Well, it's not that bad but could have been better. A serious obstacle has been the slug infestation. I finally went along with my sister's advice (initially recommended by my landlord) - the beer trap. I bought a 4 pack of the cheapest beer in the market, which happens to be Tesco's value bitter. I then put disposable plastic containers in my vegetable patches, with the top level with the surface. These were then filled up with beer in the evening. In the morning, I would find that they were overflowing with dead slugs. I have pictures but they were too disgusting to put up.
Anyway, I now have the following plants growing in my garden:
1. Strawberries
2. Mint
3. Potatoes
4. Tomatoes
5. Lavender
6. Rosemary
7. 1 rose plant (the rest died)
8. a few marigold plants.
I have also planted carrots and chilies but they are yet to germinate.
The lawn is coming up well too. Our landlord gave me two boxes of hard wearing grass seed and I sowed them just before the rains. They are a bit patchy now but I am sure it will slowly grow over the bare patches in the future.
Take a look at how far our garden has come:
When we first moved in
In April 2007
NowGot the idea for this post from Skeet's blog.
2 comments:
Hey Adam, looks like you have an organic fruit and vege garden. I love herbs but just no chance in growing my faves in this climate. hopefully next time when i move to down under :)
You have fun hobby gardening.
you have been successfuly grow minimum 8 type of organic plant.
And you have a wide space garden.
I thinks this article answer my question before.
how much hour to you take to handle this plants everyday ?
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