I’ve harvested my garlic and it’s a tasty crop! I pulled up about 15 heads, some small and some quite big, which all together weighed roughly 1kg.

The garlic is crisp, juicy and potent…yum. (more…)

Unfortunately my back has really been playing up since I had my baby five months ago. This means that I haven’t been able to get out into the garden or update Greenfoot as much as I want.

Instead of planting out my summer garden, I’ve had to resort to watching my garden develop very randomly. Besides all the weeds, it’s amazing and quite delightful to watch edible plants pop up all over the place.

For a start, many potato plants have returned to one of my raised garden beds. It seems no matter how many times I pull these up, potatoes keep returning. It’s always a bit of a gamble what sort of potatoes I get, but that just makes things more fun.

A rampant tomato vine that sprung from some compost has taken over the other raised bed. However, because I haven’t staked them, the quality is a bit hit and miss.

Mulberries from a cutting I took from another tree have ambled up part of my back trellis. I have been espaliering this for the last year. Espaliering is quite good for my bad back because I don’t need to bend down too much. My husband also helped me partially net it so birds don’t take too much of the crop – however my young son does, which is ok. At the moment picking tasty mulberries with my son is a daily afternoon ritual.

My passionfruit vines are also taking off on the trellis after many years of possum savaging, but that deserves another post.

My garlic is ready to dig up, and I have managed to plant some zucchinis and my regular space saver pumpkins. I do want to try and get some basil and rocket in for the summer months, so hopefully I can do this soon.

Has anyone out there got a bad back but is still managing to garden? If so what are your tips?