Update on "The yard'

In the last few months since my last post we've planted the raspberrys (see post on raspberrys 27/7/1 )  and did lots of work in the garden, we planted some tomatoes, lettuce, watermelons, rocket, capsicum, chilli, beans, carrots, beetroot, and mangle-wurzel. We also harvested our wheat , pumpkins, onions, garlic, and some of our corn, tomatoes, and beans. In the holidays we mulched our native garden and fruit trees, then we made three pens for our sheep.

The Raspberrys

Just planted tomatoes

Watermelons

Mangle-Wurzels

Corn

NEW GARDEN!

Our "New Garden"

Here we are again, four years later with news from "One point Five". 

We have begun a new garden in a new position, implementing a lot of new things we have learnt from friends, family and DVD's .

We have watched a Gardening Australia DVD explaining crop rotation using 6 beds. Nathan , aged 13, has been very  keen and industrious in applying many of the suggestions. ( see details on each post for specifics on bed preparation and care for individual crops) 

Our current total garden area is 300 sq m , 20 m x 15 m , including paths. Each bed is  8 m x 2.5 m .

We have 8 beds and are using a 6 bed rotation as mentioned above with an additional 2 bed rotation.

(mainly because we dug the beds before watching the DVD and will probably adapt this further in the future.)

We are finding that as with previous gardens GREENS grow well - Kale , Silver Beet , Pak Choi and lettuce. 

This has been great as I have been able to develop and enjoy GREEN SMOOTHIES. ( check the topic on GOOGLE and start enjoying Green smoothies yourself ) :)

The "New Garden" looking to the House

"Top" Garden update

An update on our "top" garden: Everything is going well and we just had our first harvest, Radishes. Here are some Pictures of our flourishing "top" garden:

The yellow flowers in the photo below are Pak Choi, an Asian vegetable that can be found at most supermarkets. There are 2 types of Pak Choi, Green and White. The green tends to grow tightly where as the white variety grow more loose leaf and go to seed easier. The variety we have in the "top" garden is white but we have the both green and white in the bottom garden (see "Hi! I'm back!"). A similar vegetable is Bak Choi, but don't get them mixed up!

Radishes are a good plant because they take up a very small amount of space and are good for children with little patience as they sprout and grow quickly. Here is a photo of one of our first Radishes:

Hi! I'm Back!

Hello, Hello! Sorry I have been so taken up with my Gardening I forgot about letting all you know! As a result I now have heaps of things to tell.
OK. Firstly We started a new garden, the "bottom" garden, with more Pak Choi, Onion, Garlic, Peas and even (something new...) Capsicum. Here are the photos of this garden: