Winter strawberries

The 2 small strawberries pot I bought from the local supermarket in September 2014 grew so well and so wild I have turned 2 pots into 5 pots now. It's winter in Canberra at the moment, they are still doing well in full sun position. I am expecting a good harvest this coming summer.

How to grow spring onions and get quick success

I feel the easiest to get a pot of spring onions going fast is to plant the roots from a bunch of supermarket's spring onions. I tried growing from seeds before, it just took too long.

This time round I cut off the root parts from supermarket's spring onions bunch, washed them and buried them in a round pot. Make sure to the root part is pointing downwards. With sufficient watering and full sun position, I am able to see good results in 3 weeks.

Brown aphids on spring onions

Spring onions do not normally attract aphids. Its natural odour rebels insects. Strangely this type of aphids does not fear the odour. The pot was disgustingly covered with the little buggers. I had no choice but resorted to using insects spray on my organic spring onions pot.

Summer 2015 Chilli Crop - Minimum watering survival

This blog has been left unattended for a long time. I am catching up, uploading some old photos. I went away for holidays in January 2015, leaving the chilli pots unwatered for 2 weeks. Surprisingly when I returned home they were still alive and fruiting well. Chilli really doesn't need a lot of water.

Aphids and Spider

Spotted a spider crawling about in my balcony garden. I think it's hungry for some aphids snack.