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Cover crops. This is a mix of blue lupin and mustard but the lupins stole the show. You are supposed to chop them down before they flower but the blue lupin flowers are so pretty I can't help myself! Cover crops are used between growing seasons for several reasons. They out-compete weeds. Some improve the soil. (In this case the lupins are legumes, which are nitrogen fixers, adding nitrogen to the soil. The mustard releases chemicals which can eliminate certain plant diseases from the soil. Additional benefits depend on what you do with it when it's finished. If you chop your cover crop and lay it over the garden bed to dry, you have just made your own mulch. If you dig your cover crop into the soil you have just added nutrients back into the soil; this is often called 'green manure.' Alternatively you can chuck it into your compost bin, either green or after letting it dry, depending on what's going on with your composting system. #VegetableGardening #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #CoverCrops #Lupins

Really pleased given the struggles with the very hot weather this year! Plenty more to come… https://www.diningandcooking.com/2750826/really-pleased-given-the-struggles-with-the-very-hot-weather-this-year-plenty-more-to-come/ #Gardening #Vegetable #VegetableGardening

Here are few other pictures from the garden. we tried different species of eggplants this year and this is first year for sugersnap peas. chillies are not really hot which is just as well because with age our tolerence for super hot has gone down fair bit. 2/2 #vegetables #vegetablegardening

Vegetable garden has done well this year. but we are seriously running out of space. our lot just isn't big enough to do justice to both flowers and vegetables. But eating food that grew literally few feet from kitchen is much better than buying days old produce from big commercial farms. 1/2 #vegetables #vegetablegardening

Lovage, four types of lettuce, beetroot, cucumbers, one red onion and loooaaads of garlic: today’s harvest in the allotment. #moestuin #gardening #harvest #oogst #garten #gemusegarten #potager #allotment #vegetablegardening

I’m so proud of them https://www.allforgardening.com/1845818/im-so-proud-of-them-2/ #gardening #Vegetable #VegetableGardening