After a hectic spring and summer this year, I finally have some time to tend to our edible garden, getting it ready for the autumn planting season. There are four raised planters in the garden.
I got some help this morning making the trellis for the tomatoes. A bunch of bamboo sticks cost NT100. We use a total of two bunches, including the old ones from last year.
Building a trellis is not as difficult as I imagined. The trick is to soften the soil by watering it first before drilling the holes for the bamboo poles.
Papa Liu has a green thumb and he brought spring onions (scallions) from his own garden.
Spring onions love the sun but not when they have just been transplanted. They need to be shaded.
Papa Liu came up with this shading system using material we have in the garden. It is easy, adjustable and does the job!
The arugula and cabbage transplanted yesterday were wilting in the hot direct sun so we built another shading system for Planter 1.
Planter 2. These tomatoes were planted on September 25 and it’s been two weeks. They are growing though not as fast as I expected. 
I soaked these beans for 24 hours before planting them. They are beans, snow peas and snake beans (our own crop from earlier this year).
Planter 3 are okra, eggplant, broccoli and broccolini.
