Mikhailah's Blog

We're finally getting some more overcast weather here. It's been so dry everywhere, the grass is brown all over the island and looking very sick. I'm hoping for some rainy weather now. PLEASE!

I pulled up a couple more cuke plants, I have two left now with a few cukes on them.

I have an eggplant about the size of a baseball, nice and shiny and purple.

My Scarlett Emperor runner beans are still flowering profusely but I have yet to harvest one single bean!

The corn has taken off quickly as usual. I'm going to try my hardest to harvest these on time this time! I always seem to pick them too soon or too late!

Harvesting lots of sweet and hot peppers, I still have loads of hot on the bushes. I used some to make some pepper spray on sunday, and sprayed it around my romaine lettuce seedlings, a cat had been messing around in there and around my peas. I think it's not coming back!

None of my onions or leeks have come up yet.

All of my tomatoes are up now, my solitary beefsteak is thriving, I still have time to feed the beds they'll go in and I still have time to buy the materials to make some cages. I'll try and do that this weekend.

My mums and asters are growing, slowly, but still healthy. My gladioli on the patio seem to be leaning a bit, I'm not sure whether to pack some more dirt in there.

None of my strawberry seeds have germinated yet. All I can do is wait and hope.

I thought I was going to lose my 'salad bowl' lettuce, but they didn't look too bad when I went out to water last evening.

My english lavender is almost dead. They obviously didn't like the move from pot to bed in the blistering sun. I'll have to find a nice pot and try again.

My dill and coriander haven't showed up yet either. I guess I'll have to wait a bit longer.

The Balsam on the patio is looking really good, they have more leaves now and are growing stronger and stronger.

My mysterious white beet that came with the reds is still growing just like a beet but white!

The bush beans are almost ready to flower now. Nothing is eating them either!

I saw a large frog or toad in my garden yesterday, I hope he stays, I love the idea of bug-eating visitors that don't want to leave. I have some small whistling frogs in the garden too, but they're less easy to spot. I would like my garden to be as reptile-friendly as possible. Lizards, frogs, toads and salamander are very welcome. Now if only they ate monkeys!