plant new seeds. Got a handful of strawberries this year.

Bee is buzzing about the oregano as I type this.

Things are recovering ok after a few hot days. Today is nice and cool.

Malabar has gone crazy!

Tomato recovering from wilt. Cucamelons are so slow this year!!!

A lot of tomatoes are turning yellow and dropping leaves, bottom up.

Blueberry too. I think it's iron deficiency. 

You can see my beloved winter savoury died as I repotted  it.

Only surviving pepino melon so far.

Beautiful indigo rose thriving.

You might glimpse some cape gooseberry lanterns forming. Dead strawberries spinach and nearly dead chamomile.

Stevia is always thirsty in this pot, it is not hardy for desert themed pots, so I must move it. The olive plant went to seed and half died. 

Bike shed pots, doing just ok. 

Grape has a black mould, ad might peek the oca and nasturtium. 

Mangle wurtzel and volunteer broad beans. Catch a glimpse of the pepino and yacon. Bean climbers throughout did not do well at all. 

Newspaper Biodegradable Pots - Free and easy!

First get some newspaper and fold in half, rolling along a jar and folding the bottom so it forms a pot. Repeat. Many times.

Then put in a tub, fill with soil and place seeds in. Water with compost tea until you have about 1cm of water remaining at the bottom to ensure seeds wont dry out. You may need to water regularly until the roots reach the water.

Once seedlings are big enough, plant pot and all! you can unfold or rip the bottom and top, as leaving newspaper above the surface can wick out water- drying the plant out. If you want you CAN remove and compost the paper but this is great for plants that hate translating from root shock so that's kind of the purpose to leave it there! So easy and quick and free!