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

New Gardens

Hello!
We have been having a lot of success with our Garden (see Success! First Season's Fruits)and have even finished our first season! About a week ago we dug up the gardens again after the chooks being on the top one for about a week. They had previously been on the bottom garden for about a month. Improvements include wider paths and more evenly spaced veggie rows. Here are some photos of the gardens: