I’ve had some ups and downs this season. The peaches are fine at least:
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Gimmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! please?
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Fine to make jam ja.
Personally prefer nectarines, but those look equally impressive, well done man!
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lol, so about the “downs” this season: my nectarines. One of the branches broke off after all that rain. It looks like much of the fruit is infected, despite me spraying them. I’m hoping I still get something though!
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@LazyDemoni how’s the fruit produce… producing? 
Just wanted to get some others’ opinions regarding this, just curious based on SA climate and more specifically Cape Town’s.
What are your thoughts on when and how frequently you should be watering the lawn?
There seems to be a lot of contention I’m exploring on the www regarding watering in the morning vs the evening, along with the frequency.
I have been watering it in the late afternoon or evening in the hopes that the water has a chance to soak into the ground before evaporation and trying to maintain a twice-a-week schedule but my grass is still brown and crunchy. Granted I need to get some treatment as I think there may also be ants eating at the roots, but also want to get some bonemeal and or sulphur mix but I need to penetrate the ground which I can’t find anyone with a garden fork or a spiked-roller.
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We water about 2 - 3 times a week, as soon as the sun goes down.
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I’m being snarky for the sake of being silly, but it really is an investment. I can’t even remember the number of weird things I’ve poked out of trees and pulled out from under pots or prodded in bushes and then ran away with my old fork. That said, I’ve got a big shaded bald patch that I need to do the same with, and I’ve only been lazy with it so far.
EDIT: I forgot to add, I think the frequency of watering plays a fair role in what your garden looks like, but remember to take the actual ground into account. My property has a low point where a natural well formed. As such, the bottom half of the yard always has moist ground. This is because there’s a big old rock slab only about 7 meters down. The whole area is built on this slab, so a lot of the neighbours’ watering their lawn ends up in my well. Less watering required for me!
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Thanks, appreciate the feedback.
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Just dont skimp and buy a cheap fork… Nima got one, used it once and broke a tine off on a rock.
I bought my mum a aerator and it worked like a, charm.
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@Czc mentioned all the rain we’ve been having up Joziburg way lately. It’s a right pain in the ass if you’ve got leaking roof issues. It’s also accelerated the reopening of every poorly patched pothole on the city streets. But, on the plus side, it is doing wonders for the garden and the lawn…
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It’s been a while. This is from last Summer:
I’ve already planted some beans and got some more tomatoes and chilies for this summer started.
Just waiting for the rain!
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Nice! Do you get frost where you are? Beans (and peas) are an excellent thing to plant during winter. They put nitrogen back into the soil, and when you’re ready to plant your tomatoes and chilies, just till the beans/peas into the soil, including the roots, and your chilies will thank you.
I’ve also got my chilies in trays under lights (not bothering with a timer, letting load shedding take care of that)
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I’m in JHB and the frost does reset my garden every winter (snow this year too!).
We do grow peas in winter and I will be using that same spot for tomatoes. I also tried some radishes and cabbages, along with spinach which grows all year.
The cabbages did not fruit in time and I think the heat will kill them soon. Peas always do well. I’ve tried broadbeans in Winter but never had much luck with them. Greenbeans are so easy though.
I tried this purple variety for the first time last year and loved it!
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Nice, I haven’t tried greenbeans yet. I have been doing broadbeans, but I didn’t get any last year, but it was more for the soil buff anyways. We’ll see how they do this year. Got a few pea pods going, might only be enough to save seeds for next year though.
Got whiteflies on the chilli plants. Tried dishwashing liquid sprayed on the leaves, didn’t help. Eventually chopped off all branches with leaves. The things are already growing back with new leaves since last week. So far no sign of whiteflies.
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Make sure you get the underside of the leaves when spraying. Mix in coldpressed neem oil if you can get your hands on it. But sounds like you got 'em anyways. Good time of year for it tbh,
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Since its Spring day, here are the chili plants. Surprised that even the ones that were cut right down are growing back tbh.
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That’s excellent! Due to the weather here, my overwintered chillies don’t usually start throwing leaves until November when the soil heats up enough.
I had some bird’s eye and Bishop’s Crown peppers from Summer. They’re still surviving but I might replant new ones.
Over Winter, I grew pak choi and daikon radishes
The daikons are quite a good and versatile crop. I’ve had them raw, stir fried, roasted and pickled. Hardy and easy to grow!
For this Summer, I’ve started a bit late but I’ll have the usual mix of tomatoes, chillies, beans and squash.
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