We've had some quite heavy frosts the last few mornings. I was a little worried that our new seedlings would not be too happy about that. How disappointing to have them curl up their toes only days after being planted!

It appears that we've been spared though. The vegie garden is in a reasonably sheltered corner that the frost hasn't quite crept into. Phew!

The upside of frosty mornings are the beautiful, clear sunny days we've been having. Our little vegies are hopefully soaking up all this sun, making lots of energy to produce bumper crops.

Today our real vegie garden was born (as opposed to the container garden we've had for a couple of months).

We have opted for no-dig gardening. Initially we have one plot 2.4m x 1.2m.


I've ordered some seeds from the Diggers Club Seed Annual. To begin with we've decided to stick with seeds that we can sew directly. On order are:

• 3 colour bean mix (includes Blue Lake, Rattle Snake & Purple King) - $3.80, 20 seeds
• Chioggia beetroot - $2.75, 29-150 seeds
• Heirloom mix carrots - $3.45, 500-1500 seeds
• Sweet & Striped cucumber - $2.75, 30-60 seeds
• Mesclun Mix lettuce - $2.75, 150-400 seeds
• Creamgold onions - $2.75, 480 seeds
• Australian Butter pumpkin - $3.45, ? seeds
• Zucchini Tromboncino - $2.75, ? seeds

Today I planted seedlings:

• Broccoli - ?/? seedlings, $3.65 punnet
• Beetroot - ?/? seedlings, $2.96 punnet
• Rabini - ?/? seedlings, $2.96 punnet
• Tommy Toe tomatoes - 3/? seedlings, $2.96 punnet
• Grosse Lisse tomatoes - 3/? seedlings, $2.96 punnet