{"id":643,"date":"2016-02-22T11:01:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T22:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/?p=643"},"modified":"2016-08-27T22:36:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T10:36:44","slug":"vegetable-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/vegetable-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetable garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

I said I would start one<\/a>, but then life (and unavoidable maintenance tasks)\u00a0got in the way. Thankfully though Auntie Jean saved the day and planted lovely green things\u00a0back in September. This was in addition to\u00a0braving the swimming pool<\/a>, and feeding everyone\u00a0while\u00a0Uncle Eddie, Deborah and I wrestled with\u00a0the ailing\u00a0stream pump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

First the veggie garden\u00a0looked like this:<\/p>\n

\"veggies\"<\/a>

The garden that Jean planted; alpine strawberries, oregano, basil, sage, spring\u00a0onion.<\/p><\/div>\n

Yay for greens! By November it had grown\u00a0into this:<\/p>\n

\"Veggies\"<\/a>

Jean’s original garden is in the foreground. Silverbeet, tomato, thyme in the planters beyond.<\/p><\/div>\n

And since then it’s sprung beautifully into abundance.<\/p>\n

\"Silverbeet\"<\/a>

Silverbeet.<\/p><\/div>\n

There really is nothing like being able to harvest food within 20 steps of your kitchen. This is permaculture’s\u00a0Zone One <\/a>in action.<\/p>\n

\"Lettuce\"<\/a>

Lettuces and a few chives<\/p><\/div>\n

Due to the ubiquitous weed mat<\/a>, everything here was planted in boxes and pots\u00a0which had been\u00a0left around the property by the previous owners. Before Jean planted, I filled them up with a mixture of soil, sweepings out of\u00a0the chicken coops, and loads of pony\u00a0poo. There really is nothing better for growing vegetables in than\u00a0the stuff that comes out of horses and chickens.<\/p>\n

Eventually I will relocate the silverbeet and tomatoes to a\u00a0new veggie patch\u00a0which is under construction outside the back door. My permaculture course<\/a> friend\u00a0Helen, and her friend Cathi-the-Pet-Sitter-from-Florida helped me with it when they\u00a0came to stay. I’m gradually expanding the plot, pumpkin plant by pumpkin plant*, looking forward to a\u00a0time when it will\u00a0supply most of what goes on our plates at the end of the day.\u00a0Big plans people. Big plans…!<\/p>\n

* Grown from Uncle Eddie’s best Omokoroa\u00a0pumpkin seeds.<\/p>\n

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