The garden continued well in our absence over the September holidays. When we got back we decided to pull out the rapini, as we weren't using it. We've decided to replace them with cauliflower and perhaps a strawberry plant or two. I haven't ever had any success with strawberries in pots, so it will be interesting to see how they fare in the garden.

The broccoli are quite large now, but no sign of any heads. I'm wondering if we just need to be patient or if they simply haven't liked the conditions and that's the end of that. I saw our first cabbage moth today, so I'll need to research how we're going to keep on top of them.

Today I thinned the carrots a little and planted another 50cm or so of seeds. I also did another 50cm of mixed lettuce seedlings. We also planted some cucumber (2), beans (4), zucchini (2) and pumpkin (3)

The weather has warmed up and dried out considerably. We're starting to see most days in the high teens, even up to the high twenties while the nights are mostly warming up as well. We still get the odd below 10 degrees, but they are getting fewer and fewer.

The vegie garden is starting to dry up although underneath it is still damp. We'll need to start collecting water now as the night time rains that we've been relying on seem to have disappeared for the summer.