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Revision as of 21:25, 12 August 2013

Vege patch 4.0

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.

Sheet mulch garden bed 3.jpg Sheet mulch garden bed 5.jpg Sheet mulch garden bed 7.jpg
Pvc pipe for frost protection.jpg Pvc pipe for frost protection 2.jpg  


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!

Beth working in the rain.jpg Beth working in the rain 2.jpg Baby worms.jpg

Vege patch 3.0

The things we planted on our land have finally started to grow!

Turnip.jpg
Turnip
Spring onion.jpg
Spring onion
Rosemary.jpg
Rosemary
Radish.jpg
Radish
Pumpkin.jpg
Pumpkin
Mint.jpg
Mint
Kumara.jpg
Kumara
Capsicum.jpg
Capsicum
Aubergine.jpg
Aubergine

When to plant vegetable seeds

Starter seed chart by temperature.jpg Days to germinate according to temperature.jpg

Greenhouse

See also