Photos from Jennyโs garden
Soil & Health member Jenny Williamson shared some photos from her garden near Feilding, taken in February 2025.
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Jenny Williamsonโs favourite vegetable is beetroot, which grows extremely well in her garden. She grows two varieties: Detroit Dark Red (pictured) and Monorubra (a cylindrical variety).
The green leafy plant is Daubentonโs kale, a perennial plant that Jenny grew from a cutting planted in the spring. Itโs growing well even in part shade. Read more about perennial brassicas here.
Right – Daubentonโs kale, grown from a cutting
The silverbeet pictured is Rainbow Lights, and the pumpkins Jenny is growing this season are Queensland Blue and โjust the usual supermarket greyโ. Jenny saved seeds of both of these from the previous season.
โI have had tomato blight and have not been able to solve it, unfortunately,โ says Jenny. โIโm not keen on spraying. I grew the tomatoes from saved seed from last year so Iโm disappointed in this result. Others I got from a friend are looking all right, and of course the cherry tomatoes donโt seem to be bothered by anything.โ
Sometimes success comes unexpectedly. โI have also had a great crop of bok choyย (or maybe itโs pak choi) which I did not sow. It just came up and must have been in my compost, although I have not had this vegetable in my garden for several years!โ
ABOVE: Left – Rainbow Lights silverbeet; Right – Queensland Blue pumpkin
