Colourful veg

By
Susan_Kirk
– August 20, 2010Posted in: Food, Horticultural Science, Vegetables

In one corner of my vegie patch I’ve planted rainbow chard (silverbeet) to replace the monotony of the green stemmed varieties. Next to these are red cabbages with grey green leaves and burgundy hearts. In amongst these giants are alstromeria, which will soon be flowering. 50 lilium bulbs are at about one metre high and are showing buds. Next to these are 20 or so dutch iris. In another bed are some native shrubs including rice flowers and eriostemon. Both very pretty and flowering now. Tucked between these are the lime green of cos lettuce and the grey foliage of carnations. Under another bed of straw lies kipfler spuds and if I can keep the neighbour’s horse out we should get a good crop.

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About Susan_Kirk

Susan Kirk is a nationally published science writer, with a degree in journalism. She writes extensively for Rural Press publications including Good Fruit and Vegetables and Australian Horticulture. She has TAFE qualifications in horticulture which leads to her interests in crop and horticultural science, with its spinoff to food, organic vs GM. She is a member of the Media Alliance, Queensland Writers Centre, Horticulture Media Association and the Australian Science Communicators. She writes from Kureelpa on the Sunshine Coast hinterland (Australia).