Well, my seedlings were doing well until I went away for a weekend and came back to find the bugs had eaten them while I was away. Fortunately on my return I had my mother-in-law with me who is a keen gardener. We bought some seedlings to replace the ones I had lost. Following her advice of not taking on more than I could handle, we planted capsicum, basil, strawberries, eggplant, zucchini, marigolds and spinach. The broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, watermelon and onions will have to wait until I see how successful I am with this lot. My sweetcorn, pumpkin, sunflowers, tomatoes, rockmelon and lettuce are all doing really well. We used some sugar cane mulch around the plants and they seem to be loving it. There are also some leafy twigs placed next to the seedlings to give them a bit of shade.
In the last few days the strawberries are starting to set fruit and the corn has its little seed pods emerging. My mother-in-law advised me to gently water the corn from the top when the seed pods come out to help it pollinate and for the corn cobs to grow. I can't wait to eat fresh corn from my garden.
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