Jane's Delicious Garden Blog

I much prefer this season being called Autumn than the American term Fall. Fall sounds so flat compared to Autumn. My garden is looking very full with all the brassicas getting bigger.

I am still harvesting the last of the summer beans and eggplant. Here is a bed that is full of Asian greens, onions, lettuces, chilies, parsley and marigolds – all very happy:

And another couple of beds . . .

We had quite a bad hail storm a few weeks ago, unexpected at this time of year. The nasturtiums were hammered, however they protected all the cabbage seedlings that were growing underneath them. another use for this gem of a plant.

While fossicking around in my garden, I found these on the back of a rocket leaf

and despite watching it regularly, they hatched and were gone before I saw what they were.

And then I saw these two getting busy on my perennial basil!

I have been watching the basil closely because I wanted to find a pinky white crab spider. I’ve seen them before on the basil but i didn’t take a photo. Sure enough, I soon found this guy:

It was only when I looked at the pics on my laptop that I realised he was busy eating this caterpillar!

I have discovered a new use for my tripods. I planted broad beans around them and instead of needing a separate support for them, I just wind them up the tripod. So far so good . . .

Yum . . .