Bounty from my garden

Against all odds we managed to have our first meal from my square foot garden.  In spite of the army of green worms, the colourful 'Jiminy Crickets' and the vervet monkeys, I was able to harvest a handful of baby sweet corn, egg plant, peppadews, spring onions, garlic chive, baby tomatoes, basil and wild rocket.
We had boiled sweet corn on the cobb, a rataouille of egg plant, onion, peppers, chives and tomatoes and a green salad with a few lettuce leaves, bite sized tomatoes, shredded red cabbage leaves, basil and rocket.

I have also been able to pickle and bottle three lots of peppadews.  There's definitely some genetic satisfaction in growing and harvesting your own food, even in such small quantities.  We savoured every mouthfull having nutured, protected, rescued, harvested and prepared these little miracles from a 1.5m X 1.5m garden. 
The cucmbers are growing fatter and longer, the gemsquash have shot up the makeshift trellis like Jack-and-the-beanstalks and the green peppers have little green lantern bells on them. 

I made three little jars of basil and rocket pesto using two cups of basil and wild rocket, a handful of garlic chives, a cup of chopped walnuts, olive oil and some grated parmesan cheese.  On Friday night we had gnocchi and pesto with a salad from the garden - Yum!  And I was able to give Tammy and Patty each a jar of home made pesto.

Hot+Rain+Sun = Fast growing seedlings

I can't believe how fast everything in the SFG box is growing!
Those sweet corn plants - especially those that get the most sun - have doubled in size in 10 days.
The gem squash is starting to go on walk-abouts and I'm not sure what I'm going to do about them.
The basil started bursting into flower but I've nipped them all off in the bud and new shoots have sprouted all over the bush. 
The packet of mixed herbs I sowed in a trough of Mel's Mix has exploded and all the little plants are crammed together.  The packet didn't specify what herb seeds were in the packet but I can make out coriander, fennel, dill, thyme and a couple of mystery plants coming up!

Something has been eating my tomatoes.  They crawl in from the bottom and the fruit turns black.  I'm picking the spoiled ones off and leaving them close by on the ground - hoping that the little pests will enjoy the free buffet instead of grazing on the plants.

The Peppadew bush is pregnant with minature green bell peppers.  Some have a red blush on them and when they turn deep red, I'll start bottling them.
On the other side of the garden patch, the cucumber plants have also got flowers.   I've erected a makeshift climbing trellis using an old wrought-iron

arch and nylon string. 

All the little seedlings in the seed trays are bursting out and I don't know where I'm going to plant them.  Methinks I'm going to have to start another SFG box.  We've got some old facia boards that I can use and I've asked Finn if he can make them for me next week. 

I think he's getting worried that I might want to erect SFG boxes all over his lawn!

Happy gardening!