The vegies have all been enjoying the Melbourne weather this week. There are lots of tomato flowers and a few small fruit starting to form. I also have flowers on the capsicum and chili. Zucchinis are in plentiful supply, the button squash has put on a growth spurt, and the pumpkins are starting to spread out as well. The cucumber plants are still struggling along, I lost all the earliest plantings to snails, and the ones I have managed to keep alive are not growing paticularly strongly.

For some reason the beans are not enjoying the raised planter beds. The climbing beans I put in the ground at the same time are much more advanced, and the dwarf beans in the raised beds just aren’t growing strongly at all. The brassicas and tomatoes in the raised beds are all doing well, it seems to just be the beans that are having issues.

The citrus trees I planted are putting on some new growth - I bought some very ratty small cuttings and was not sure how well they would go, but they seem to be thriving. I was originally going to buy more advanced plants but could not find the right varieties, so decided to take a risk on these rather than wait until next year to plant. It also means I spent less on the four varieties I planted than I would have on one slightly more advanced tree.