Monthly Archives: February 2011

PUMPKIN PENDANTS – FEBRUARY IN THE GARDEN

Basket of garden produce

Cherry tomato plant tied up with old socks

Eggplant flowers

Freshly picked green beans

Native raspberry growing in the driveway

No dig garden bed

Plastic bottle protecting young seedlings

Sunflower leaves

Zucchini tromboncino ready to be picked

Cluster of pots around the wattle tree

Investigating the corn

Picking our first black beauty eggplant

Vines taking over the back fence

Zucchini chips

We were away a bit in January and the pumpkin and zucchini vines took the opportunity to take over everything, although we’re not complaining with zucchini chips and beautiful beans in our tums. We were proud to fill our first basket of produce from our very own garden. It probably didn’t need to be all piled into the same basket, but it just felt much more satisfying walking around the garden piling it up higher and higher!



A LITTLE GUERRILLA GARDEN

Nature strip pre guerrilla gardening, Melbourne, Australia

Removing grass around tree in the nature strip, Melbourne, Australia

Digging a garden bed in the nature strip, Melbourne, Australia

Laying a brick edge and lining the bed with newspaper to prevent weeds coming through, Melbourne, Australia

Marigolds planted into my guerrilla garden in the nature strip, Melbourne, Australia

My finished nature strip guerrilla garden planted with marigolds and herbs, Melbourne, Australia

 

Having read a little about guerrilla gardening I was inspired to put some prime north facing land to use. After all it is just there at our doorstep, it seems like such a waste! I’ve started small, due to urgings from Dylan, but I have much bigger plans for our humble nature strip!