Perseverance, research, and bloody mindedness. All useful. Some plantings have come easy to me in the garden. Such as tomatoes, zucs, garlic, cucumbers. Other things I struggle with.... This blueberry plant is into its third summer and I think it might pull through. There are some green shoots adding bulk to the canopy. Peas again! I have no idea what's killing them. I have a few surviving plants and hope to get some seed off them this year. Try again in 2019. After several years of planting seed, I've got a few basil plants growing. I planted four packets of assorted seeds but only a few have survived. I give the plants a quick squirt with the BT when I’m doing the toms. Now that the garden is becoming established, life is a series of small victories This capsicum is colouring, hidden away in the bottom of the plant. Up till now I’ve had to make do with green immature bug riddled fruit. I guess gardening is all about perseverance, research,...