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4 weeks after transplanting the jalapeno plant I grew in the shed over winter, new foliage is coming through. Unfortunately the pods that began while in the shed, turned out stunted & round 🌶️🌱 #Hotpeppers

Erratic spring temperatures and strong winds have torn the hippeastrum flowers on the day they opened. #Hippeastrum #Gardening 🌱 #GardeningAUS

Clump of trumpets #Hippeastrum #Gardening 🌱 #gardeningAUS

Early spring blooms #Gardeningaus #gardening 🌱

Just as the mass of 4 blue cornflower plants start to produce blooms, hot then cold strong winds of early spring play havoc with the plants, I doubt I'll get many more flowers #GardeningAU 🌱 #Gardening

First Blue cornflower of the season 😊 #Gardeningaus 🌱 #Gardening

Fresh ginger taken from a pot I started 12 months ago drying out It'll be a little longer before I can harvest the main crop of ginger in an old bathtub, due to very wet soil from a wet winter so far #GardeningAus 🌱 #Gardening

My ginger has not yet gone dormant despite being mid winter with single digit temperatures overnight There's a couple of new green shoots appearing #GardeningAus 🌱 #Gardening

I dug up the remaining potatoes while the soil was dry and apparent rain arrived Not a bad haul from half a dozen spuds as seeds 🥔🥔 #GardeningAus 🌱 #Gardening

I needed a couple of potatoes to roast with steak for dinner and dug out these 4 beauties from the top soil I started with 6 unwashed spuds from the supermarket with eyes sprouting instead of waiting for nurseries to supply seeds, a good crop looks promising #Gardeningaus 🌱 #Gardening

Winter temperatures not as warm now, even though my jalapeno seedling is flowering & looking healthy, it's time to go indoors behind a sunny window because the nights are freezing now I'm wondering if the plant will go dormant at all now 🌶️🌱

A few weeks after transplanting the jalapeno seedling to a bigger for over winter, it has thrived in a mild winter so far. Overnight temperatures staying in single digit temperatures now, so it's probably time for protection in the shed near a sunny window til September 🌶️🌱

7 days since repotting a Jalapeno seedling I started from seeds from supermarket pods(proper stuffing size pods), it has survived lots of rain & fluctuating late autumn temperatures. Winter begins tomorrow so I'll be taking it inside once it decides the cold sucks once it arrives 🌶️🌱

Prune in June 🌱 ✂️

Only 4 dry sunny days since 10th of May, blooms have been few and far between Last day of autumn has probably been the coolest, warm temperatures & lots of rain has some plants flowering yet winter colour foliage #Gardening 🌱 #GardeningAus

Mid Autumn blooms 🌹🌱

First attempt at scorching Sugar rush peach pods (Chinense peppers) which smoked up the kitchen I had to open the windows and doors to allow near gale force winds to aeration Due to natural sweetness of the pods, only needed kosher salt & vinegar for an awesome smokey sweet & bitey sauce 🌶️🌱

Sugar rush peach pods from 2 of 5 plants enjoying autumn rain and temperatures finally under 30C They'll be dried and turned to sauce, I'm wondering if they'd make a good chilli oil like Serrano pods in the jars 🤔 🌶️🌱 Has anyone dabbled in chilli oil with non red chilli pods ?

First ripe sugar rush peach pods added with Anaheim pods for another sauce, this time adding onion and garlic flakes for a different flavour Having the doors and windows closed with the air conditioner cranked wasn't a good idea for scorching Chinense pods 🤧 🌶️🌱

A new type of corn I'm growing( Early Leaming corn ) can apparently grow over 300cm tall and has red silks I thought the strong winds might snap the more slender stalks, but so far so good I just hope the cockatoos are not attracted to the crop #GardeningAU 🌱 #Gardening

Anaheim pods coming on as the fruit flies come out with the high humidity A nice smokey flavour from easily scorched pods( hot wax pods took longer to scorch) from ripe & semi ripe pods 🌶️🌱

Chocolate bih Jolokia harvest turned into a paste They're not as hot as it's red brother or cousin Bhut Jolokia, but they still deliver a good punch to the mouth/tongue without the earthy flavours of the hotter types 🌶️🌱

This summer has been tough on plants in full sun, luckily the hibiscus is potted for easier moving #Gardening 🌱 #GardeningAU

Sugar rush peach & Hot wax pods so far surviving a brutal summer The sugar rush peach plant wouldn't have survived without shade cloth, pods & foliage have been sunburned more than previous summers with constant 40C+ baking sun since Xmas Not doing 34 pepper plants again 🥵 🌶️🌱

I wasn't expecting the white radish to grow so long 😯 #GardeningAU #Gardening 🌱

A mix of ripe/semi ripe chilli and capsicums picked before the fruit flies return after the rainy period #GardeningAU 🌱 #Gardening

Burgandy iceberg mid summer bloom #GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱

Serranos from a second season plant has provided lots of early pods for sauce Hot wax thicker pods have resisted getting sunburned or wilting from extreme heat (leaf curl from storm rains New year), they'll be good for frying with other peppers for a spicy sauce #Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱

After 4 days of above 40C, the chilli plants have sprung back to life with cooler temperatures This chocolate bih Jolokia was totally wilted in hot winds yesterday, fortunately leaf drop was the only issue, some other plants have sunburned pods and wind burnt foliage #Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱

Caribbean reds I've grown for over 12 years from a mystery seed pack Possibly Fresno peppers from what I could research They have a sweet pepper flavour with a bite of jalapeno, yet they get much hotter second season Good as Sliders,stuffed or combined with hotter peppers for sauce #Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱

Pest control herbs & marigolds have attracted the first honey bees to my garden in 3 summers since the varroa mite killed off hives around the state 2 bees arrived just after Xmas, each couple of days more bees arrived, today I counted 7 awesome honeybees 🐝🐝 #GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱 #Pollination

3 types of melon finally fruiting with pyrethrum helping keep the pests away Not sure if the lite green/white melon is a rockmelon or honeydew melon #GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱

Enjoy 🥳🎉🎆🍺

2 sets of triplet butternut pumpkins surviving the summer furnace so far 🤞 #GardeningAUS 🌱 #Gardening

Thanks to @fraying.bsky.social for sauce idea First pods of summer 10 x Serranos & 8 x mini sweet peppers,I guessed water salt sugar ratios Using 150ml of vinegar for 300 grams of pepper flesh, altogether made 500ml of medium hot sauce #Hotpeppers 🌱🌶️ ( it was 44C today so I cooked indoors) 🥵

Nectarines I'm hoping to enjoy before fruit flies attack Unfortunately the rosey red fruits are still rock hard, so I can't pick them yet #GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱

Basil plants growing as companion plants have fared well in the scorching heat. This Thai basil plant had been attracting Eastern Rosellas earlier in the week before the temperatures got higher, at least cockatoos aren't attracted to basil like they are to sunflowers #GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱

Today's 41 C temperature was hard on the garden yet the increase of winds day and night since spring began has been the biggest battle in keeping moisture in plants & soils, even after a good downpour of rain the winds haven't been kind, and summer has just begun 🫣 #GardeningAUS #Gardening 🌱

Now my pepper plants are big enough to take away bird netting, I'm hoping the combination of herbs and mulch gets the plants through what already is testing weather Different basils to deter pests (except fruit fly) & mulch to keep moisture in the soils Serrano plant going well #Hotpeppers 🌶️🌱

So far so good for the summer garden using herbs as pest control Cinnamon,Thai & common Basil, coriander, pyrethrum with melons, early marigolds to keep nematodes away from watermelon, shallots & eventually chilli The mulch is much needed as winds & heat are constant #GardeningAU #Gardening 🌱

First cucumber of the season, with no bees around hand pollination is the only way to go 👋 #GardeningAU #Vegetablegardening

Hippeastrum (Doing a wind dance) #GardeningAU #Gardening 🌱

Lots of rhubarb picked before the heat of the day arrived, giving younger rhubarb time to grow before summer's temperatures burn the foliage, hopefully sugarcane mulch helps with water retention #Gardening 🌱 #GardeningAU

Mandevilla with more blooms than foliage #Gardening 🌱 #GardeningAU

The rhubarb seems to grow faster after every picking since early August (as our winter got warmer) #GardeningAU #Gardening 🌱

Second coming spring blooms #gardeningAU #Gardening 🌱

Full bloom just as the scorching hot winds arrived this afternoon #GardeningAu #Gardening 🌱

Full flush #GardeningAU #Gardening 🌱