We moved into our first house in the western suburbs of Victoria earlier this year. After living in a one bedroom apartment for five years, spending time in our new backyard was an attractive option. So once I grew sick of the inside renovations, I turned my attention to building a raised vegetable garden.
Our raised vegetable garden is 6 metres long by 1.5 metres wide. The bed is north facing and backs on to a neighbouring brick garage, which should keep the patch warm through the colder, frostier months. It took a full day to construct the bed. We used red gum timber - it looked good and we knew that it hadn't been treated. All up, the bed cost approximately $300 to build. I filled it with three cubic metres of compost mix, which contained plenty of horse manure and mushroom compost.
Our first season's crop consists of:
Pumpkin, Zucchini, Cucumber, Climbing Beans, Capsicum, Tomatoes, Lettuce, Potatoes, Lemon Thyme, Rosemary, Basil, Chilli, Parsley and Coriander.
Pumpkin, Zucchini, Cucumber, Climbing Beans, Capsicum, Tomatoes, Lettuce, Potatoes, Lemon Thyme, Rosemary, Basil, Chilli, Parsley and Coriander.
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