My first vegetable garden

Andy Hunt · Post by **Andy Hunt** » 24 Apr 2007, 15:34

I have been a bit late starting this year - a few things are coming up but not much, a few onions, peas and the odd sweetcorn.

Got some stuff in seed trays which hopefully will be up soon. Have to get my mini-greenhouse sorted out this year, finally.

Fortunately the fruiting plants and trees don't wait for me to get my act together, they just get on with it!!!

Keela · Post by **Keela** » 24 Apr 2007, 16:39

Warm weather... spot of rain and WOOOOSH...... everything is GROWING!

Including the weeds unfortunately!

Still great to see everything so green - I love this time of year.

(First rhubarb from the garden with custard last night.)

Just makes the drought in Australia more real when I see the difference a shower or two makes here after only a short dry spell. Devastating to think of no rain.

PaulS · Post by **PaulS** » 24 Apr 2007, 22:40

Hi everyone, long time no post!
Just a little warning to anyone thinking of using a rotavator for clearing up a patch for veges: don't do it.
I made that terrible mistake last year. As a result, instead of having had mere thousands of six foot high stinging nettles, etc, I ended up with about a million. The rotavator just cut up all the roots into dozens of little pieces and everyone of them wanted to grow.

In the end we fenced the area off with electric fencing (helped by a solar panel) and dumped a couple of pigs in there. Now, that was a stroke of genius. I don?t think there is a single little bit of a root left on our new veg patch
... and its fertilized as well
... and we had no problem disposing of any leftovers whatsoever, however disgusting.
... and the freezer is full of lovely pork
... and some of the salted pork is waiting to be turned into ham and bacon
the only losers are the poor piggies, although they did have a lovely time

Erik · Post by **Erik** » 24 Apr 2007, 22:55

PaulS wrote:In the end we fenced the area off with electric fencing (helped by a solar panel) and dumped a couple of pigs in there. Now, that was a stroke of genius. I don?t think there is a single little bit of a root left on our new veg patch
... and its fertilized as well
... and we had no problem disposing of any leftovers whatsoever, however disgusting.
... and the freezer is full of lovely pork
... and some of the salted pork is waiting to be turned into ham and bacon
the only losers are the poor piggies, although they did have a lovely time

Well you seem to have made the most of your pigs! But did you rememebr to save some of their fat to fill your tank with?