we made our 1st ever vege patch, and my only tip is to make sure you only plant what you will eat... we went a bit mad in Bunning and got way too many seedlings, we didnt really need 10 lettus, or 5 cucumber plants... they just went to seed before we had a chance to eat them... what we sould have done and will do when we next re-do our vege patch, is grow things eat alot of... for us that will be carrots, zuccine, bok choi watermelon, corn, and beans... just be careful some veges go MAD and can take over your patch ( mostly your vine type plants ) so only put in one or two plants / seeds and see how they go...
Oh and dont forget to fertilize not just water as we also didnt do this... poor plants
and like BG said the most import thing is to have fun, and enjoy your garden...
BTW BG we have grown pineapple before... its a beauitful plant isnt... we are growing another n=one right now... you did very well to grow one down there... next time I think you would have to make it a little green house to get though the colder times down there, I have only ever grown them in Cairns, and now trying crapville which with the heat up here they do wonderfully...
please excuse the spelling I cant spell to save myself, and veges have some of the hardest names too spell, I hope you can work out what I was trying to say
we were surprised the pineapple took - it really was just a gamble and a bit of fun! it's still alive but not as healthy as it was - we'll see how it goes with some TLC over summer....
no dig gardens are a fantastic idea - they reduce the expense of getting in good quality soil, and also help add nutrients to the soil as they break down... we were lucky in that DH was working for a tipper company when we built our gardens, and they'd recently cleared a house block where there was good red soil like you have Shanti - so he bought a load of it home here.
i'm going to do some research before next winter on growing green fertilising crops - apparently if you grow the right "weeds" when you're not growing veg (we have several beds so we rest at least a couple over winter) you can dig them over after winter and they fertiilise for you! am also contemplating getting a chook pen for over the gardens - they're all the same size so if we get a chook pen that moves from one to the next, they can clean up the garden and turn them over properly for us - plus we'll get eggs! i'd love to have free range chooks but we have no fences at the moment at the front and back of our block, and the local dogs have no issue coming into the yard and i'd hate for a chook to be attacked.... it's in the planning - just hasn't happened yet!
Crumbdad...i cant find the exact price list at the moment but for one 3000x1200x800 high was about $400.
The smallest they do is 1930x700x400 slimline style and a heap of variations in between including round ones as well
The cheapest was well under $200. I think we were looking at one 2300x700x800 high and it was just over $200 (I think! babybrain is a bit foggy!)
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