June 27: Hydro update - we have produce!

Hydro success continues!  The hydro shed is smelling glorious.  The smell of the tomato plants transports me straight  to a summer garden.
Until now we had grown some really nice tomato bushes, alas they are not very edible.  Finally I spotted little tomato fruits on them.
The cucumbers are also finally producing, after we started putting in a much more intensive effort with the paint brush pollinating.
This week the chillies also finally fruited, and the celery is getting taller, and maybe almost ready for picking, as we don't think it will ever turn out like market bought celery.
Ready for harvest as we need it is rocket (which appeared at Midwinters Feast), pak choy is close, and basil which is always a nice addition to the kitchen.
Last week we seeded silverbeet, lots of new lettuce types, and eggplant.
Not bad considering that our hydro supplies didn't arrive so we are pretty much just improvising!
Big shout out to my hydro partner Louise!



Celery crop. Photo: Jacque Comery

The greenery of the hydroponics shed. Photo: Jacque Comery

Chillis. Photo: Jacque Comery

Chilli bloom. Photo: Jacque Comery

Tomatoes! Photo: Jacque Comery

Curly cucumber. Photo: Jacque Comery

Burgeoning cucumber. Photo: Jacque Comery



Cucumber ready for harvest. Photo: Jacque Comery

June 6: Little Miss in the way...

Elephant seal blocking the path between Hydroponics and the Mess. Photo: Jacque Comery



Young female elephant seal. Photo: Jacque Comery

Is there a problem here? Photo: Jacque Comery

You can only forgive a face like that! Photo: Jacque Comery

May 25: Vegies are coming along well

Hydroponics has been growing like crazy this past month.  We have flowers and fruit on our cucumbers, and a few flower buds on the chillies too now.  The basil is almost fully grown and it is just being harvested as needed by plucking the leaves from the plants.  The lettuces and kale are also close but we will give  them another week or so.  Our experiment with the rocket  so we are seeding up more of that.  On the hilarious side, the celery that we planted grew into radishes!  just
We are pretty chuffed about the results so far, as our hydroponics supplies didn't make it in on the resupply voyage, so we are being as inventive as we can  in how we use the remaining media and chemicals.  Actually...maybe that explains the radishes!


Daily pH and nutrient checks. Photo: Jacque Comery

The first cucumber. Photo: Jacque Comery

Cucumbers getting taller. Photo: Jacque Comery

Tomatoes and basil. Photo: Jacque Comery



Tomatoes and basil. Photo: Jacque Comery

May 3: The veggie garden

The veggie garden is coming along nicely.

Tending the basil. Photo: Jacque Comery

Cucumber! Photo: Jacque Comery