Plant it , grow it , eat it , compost it

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inner north, Melbourne, Australia
Install a veggie garden in your back yard, easy to maintain or i can maintain it for you. -i use only organic veggie seedlings, natural fertilizers and will guide you on your way to Self-Sufficiency. Growing your own food helps to : -Reducing our contributions to climate change- by reducing miles food travels to reach the supermarket. -Water Efficiency- Home grown food has been shown to be more water efficient than broadscale agriculture -Fresh, nutritious, chemical free food -Community Health and Social benefits- Growing food encourages children to eat fruit and veg. Tackles childhood obesity in a health active outdoor activity. -I offer a quick, effective and very reliable service. from bed building, composting, mulching, soil importing, drip irrigation, seed delivery, also available chook pens and more. Start eating your own veggies in 8 weeks. call Renato: 0415 221 517 or email to : urbanveggiegardener@gmail.com Blog : http://urbanveggiegardener.blogspot.com/

Facts for The Edible Backyard

From the Sustainable Living Festival 2009  (please view below)

3 Sleeper high Veggie patch

3 Sleeper high Veggie patch
great height for those who have a sore back


Complete makeover STAGE 1

Complete makeover  STAGE 1
A barron tasteless lawn!

STAGE 2

STAGE 2
Weed & Lawn destruction, soil preperation & conditioning

STAGE 3

STAGE 3
Bed Construction

STAGE 4

STAGE 4
Green Manure

STAGE 5

STAGE 5
Last of the layers before Mulch

STAGE 6

STAGE 6
First Plantings

Final result- From a barron lawn to an edible garden.

Final result- From a barron lawn to an edible garden.

compact courtyard veggies

compact courtyard  veggies
Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

final result





Thursday, September 11, 2008

Summer Veggies

Now is the time if you are thinking about installing a veggie garden, or if you need me to maintain your existing veggie garden, i have seedlings ready to plant and plenty of good mulch to spread around.  

Friday, September 5, 2008

Time for a change

For centuries we have always reaped our own harvest, now is a time more than any other that we need to continue this ancient tradition.   With a backyard small or large we have the ability to sustain our own food production and recycle food wastes into a rich fertile soil.
Keeping our food wholesome and in our own hands is the start being self sufficient.

Our food, our health, our future

Our food, our health, our future
what's in my tomato?