The start...

[Liz Pardede]

My garden to date has consisted of herbs and tomatoes in pots. The tomatoes did ok crop-wise,  but have long since succumbed to the summer heat. The remaining herbs and pots below. The chillies are going crazy, the basil is doing well and the capsicum not so great.

[Elaine de Saxe]

Capsicums are a very hungry plant - Eggplant are too - Chillies less so - and thirsty! All three are quite thirsty - or not water efficient. Capsies especially the fat-walled commercial varieties, need regular feed and water. Alternate between Seaweed and Worm teas for instance, once a week or fortnight. As soon as the leaves start to grow oddly ... like the veins are growing together along the leaf's length they just don't look right, that's a sign that they are running out of nutrients. They are big users of Potash (Potassium, K) too as a lot of plants which produce fruit like Beans and Peas.

[Liz Pardede]

The capsicum just kept looking like it was going to keel over for ages. There was no new growth and the leaves were all curling. It has, however, now taken off and I might pop it out in the main garden soon. Has its first flowers.

[Andrew Cumberland]

My chillis are going great too (I'll bring a heap to the garden visit).  My capsicum is okay but was only tiny.  My tomatos are surviving with a lot of water.  Strawberries are the same.  Passionfruits and grape  are going off like crazy!  Quite frankly, if you are keeping stuff alive in the heat and dry, you're doing well.  I lost 2 out of 3 lavenders, my vietnamese mint, the dill, and a few others.  Doing it in pots is even harder. 

[Lissa]

Your Basil and chilli are impressive. Very healthy looking.

The capsicum looks healthy also - why do you think it's not so great?