Spring In the Seed Garden

The seed garden is looking good this time of year.

 I cut back some of the black wattles from behind the garden to reduce root competition.

 Too much ruby chard!

Still getting broccolini - leaving the rest for seed.
Letting the berries grow up the trellis this year - the plan is to cut them back after fruiting so we don't get too many spiky leaves in our seed bed.

 Chinese Kale is doing well (about to flower)

 Here's natures pest control at work - a ladybug eating aphids on a broccoli. If you squash some of the aphids the ladybugs are attracted to the scent. Ladybug nymphs look totally different (kind of like a striped earwig) but eat a lot of aphids all the same.

 There's a spider waiting in the beet.

 A bee pollinating the broccoli.

 The beets are almost too beautiful to eat!

Seed pods (siliques) forming on the broccoli.