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.  

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Our food, our health, our future

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