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== Vege patch 5.0 ==
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<div style="float:right">{{table|[[File:VegePatchDestroyed.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Cow destruction, June 2016]]|[[File:Vegepatch5.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Version 5.0, September 2016]][[File:Vege patch mid September 2018.jpg|300px|thumb|right|September 2018]]}}</div>
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<div style="float:right">{{table|[[File:VegePatchDestroyed.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Cow destruction]]|[[File:Vegepatch5.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Version 5.0]]}}</div>
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After we got back from our 2016 holiday in New Zealand, we found that the land had been invaded by cows and they had completely destroyed our vege patch! So we took the opportunity to restarted a new one (version 5.0!) on the side of the hill in the field where there's much more sun. This one is much more organised and is divided into nine different beds each sign-posted with a letter so we can document what we do in each bed and when. This way we can experiment with different methodologies to see what best suits our situation here.
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After we got back from our 2016 holiday in New Zealand, we found that the land had been invaded by cows and they had completely destroyed our vege patch! So we took the opportunity to restarted a new one on the side of the hill in the field where there's much more sun. This one is much more organised and is divided into nine different beds each sign-posted with a letter so we can document what we do in each bed and when. This way we can experiment with different methodologies to see what best suits our situation here.
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There are two lines on the northern fence side of the path and the original ones along the southern side of the path, the original ones either use just a plain letter such as ''G'' or can have the subscript of 1, e.g. ''G<sub>1</sub>''. If we create further lines more southward they'll have sibscripts of 2,3,4 etc the more south they go. The line on the northern (fence) side of the path have the subscript of zero, e.g. ''G<sub>0</sub>''. And also we've started planting things right along the fence, so we'll refer to these with the subscript of ''f'', e.g. ''G<sub>f</sub>''.
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About a week after version 5.0 was started, there was [[We HATE cows!!!|another attack]], Beth woke up all relaxed and happy - and then noticed a cow right in the middle of the vege patch outside our house! After this, she gave up on the vege patch and began drinking heavily for many months :-(
 
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=== Bed A ===
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== Bed A ==
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[[File:Vegepatch5A.jpg|300px|right]]
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|[[File:Vegepatch5A.jpg|thumb|300px|2016/09/17]]
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*'''2017/10/10 (''A<sub>1</sub>''):  Thick mulch, Potato, Brown bean
 
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=== Bed B ===
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== Bed B ==
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[[File:Vegepatch5B.jpg|300px|right]][[File:Vegepatch5B-Nov2016.jpg|300px|right]]
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{{table
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|[[File:Vegepatch5B.jpg|thumb|300px|2016/09/17]]
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|[[File:Vegepatch5B-Nov2016.jpg|thumb|300px|2016/11/03]]
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=== Bed C ===
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== Bed C ==
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[[File:Vegepatch5C.jpg|300px|right]][[File:Vegepatch5C-Nov2016.jpg|300px|right]]
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{{table
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|[[File:Vegepatch5C.jpg|thumb|300px|2016/09/17]]
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|[[File:Vegepatch5C-Nov2016.jpg|thumb|300px|2016/11/03]]
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|[[File:Bed-C-2018-Oct.jpg|thumb|300px|2018/10/05]]
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*'''2017/10/20 (''C<sub>0</sub>''):''' Black beans, Big Sunflower (spread)
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*'''2017/10/20 (''C<sub>1</sub>''):''' Brown beans, Big Sunflower, Pumpkin
 
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=== Bed D ===
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== Bed D ==
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[[File:Vegepatch5D.jpg|300px|right]]
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|[[File:Vegepatch5D.jpg|thumb|300px|2016/09/17]]
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|[[File:D1-2017-12.jpg|thumb|300px|2017/12/16]]
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|[[File:Bed-D-2018-Oct.jpg|thumb|300px|2018/10/05]]
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*'''2017/10/20 (''D<sub>0</sub>''):''' Black beans, Big Sunflower (spread)
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*'''2017/10/20 (''D<sub>1</sub>''):''' Brown beans, Big Sunflower, Pumpkin
 
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=== Bed E ===
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== Bed E ==
 
{{table
 
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|[[File:Vegepatch5E.jpg|thumb|300px|September 2016]]
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|[[File:Vegepatch5E.jpg|thumb|300px|2016/09/17]]
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|[[File:Bed E - Nov 2017 - potatoes in mulch.jpg|thumb|300px|November 2017 - Potatoes directly in mulch]]
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|[[File:Bed E - Nov 2017 - potatoes in mulch.jpg|thumb|300px|2017/11/23 - Potatoes directly in mulch]]
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|[[File:Bed-E-2018-Oct.jpg|thumb|300px|2018/10/05]]
 
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*'''2017/10/10 (''E<sub>0</sub>''):''' Black beans, Big Sunflower (spread)
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*'''2017/10/10 (''E<sub>1</sub>''):''' Thick mulch, Potatoes (see [[Back to the land for 2018|first results]] & [https://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/garden/7-ways-grow-potatoes/slide/3 7 ways to grow potatoes])
 
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=== Bed F ===
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== Bed F ==
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[[File:Vegepatch5F.jpg|300px|right]]
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|[[File:Vegepatch5F.jpg|thumb|300px|2016/09/17]]
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|[[File:Bed-F-2018-Oct.jpg|thumb|300px|2018/10/05]]
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*'''October 2017 (''F<sub>0</sub>''):''' Black beans, Big Sunflower (spread)
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=== Bed G ===
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== Bed G ==
 
{{table
 
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|[[File:Vegepatch5G.jpg|thumb|300px|September 2016]]
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|[[File:Vegepatch5G.jpg|thumb|300px|2016/09/17]]
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|[[File:Bed G - Nov 2017.jpg|thumb|300px|November 2017]]
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|[[File:G1-2017-12.jpg|thumb|300px|2017/12/16]]
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|[[File:Bed-G-2018-Oct.jpg|thumb|300px|2018/10/05]]
 
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*'''2017/10/17 (''G<sub>1</sub>''):''' Mulch, parsnip seeds, beans
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*'''2017/10/20 (''G<sub>0</sub>''):''' Black beans, Big Sunflower (spread)
 
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=== Bed H ===
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== Bed H ==
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[[File:Vegepatch5H.jpg|300px|right]]
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|[[File:Vegepatch5H.jpg|thumb|300px|2016/09/17]]
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|[[File:H1-2017-12.jpg|thumb|300px|2017/12/16]]
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*'''2017/10/17 (''H<sub>1</sub>''):''' Mulch, radish, beans
 
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=== Bed I ===
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== Bed I ==
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[[File:Vegepatch5I.jpg|300px|right]]
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|[[File:Vegepatch5I.jpg|thumb|300px|2016/09/17]]
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|[[File:I1-2017-12.jpg|thumb|300px|2017/12/16]]
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*'''2017/10/17 (''I<sub>1</sub>''):''' Mulch, parsnip, beans (@end), 2 yam
 
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== Fence ==
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*'''2017/10/20 (''B<sub>f</sub>''-''G<sub>f</sub>''):''' mucuna, mamona, bl.bean
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== Garage-N & Garage-S ==
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In 2018, with [[Antonio trabalhando na terra|Antonio]]'s help we made to new areas of garden beds next to the garage, which we call ''Garage-N'' and ''Garage-S'' for north and south and then numbered with 1 being closest to the garage.
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|[[File:Beds-Garage-N-2018-Oct.JPG|thumb|300px|Garage-N October 2018]]
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|[[File:Beds-Garage-S-2018-Oct.JPG|thumb|300px|Garage-S October 2018]]
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== Vege patch 4.0 ==
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== @mulberry2 ==
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Beth's started working on version 4 which is based on some basic permaculture design principles for optimising the nutrients and water available to the plants by having carbon and compost layers below the raised garden beds.
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The second mulberry (a group of three or four trees) has a mulch bed below it
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*'''2017/10/20:''' Brown beans, Big sunflower, Pumpkin
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|[[File:Sheet mulch garden bed 3.jpg|300px]]
 
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|[[File:Sheet mulch garden bed 5.jpg|300px]]
 
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|[[File:Sheet mulch garden bed 7.jpg|300px]]
 
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|[[File:Pvc pipe for frost protection.jpg|300px]]
 
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|[[File:Pvc pipe for frost protection 2.jpg|300px]]
 
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== @arch ==
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*'''2017/10/10:''' (North) Cucumber, Green bean. (South) Corgette, Coriander
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*'''2017/10/17:''' (North) Tumeric. (South) Yam
  
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The land is much softer and easier to work in rainy weather, but it's not much fun :-( here's a photo of Beth not having much fun digging a small swale in the garden. She dug up some baby worms which she tried not to disturb too much, but it certainly shows that our soil is nice and fertile, there must be a hundred of them in that small area at least!
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== @banana ==
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*'''2017/10/17:''' Ginder
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|[[File:Beth working in the rain.jpg|300px]]
 
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|[[File:Beth working in the rain 2.jpg|300px]]
 
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|[[File:Baby worms.jpg|300px]]
 
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== @plum ==
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*'''2017/10/17:''' Garlic
  
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Here's a few photos of the vege patch over the first six months. In July 2013 the area was just grass and Beth started laying the sheet mulch rows, then in september I put a fence around the area to protect it from cows which is shown in the first picture below. The last pictures below are from January 2014 where some things have finally started to take off.
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== @orange ==
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*'''2017/10/17:''' Tumeric
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|[[File:Vegepatch 3.0 fence 2.jpg|300px]]
 
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|[[File:Vege patch october 2013.jpg|300px]]
 
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|[[File:Vege_patch_Jan_2014.jpg|300px]]
 
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|[[File:Lettuice Jan 2014.jpg|300px]]
 
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|[[File:Cabbage Jan 2014.jpg|300px]]
 
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|[[File:Pumpkin Jan 2014.jpg|169px]]
 
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|[[File:Tomato Jan 2014.jpg|169px]]
 
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== Vege patch 3.0 ==
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== @compoo1 ==
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The things we planted on [[moving on to our land|our land]] have finally started to grow!
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*'''2017/10/17:''' Yam
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{|
 
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|align=center|[[File:Turnip.jpg|300px]]<br />''Turnip''
 
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|align=center|[[File:Spring onion.jpg|300px]]<br />''Spring onion''
 
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|align=center|[[File:Rosemary.jpg|300px]]<br />''Rosemary''
 
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|align=center|[[File:Radish.jpg|300px]]<br />''Radish''
 
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|align=center|[[File:Pumpkin.jpg|300px]]<br />''Pumpkin''
 
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|align=center|[[File:Mint.jpg|300px]]<br />''Mint''
 
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|align=center|[[File:Kumara.jpg|300px]]<br />''Kumara''
 
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|align=center|[[File:Capsicum.jpg|300px]]<br />''Capsicum''
 
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|align=center|[[File:Aubergine.jpg|300px]]<br />''Aubergine''
 
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== When to plant vegetable seeds ==
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== Banhado (next to field entrance) ==
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*'''2017/10/17:''' 5 yam
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|[[File:Starter seed chart by temperature.jpg|452px]]
 
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|valign=top|[[File:Days to germinate according to temperature.jpg|452px]]
 
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== Greenhouse ==
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== Banhado (next to net) ==
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{{#ev:youtube|-DKlXs8iov0}}
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*'''2017/10/17:''' 5 yam, 3 tumeric
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*[http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/build-underground-greenhouse-garden-year-round.html Build a $300 underground greenhouse for year-round gardening]
 
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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*[[Old vege patches]]
 
*[[Our garden in Curitiba]]
 
*[[Our garden in Curitiba]]
 
*[[Garden design ideas]]
 
*[[Garden design ideas]]
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*[[Planting experiments]]
 
[[Category:Vege patch]][[Category:Land]]
 
[[Category:Vege patch]][[Category:Land]]

Latest revision as of 19:02, 24 December 2018

Cow destruction, June 2016
Version 5.0, September 2016
September 2018

After we got back from our 2016 holiday in New Zealand, we found that the land had been invaded by cows and they had completely destroyed our vege patch! So we took the opportunity to restarted a new one (version 5.0!) on the side of the hill in the field where there's much more sun. This one is much more organised and is divided into nine different beds each sign-posted with a letter so we can document what we do in each bed and when. This way we can experiment with different methodologies to see what best suits our situation here.

There are two lines on the northern fence side of the path and the original ones along the southern side of the path, the original ones either use just a plain letter such as G or can have the subscript of 1, e.g. G1. If we create further lines more southward they'll have sibscripts of 2,3,4 etc the more south they go. The line on the northern (fence) side of the path have the subscript of zero, e.g. G0. And also we've started planting things right along the fence, so we'll refer to these with the subscript of f, e.g. Gf.

About a week after version 5.0 was started, there was another attack, Beth woke up all relaxed and happy - and then noticed a cow right in the middle of the vege patch outside our house! After this, she gave up on the vege patch and began drinking heavily for many months :-(

Bed A

2016/09/17
  • 2017/10/10 (A1): Thick mulch, Potato, Brown bean

Bed B

2016/09/17
2016/11/03

Bed C

2016/09/17
2016/11/03
2018/10/05
  • 2017/10/20 (C0): Black beans, Big Sunflower (spread)
  • 2017/10/20 (C1): Brown beans, Big Sunflower, Pumpkin

Bed D

2016/09/17
2017/12/16
2018/10/05
  • 2017/10/20 (D0): Black beans, Big Sunflower (spread)
  • 2017/10/20 (D1): Brown beans, Big Sunflower, Pumpkin

Bed E

2016/09/17
2017/11/23 - Potatoes directly in mulch
2018/10/05

Bed F

2016/09/17
2018/10/05
  • October 2017 (F0): Black beans, Big Sunflower (spread)

Bed G

2016/09/17
2017/12/16
2018/10/05
  • 2017/10/17 (G1): Mulch, parsnip seeds, beans
  • 2017/10/20 (G0): Black beans, Big Sunflower (spread)

Bed H

2016/09/17
2017/12/16
  • 2017/10/17 (H1): Mulch, radish, beans

Bed I

2016/09/17
2017/12/16
  • 2017/10/17 (I1): Mulch, parsnip, beans (@end), 2 yam

Fence

  • 2017/10/20 (Bf-Gf): mucuna, mamona, bl.bean

Garage-N & Garage-S

In 2018, with Antonio's help we made to new areas of garden beds next to the garage, which we call Garage-N and Garage-S for north and south and then numbered with 1 being closest to the garage.

Garage-N October 2018
Garage-S October 2018

@mulberry2

The second mulberry (a group of three or four trees) has a mulch bed below it

  • 2017/10/20: Brown beans, Big sunflower, Pumpkin

@arch

  • 2017/10/10: (North) Cucumber, Green bean. (South) Corgette, Coriander
  • 2017/10/17: (North) Tumeric. (South) Yam

@banana

  • 2017/10/17: Ginder

@plum

  • 2017/10/17: Garlic

@orange

  • 2017/10/17: Tumeric

@compoo1

  • 2017/10/17: Yam

Banhado (next to field entrance)

  • 2017/10/17: 5 yam

Banhado (next to net)

  • 2017/10/17: 5 yam, 3 tumeric

See also

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