It's been a hot, dry summer this year. But, in spite of this (and perhaps because of it) we've recorded our biggest ever two-month harvest - almost 140kg. The freezer is bursting and we already have a year's supply of tomato passata! Read on to learn the 5 key lessons we've learned in growing vegetables productively in a regular Canberra suburban garden with the usual uninspiring clay to begin with... |
It’s hard to believe now that the happily growing food forest in the pictures below was a patchy bare lawn less than 5 months ago. Hard to spot, but there are numerous establishing fruit trees in between the other plants - see how many you can find! Even though we haven’t completed all of the water infrastructure yet, things are growing well and we have more lettuce and rocket than we know what to do with. Hooray for yesterday’s big rainfall too!
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