Saturday, April 12, 2014

Container Vegetables - Milk Crates

I am going to be using the ubiquitous milk crate as the container of choice for my vegetables. They are modular, readily available (I buy them) and just the right size. There is wealth of information available on the "square foot garden", which is the size of a milk crate.

One crate takes one bag of compost and I can move them and stack them as the mood takes me. The only problem that needs to be managed is watering; at the height of summer a pot with something like a tomato or capsicum can dry out in less than a day. Not a problem at the moment but an irrigation system will need to be incorporated before next summer.

I shall use the phases of the moon to govern my activities. It might be a load of old hooey (and there again it might not) but either way it is a useful garden time management and reminder tool.









Thursday, April 10, 2014

Get a grip!

Last year I planted out some perennial basil which has got a bit out of control over the past four months even though the bees have loved it.



It is time to get a grip so I have moved the basil into a large pot, given the soil in the pop-up bed a feed and planted out some perpetual spinach (beta vulgaris). I shall be good to it; lets see how long it lasts until it bolts! 

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Trimming the Lilly Pilly

We have four Lilly Pillies that we put in to provide a screen as our neighbour's kitchen window over looks our garden. They grow with such vigour that they completely hide the whole house which is fine for us but makes it a bit dingy for the neighbours doing the washing up. Every now and then I shove Virginia up a lader and she chops it back. I am not allowed to take action shots but here is a picture taken with the job half done.