Viewing post #1281022 by Newyorkrita

vanozzi said:

Rita, my vegie patch is dismal this year, I'm embarrassed to say, but still plenty of time for the summer veggies to go in. I grew a green crop in that area this winter and only cut it down this week.I plan to empty one of the half rain water tank compost bins into that patch ,it's beautiful and rich with heaps of worms.There is a dead koala in there and the worms are also fed with all the spare apples from the orchard, plus what felt like 10 ton of weeds.There is a bloke who sells bags of chook poo for $4 beside the road on the honour system, so a few bags go in as well to heat it up and kill off most weed seed..
You know, my best tomato plant last autumn, was a seedling that popped up by itself.It was one of the truss varieties which spread out over two metres, rooting as it went.Never have I had so many tomatoes and the taste was out of this world.I saved some for seed so hope to never be without it.
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Well, as you say you can still put in more crops so maybe it will turn out to be a great veggie year.

Of course things are opposite here. I am slowly taking out my tomato plants. And my cucumbers and melon vines have already all been pulled out.