Plant it , grow it , eat it , compost it. Inner north, Melbourne, Australia. Facts for The Edible Backyard. 3 Sleeper high Veggie patch. Great height for those who have a sore back. A barron tasteless lawn! Weed and Lawn destruction, soil preperation and conditioning. Last of the layers before Mulch. Final result- From a barron lawn to an edible garden. Friday, February 20, 2009.

Saturday, October 11, 2008. Fighting the forces of nature takes energy, growing cold tolerant winter veggies works with nature. A cold frame simply provides additional protection, allow you to get a jump on, or extend the season by up to 4 weeks at either end. In our zone 8 climate we can get by with row covers alone. A hotbed or forcing bed uses the addition of heat to further increase the growing days. Fresh vegetables harvested from home, taste better and have not lost any nut.

This blog documents the journey turning a block of unused backyard in Perth into a biodynamic vegetable garden to care for the earth, to care for people and for a fair share. Sunday, March 23, 2014. How to get started with a new garden. 1 Permaculture is a system about designing your garden. Which gives you a good overview of the design principles and how it all comes together; or watch the video.

So, I asked myself, why am I growing sour cherries? Why not sweet cherries? And then I started to rethink the garden, as you do. A rethink was also on my mind last week as I tidied the garden with the help of my gardening neighbour, Karen,.