Projects

Backyard Garden

Small veggie patch

This is our very steep garden area. The images show the installation of raised beds using ironbark timber slabs.

We built these beds using 200 x 50 mm Ironbark timber slabs

Removed the grass & dug up the soil

Very poor quality red/clay soil. We added gypsum to help break it up

Gypsum added

Adding horse manure

Note the slope of the land

We had to dig it through many times

Adding the compost

Blood & bone fertilizer is a favourite of ours

Mixing the fertilizer through

A good thick layer of mulch is really important

We then treated the bed with microbes & humic acid

We let the beds sit for a couple of weeks then planted out our seedling.s

Plants respond well if you give them what they want

These plants are only about 4 weeks old