For Andrea's birthday in September, she received some Mitre 10 vouchers from both sets of parents and some of the value was put towards our new Vege Patch. The remainder was spent on a baking blow torch which Andrea uses to caramelise sugar on Creme Brulee - mainly for Greg's benefit!
The vege patch has exceeded expectations - since planting in September we've already started harvesting the baby spinach and the spring onions for salads (at least every second night for the past 3 weeks so far) and the silverbeet and peas are well on their way. The parsley and chives are thriving alongside the Rosemary Tree that already existed (it's a lot bigger than a bush, even after Greg hacked off 2/3 of it's branches!), and the beans were planted a couple of weeks ago (they need warmer soil so can't be planted until late October when the frosts have finished) so we're hoping they'll be ready to eat in late January.
This is the first year that we've ever had a vege patch, so it's a bit trial and error, but we're pleased with the results so far!
The vege patch looking from the clothes line:
And a week later... peas!!
1 comment:
Well done both of you. We're ok on shrubs and bushes etc. but not so hot on vege gardens!
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