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