Our one day dream is finally becoming a reality!
Whilst on the pursuit for a more simplified existence, designing and building our own veggie garden has been at the top of our figurative "must do" list for many months now. Our motivation? The thoughts of nourishing our bodies and minds with home grown goodness as well as developing and instilling in Sage an understanding of the origins of our food, right there in our very backyard. Plus, spending the longer, more sun-drenched days 'pottering in the garden' sounds like an oh-so delightful way to pass our time!
Before creating our garden, we spent some time deliberating on the perfect size and position for our patch by using the very technical 'string and stick' method! The discussion of measurements was not complete without entertaining melodramatics from The Diva Husband* who, in an attempt to emphasise the "enormity" of my sizing dreams, pretended to fall into the garden while picking an imaginary carrot. The Oscar-worthy performance convinced me that it was indeed necessary to move the border inward 5 centimetres... as it was revealed this makes all the difference to vegetable picking ease{!}
Scavenging through the garage - a treasure trove of potentials, just waiting to be realized! - Si discovered we had enough left over iron {from our house re-roofing a few years ago} to build our bed from - cutting costs in the process. Over the past weekend Mr Crafty* whipped up a frame {as you do} and whamo... our first step to veggie growing goodness was complete!
We filled the bed with a mixture of top soil, loam, mushroom compost and cow manure and under the advice of our amazing nurseryman friend, bought a mixture of seeds {carrots, parsnip, snow peas, beans, peas, spring onions} and seedlings {lettuce, spinach, leeks, cucumber, celery}, ready for planting today...
Many a house plant have "failed" in my "care", however I am absolutely determined to water, weed, sustain and nurture my heart out for the years to come. I cannot wait to watch our little patch grow and thrive over the coming months and I'm already dreaming of delicious salads, picked by hand, to accompany our homemade, wood fired pizzas, devoured in the warm, sweet, summer air... ahhhhhh
*Sorry for the obscure nicknames given to you throughout this post, darling husband. You'll always be my Si Pie x
What a gorgeous back yard you have! So much space for wee people to frolic around in. And a vegie patch is great fun (hard work some times) but lots of fun. There isn't a vegie that Bijou won't eat out of our garden. Love, love, loving your new design too....fabulous! :) x
ReplyDeleteThank you Steph, we are so lucky to have a lot of space in our back yard. Sage absolutely adores being outside! x
DeleteIt looks LOVELY. What luck with the leftover roofing! I wish you guys many, many garden successes! We're doing very similar work over here but we're heading into winter and building a hoop house instead. Some things remain the same though...we filled our bed with mushroom compost and cow manure today, too!
ReplyDeleteOh, so sweet of you to visit Julie! What is a hoop house? I've ever heard of one! I wonder if it is similar to what we would call a greenhouse here? Hopefully the manure and mushroom compost work their magic for the both of us! x
DeleteYou got it! Just another term for green house. I tend to call mine a hoop house because of it's shape...all rounded and such! And yes...fingers crossed for us both on the compost and manure!
DeleteSage is absolutely ADORABLE! I love the idea of your plantar box! I think I'll be asking my dad to make me one! I'm growing some herbs in small pots atm but they way too tiny... Hmmm... Bunnings this afternoon I think!
ReplyDeleteSophie xo
Thank you Sophie! We think she'd pretty adorable too :-) Herbs are a fantastic beginning - that's how we started out too. I'm sure a trip to Bunnings will lead to much inspiration! x
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