Mmmmm, just what I needed; some terrific inspiration!
After an early morning raid on my local nursery for veggie seedlings (there's nothing like some instant gratification when you are feeling flat) and a very liberal application of mozzie repellent (oh my gosh, the mozzies are bad at the moment!) I was able to spend the day plodding away comfortably in the veggie garden.
With some help, I managed to get the gardens and paths weeded and three beds chook-proofed (I hope!) using bamboo stakes, some leftover drip-irrigation pipe (to form tunnels over the beds) and some bird netting pegged over the top. Those beds have been planted out with greens and flowers - now I need to get outside and plant up the rest of the autumn greens I have leftover in my box of goodies.
Catch you later!
Cheers,
22 comments:
Glad to hear you are feeling better! I've been to my nursery twice already this week and yes it's always refreshing to say the least.
Great work! We are on holidays for a few weeks, so going to get stuck into finishing some of our neglected garden areas too!
Today I conditioned the soil in one of our wicking beds (where I had taken out some yellowing, fruit-fly ridden tomato plants & collected all the green, non-pest ridden tomatoes!) and put in some Winter vege seedlings... though I am enjoying the last of the Summer harvesting from the other wicking beds, I am looking forward to doing the same to them soon too!
Oh, and your post reminded me to actually turn to the March page of our Permaculture Principles calendar!! (Aptly titled Obtain a Yield!)
Nicely done. =) Thanks for the new vocabulary word, mozzie. =)
Any chance of a picture of the present state of your garden (your recent work)?
Permaculture calendar--sweet!
Hi guys!
Aussiemum - All that tiny plant potential at the nursery gets me feeling optimistic every time :-)
Dixie - oooh, I want wicking beds, so am very jealous of yours! My parents are going to set up raised beds when they move so I may have to convince them to set up wicking beds (which wouldn't be very hard) & live vicariously through theirs ;-) Have fun on your holiday!
Biobabbler - ah yes, some good Aussie slang ;-) I intend to take some overall pics of the garden at some stage soon, as a couple of people have asked me about the netting. Just have to wait for some photo-friendly weather!
Cheers,
Julie
A productive day in the garden is very therapeutic. Hope its all onwards and upwards for you now.
Best wishes for you and your family for the Easter holidays Julie! :-)
Ally
www.happyearth.com.au
Great to discover you - we live on a permaculture smallholding in the UK, and are trying to live a more sustainable, self-sufficient life.
Pomona x
Looking forward to reading more :)
Wow! I was just looking at that calender a moment ago thinking this would make a great gift. Looks like it does.
To insure I give my garden the time it deserves I have done a number of things: 1. written a garden goal, 2. let everyone know my goal and its progress, 3. started a rotational garden group.
So excited I just stumbled across your blog! We live in Sydney right now but dream of escaping to the country and living a self sufficient lifestyle. Can't wait to read more about your self sufficient adventures! Very inspiring.
Katie x
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Lovely reading! A lifestyle to be emulated!
Lindsay www.clothingloop.com
Hi Julie, We haven't heard from you in a while, hope all is well with you & yours. from Jenny McH
sounds nice.
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I hope you are OK. Have missed your posts.
Cheers
Widespread knowledge is the catalyst for sustainability. As long as people understand how important alternative energy is, the majority will become impassioned by it. The only people against the green revolution are Republicans and oil industry executives. Consumers far outnumber them.
My husband and I recently moved into a motorhome so we could travel all over the US (and parts of Canada). I am thinking about getting some of those hanging tomato plant kits so I can still have some semblance of a garden.
You haven't updated in a while. I hope that you're okay.
I continue to click on your page from my Bookmarks- hoping I'll see a new post. I hope you are well.... I miss your stories and advice.
As the saying goes: knowledge is power (Francis Bacon) so we just need to keep spreading the knowledge.
A great article! Hoping you'll be able to update soon, I've really enjoyed reading your posts :)
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