Gardening disaster!

So I have a nighttime visiting furry friend of the rodent variety. They came in over a period of 3 days and ate all the growing gooseberries, ate or nibbled most of the herb sprouts and squashed the tomatillo stems by trying to climb all over them, also pooped all over the floor…

Not sure what to do here, at least until the rodent is gone I wont be able to grow fruiting foods and even then now they know there is food here they will probably make it part of a visiting routine.

There are some rat traps that have been put up by housing downstairs but the rodents have either eaten all the bait out of them or have become wise to them… For now I may have to rethink the garden, Maybe grow medicinal plants or plants that rodents are not likely to eat or want…

More garden updates!

Gooseberrys coming in, Tomatillos starting to show promise.

Sadly the bottle gourds leaves got eaten and now the bottle gourd vine is dying. African horned melon still holding on there but also getting eaten by I assume slugs…

Gardening yupdate

Tomato plant took transplanting really well and is growing. really surprised by this as tried growing tomatos before and had no luck.

Kalabash and bottle gourds look to be going well. also possibility of the lantern fruits growing. I think I also have a horned melon plant growing too!

Herbs are going well, coriander especially.

Had a strange seedling sprout and gave away on facebook.

Also had some wild millet sprout heres hoping!

Cactus seems to be doing well also!

Broadbean harvest

Harvested the broadbeans all up I reckon around 750gm of dry broadbeans or around 100+ beans.

Macerated the remaining leafy and put back into pots and then covered with extra soil. then planted Lanternfruit from america with some louffa gourd seeds and bottle gourd seeds and horned melon seeds, also some eggplant seeds.

Herbs are going good, most have sprouted though the okra that has sprouted sprouted yellow, not sure why… replanted the pots that did not sprout. oregano growing the best followed by coriander but the coriander not leafing out rather bolting to flower and seed, same with the nasturtiums.

Vine going really well.

Cactuses have settled well into their new pots no complaints as yet, aloe growing well though edges of the leaves are drying and browning in the sun.

beans will take approx 30 days on rack to dry heres hoping no mold develops. also pic of fishtank with spiny eels, java fern, and catfishes and milky quartz rock substrate.

So yeah good summer so far really enjoying it!

Springs here and seeds are a sprouting!

Lots of seeds starting to sprout, lanternfruit, and parsely so far I think, maybe chives. planted a heap of okra seeds as well as some horned melon seeds.

Broad beans coming along nicely, having to water a lot.

The vine seems to be taking off, still not sure what type of vine it is…

Gardening update

With the last frost of winter behind us I have planted some more seeds!

Mostly borage(Star flower), mexican lantern fruit(tomatillos), more chives and parsley

Broad beans doing real well though one of the pots has developed chocolate spot.

A little seed sowing

Sowed some Parsley, Chives, Rocket and Tomatillos.

Garden coming along nicely, lots of flowers on the broadbeans.

Oregano, and mint survived winter, coriander is doing well though thinning a little and starting to bolt.