Raised Garden Bed - Part 2

Since finishing the preparation of the garden bed (click here to see Part 1), we planted a few vegetables and herbs on January 9th. This included:

Vegetables:

Sweetcorn, Tomatos, Lettuce (a couple of varieties), Rhubarb, Brocolli, Silverbeet, Capsicum, Pac Choi.

Herbs:

Oregano, Standard and Sweet Basil, Parsley.

The photos below show the newly planted seedlings. [...]

Raised Garden Bed - Part 1

I've been working on a raised garden bed in the backyard of my in-laws house in suburban Perth which we're hoping will return a year-round supply of herbs and vegetables.

We have designed it so that a rectangular vegetable garden will receive close to full sun, and a curved section that receives considerably more shade [...]

Permaculture - What is it, and what can it do for you?

As temporary custodians of this Earth, we're just starting to understand what Bill Mollison and David Holmgren were onto back in the 1970's on the issue of permaculture.

If you're eager to dip your toe into the water of this fascinating and common-sense approach, then the following videos (courtesy of YouTube) may be somewhere to [...]