Garden Journal Weekly 8th June 2022

In the southern hemisphere, winter is well and truly upon us and we're already over a week into the first winter month. For south Australia it's the rainy season, so it's chilly, very wet and the land is turning green once more as life springs back from seed. I know I need to weed more, but the wood heater seems a much cosier option than dashing out between the heavy showers to pull them out of the mud. So I'll make the most of this excuse to enjoy some gardens vicariously from a warm spot, as I bring you some highlights of the week.

As I also procrastinate about what I should be growing in the garden, my attention is captured by @mattsanthonyit's post on mixed crops. I often see articles about three sisters planting, but it's good to see more variety on ideas for other plants to go together. I'm actually currently experimenting with mustard and garlic in my root knot problem area.

Those who know the joy of gardening will be sure to understand the draw of it even when you aren't in full health. This week saw @thebigsweed sneaking back into the garden after a knee operation, but you'll likely see this post again in @riverflows' Garden Journal Challenge wrap up later this week, so I won't say more about it here. However, someone else who thought she wouldn't be gardening at all this year has been starting sunflowers in pots after all. So much passion is going into getting these seeds going, with a special compost tea already on the brew. We just can't not grow something, even when we're struggling with our health. Perhaps our bodies instinctually know what will assist our recovery.

While @sreypov's family continue to renovate and prepare their own property, she got invited to her neighbour's farm where she could see their wonderful produce growing and could even pick some to take home. There's nothing like seeing in action what can be done and produced with the land in your area.

I'm not great at growing some of the more specialised plants in pots, but reading about how they are grown so fascinates me. In this case, @ewkaw takes us through saving and orchid after its roots got damaged from too much moisture. Seeing what the flower will look like when it recovers, it certainly seems worth the effort!

^{I hope this beauty is back to its former glory in no time!}

Thank you for joining me this week. This week I'd like to thank @progressivechef for the ongoing delegation to @gardenhive with a beneficiary, along with my other picks for the week, @sreypov and @karenb54.

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