A Quick Update..

Some time has past since we dug up our first beds. Despite the grub-attacks that have claimed two of our beetroot plants, everyone has been doing well. Casualties aside, all the plants were still there and have been joined by four Bok Choy (Chinese Cabbage), some tiki-torches and tiny sunflower plants. Here's a few photos to show how they're doing.

Beetroot, Spinach, Egg-plant, Cucumber,
Bok Choy, Rocket and Sunflowers.

The cucumber bed.

Three little sunflower plants with butternuts surrounding them.

Invisible hostiles!

Unbeknown to us, creatures lurk in the darkness of the underground! Fat, parasitic grubs that are clearly hungrier than we are! Like the rotting foundation of an old house, these critters slowly munch away at the roots of plants, leading to the mysterious collapse of whole building! Our grubs are after the beet roots - a sad event! Due to our aversion to chemicals, fighting them off will have to become a cosmic task. A dear friend advised us to fill an aluminium pie-tin with fresh cucumber and put it in the garden.

Apparently the reaction between the aluminium and cucumber gives off a scent that sends certain pests like slugs and underground hostiles running. We are awaiting their mass evacuation! Some more advice was given to us.. Plant more!! Sharing is caring, so why not plant some more beetroots, thus there will be plenty for us and nature will get some too!