Downgoing and Upcoming

The vege patch has just gotten a little larger. Its taken all winter but finally the last few (about 6) feet have been added to the end of the vege patch. At first it looked like an easy job, but after digging down a centimeter it turned out that the reason it was a well draining spot was that there wasn't any soil. What must have been a dozen wheelbarrow loads of broken (half) bricks were buried in the garden. Removing these and sifting in soil took days - and since it never stopped raining all winter there weren't many suitable (weekend) days. Finding spare top-spoil in the garden wasn't too difficult but moving it is hard work.

As the vege patch is now at its maximum extent a wooden border was added around the whole site. The wood was rotting in the shed and is now rotting at the edge of the vege patch - and it looks better then it did before.

Upcoming events... On Thursday Mitre-10 is having a seminar on growing food. Lynda Hallinan is coming to Dunedin for the Rhododendron festival and will talk about her second year of living off of her vegetable patch. Will try to get to both events, Lynda's first talk was very funny.