Vege Patch v2.0

Well, this is it... the beginning of our second vege patch, the winter crop. We've got:

VEGES: red onion, white onion, asparagus, spinach, cos lettuce, beetroot, leek, silverbeet, tomatoes (cherry, roma, egg), broccoli

HERBS & COMPANIONS: marigolds, aloe vera, oregano, nasturtium, sage, pyrethrum, lavender, sunflowers, basil, thyme, chili, catnip, mint, parsley, coriander, dill

Pipe dreams...

Jay needs some new toolboxes - great for us, because we need some hard manual labour digging trenches in preparation for the re-plumbing! He put in some back-breaking hours and we're lucky to have him (wanting some cashola!). There's some crazy pipe criss-crossing - even Super Mario would be scratching his head, huh?

The vege patch begins anew!

It's taken a while to get back to it, but we've learnt a lot in the interim, so it'll be interesting to see how successful we are this time. We've done more soil prep, know more about companion planting and not to sow everything in neat rows, what should be next to other plants (or not) and so on. We're also planting to the seasonal guide instead of just what we wanted (and happened to be on sale regardless of the right season!). Looking forward to some yummy results!

The farm begins... Bottom Terrace

...to back

... and progress with the rear steps from the bottom terrace out to the park area. It's a tad bigger than Drew initially envisioned, but eh, doesn't matter! When it's only 2mm out overall, he was pretty happy with it.

front...

Work has started on the front vege patch with Drew tilling up the soil with his new eBay-purchased rotary tiller - rahrrr, more power tools!!

another catch-up pic...

Bottom terrace...