Day SEVENTEEN

Obviously, I am now addicted to my vegetable and herb garden. From the first day I have increased the plants from 8 to 16 a 100% increase. When creating my own Thai Red Curry Paste & Thai Green Curry Paste from scratch I knew I had to plant some chilli plants which saw bantam orange, jalapeno, serrano & habanero becoming additions to the garden.

I replanted the trial potting mix bag method as which housed tomatoes and Lebanese cucumbers. Comparing them to the same seedlings they were ½ the size. I purchased a second self-watering planter box due to the depth and width of the vessel.

I increased the number of marigolds by 6 to plant alongside the new vessels so it can do its work warning off unwanted bugs and assist with attracting pollinators.

I have also closed the onion and carrot planters as they didn’t end up germinating. I have a suspicion it was possibly because the vessels were very close to the air conditioner unit.

Now that Perth Western Australia is seeing cooler weather the unit will not be on as much. I also think the shallow pots didn’t hold enough water because there are too many holes in the base and no water catching tray to keep the soil moist.

The carrots in the raised garden bed were planted a little too low. Lessons learned for sure. I must have un-alived the only caterpillar that was present and eating my basil because the remaining leaves haven’t been touched. I used garlic as a deterrent however where I touched the leaves, they turned yellow so I won't do that again.