Our Garden

After the winter of 2008, the weeds took over the patch.

We had some wallabies who found the patch a favorite rendezvous snack points in winter. So I gave up gardening in the cold and fighting with the roos and possums.

We decided it would cost too much to build fences to keep the wildlife out. So we planted some blood oranges, mandarins and blueberries in the patch. And during the cold months, the weeds took over.

I didn't mulch which is the thing to do to keep weeds at bay. It just means I have to get dirty and start over again.

But I changed my mind again and decided fruit and veggies cost way too much so I decided to plant around the little trees. I thought I'll plant mostly leafy veggies, herbs and maybe some squash around it. Hoping a mix of herbs would deter the wallabies and possums from eating the veggies. But during rubish collection, someone threw out some fencing. It wasn't very tall and not very strong neither but I was going to try anyway.

After weeding, the veggie patch now has a mandarin tree, a blood orange tree and a blueberry shrub; some parsley, chives and leek plants. Over the top is a lemon grass shrub. Still lots of space around it for herbs and leafy veggies.

After mulching and putting a very small and possibly useless fence, I decided to expand the patch and make use of such valuable sunny real estate.

Oh this year I also have a little help from a cutie poo. Who also reminds me the fence is terrible.


The expansion of the vegie patch from a little circle to a big ass veggie patch conveyor belt.

I bought myself some heirloom seeds from diggers and very excitedly planted some
rattlesnake beans (stripy purple and green beans)
10 colour tomato mix, striped beetroot, purple carrots, Red Spinach Spent over $50 on seeds. I sure hope they grow.