The gardens in October

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Our new arrivals – Alan Dawson Gardens

Craig’s Borage

ZTL garden

Spinach in the Winter garden

Worm garden

Sunset garden

Borage in the Medicinal garden

Garlic in the Pasta Garden

Fennel and Nasturtiums

3 in one garden

Over the Winter we have seen a few changes. We  welcome Alan Dawson Gardens who have moved in to the allotment near the canal. Bonnie has left us for a new career in Motherhood, all the best to her. We have a new allotment holder Matt, welcome.

The gardens them self have been growing rapidly as well as the weeds. This past week a lot of weeds were pulled out  leaving the vegetables space to grow. The Spinach in the Winter garden is now ready for harvesting

The South Easter has started to blow, so the gardens will be requiring more water.

I look forward to the next workshop which is on Saturday 2 November.

There are still a few places available. Please email aristonorganic@gmail.com to reserve your place.

 

Plants on steroids?

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The lush Coriander in the container with a Mini worm farm installation.

The  mint after being fed with worm castings

The Winter Savory fed with worm castings.

 

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A sunny Winter day in Ariston

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The Lemon Tree is finally bearing better fruit.

The Winter Garden’s Beetroot

Bonnie’s broad beans are in full flower

Cara and Esther’s Spring bulbs.

Cara’s long slim Chili 

Car’s Compost Heap starting to mature.

Craig’s Peas look strong

Crocosmia which has escaped.

The fennel is growing rampantly.

The rocket is flowering in the J garden.

The tomatoes in the J garden are forming even though they are suffering from seasonal rust.

June’s Hibiscus is full of buds.

Lavender which has been harvested.

The Pelargoniums are in full flower.

The Pink Marguerite is making a stunning display.

The Winter garden Tyre potatoes are needing the next tyre.

The Spring Oxalis is starting to show and in full bud.

Bonnie’s peas are also growing fast.

Bonnie’s Bright light spinach looking so healthy.

 

 

The worm garden after weeding. Yes all the plants are taking and starting to grow strongly.

Ariston’s gardens are so GREEN

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Taking a stroll around the “J” garden is a delight. The butter-nut which propagated from the worm compost is now sporting many flowers and 3 baby butter-nuts.

The “J” Garden’s worm propagated Tomatoes are starting to fruit. I have identified 3 different varieties.

In Craig’s Homoeopathic garden the Yarrow , is in full flower with lots of new  growth showing.

Achillea millefolium

Bonnie’s broccoli  is just amazing, the heads are so huge.

The Calendula is bright and cheerful after all those rainy days. Full of seed waiting to be harvested.

The Lemon tree had a deformed lemon. I cam only assumed that some bug attacked it while it was forming. I am still going to eat it.

The Oregano planted in the “Worm Garden” has sprouted into life. As well as the  Lemon grass, Rosemary, Winter Savoury and the tomatoes.

The tomatoes in the Worm Garden have been pruned and tied up the stakes.

Simum, my horticultural assistant, applying pipes to the planted  watering coke bottle in the Winter garden where the tyre potatoes are being grown.

The potatoes in the  Winter  Garden ready for the next tyre.

June’s hibiscus giving some bright Winter cheer.

Wet, wet, wet

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Walking around Ariston yesterday it was wet, wet, wet. So apologies for the poor quality photographs. The plants were loving the moisture and showing of to their best.  Bonnie’s Brocolli is starting.

Bonnie’s Garden has really sprung up. Looking so good and healthy

The Cotton-Easter is full of berries warming up the day.

The Hypoestes making a wonderful lilac ribbon flower display.

Wow the surprise Butter-nut in the J garden is really grown and is sporting it’s first fruit.

Mustard has also escaped and taking over.

Another surprise in the J garden is what I presume to be a cucumber, time will tell.

The nettle in Craig’s garden is looking strong and ready for him to harvest.

In the Winter garden the potatoes are ready for their next layer of soil.

The tomatoes in the  Worm garden are growing rampantly and needing their first prune and a bit of training on their trellis. The Sweet potatoes are starting to show.

Bonnie’s Cabbages are starting to swell.

Wow, such bounty we have living in the garden.

The April Elemental Organic – vegetable growing course

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The morning dawned cooler, with cloud cover and a small bit of drizzle, perfect weather for gardening.  Here we see the course participants getting stuck in and preparing the soil.

All the hard work now complete, including installing 2 mini worm farms to giving the soil a continuous feed. The garden has been named the “Worm Garden”. Wow, everyone just fell in love with the worms.

Here we have our participants.

From left : Daniel, Mani, Jennifer, Lambert, Tim and Manish.

To avoid disappointment, as space is limited, book now for the next course which will be held 4th May.

email : aristonorganic@gmail.com