About a month ago I planted two red onions which had sprouted in my pantry. These turned into "sets" which look like several spring onions growing out of the onion. The biggest one grew six and the smaller one grew four. Today I decided to dig them up, divide them and replant them.
I had just found out that peas don't like to be near onions too and they were next to my obelisk with the peas - they are now in areas where my brassicas were being attacked by white fly.
After enjoying a few cold and therefore pest-free months, the local pests have cottoned onto the fact that I'm the only one with a plentiful garden around here at the moment. I made a spray by putting minced garlic and chillis in water and leaving it to steep, then straining it to make a pungeant spicy liquid to spray on my veges to dissuade them. I also sprinkle curry powder on after watering some days just to mix it up.
It's horrendously windy today with my obelisk leaning over like the leaning tower of Pisa.
The above photo is what my garden looks like today - the yellow flowers in the foreground are purple pak choi available from www.kingsseeds.co.nz - the bees love it.
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