Thursday, May 1, 2008


Six monthly update on garden planted last October.

After considerable effort and lots of horse manure, mulching hay and compost, the garden is looking half decent. I am actually looking forward to the next six months.. so far i have taken a huge crop of loofahs, cucumbers, eggplant, chilli and pumpkins from here. the trees are still going strong and will be the foundation for this garden when big enough, in the meantime i have planted strawberries and parsley around the bases of the trees.
The trees consist of two mulberry bought from market last december, they have grown twice their size, Kaffir Lime, Loquat, Cumquat, Apple, Peach, Plum, Soursop, Avocado, Jackfruit, Baytree, Olive, Miricle Fruit, Tangerine, 2 x Lemonade and a Mango. There are a few others but i cannot honestly remember what i planted, surprises for later.
Vines include Red Passionfruit, 2 x Banana Passionfruit and 2 x Purple Passionfruit and 1 lonely Grape Vine the other one couldnt handle the wet..
Planted amongst the trees and in clumps of their own Lemongrass, Tarragon, Sage, Basil, 2x Chilli, Eggplants, Strawberries, Parsley, Capsicum, Cucumber, Loofah, Spaghetti Squash, Borage, and Chives..
I am hoping to finish filling the gaps in between the trees this time next year. (so no mowing for me)