Seeds oh so many seeds

We have really thrown ourselves into growing our own vege patch, so much so that here is a photo of all our lovely seeds we will soon be growing.  We plan to sow in trays at the start of February and ready to plant out in March, we know its not the idealistc time to start as usually its better to start in Spring, but we just wana get stuck in :-)  We plan to put in a green crop of Alfalfa when a veg bed is not in use, sow the seeds an turn it within a month - otherwise the roots go toooo deep and it becomes back backing business to turn over eeeek! Trail an error I think.  We also bought two cloches hope this comes in handy when the wet season comes - usually in August.

Oh about 2 months ago now I saw an advertisement about worm farms an it got me thinking........

First I researched it on the Internet and found soooo many websites covering this topic but I couldn't refine the search to our home town which peeved me off alittle.  So I emailed our local environmental earthly group called "Environmental solutionz" and they had just got some worm farm kits in ready for a christmas sale :-) I thought to myself this is meant to be yipppppy

So after I talked Chris onto my side stating that the worm castings are like a golden compost he was all for it :-)  So that same day we purchased a worm farm kit, they are all happy and munching away, it should take roughly about 4-6months to get our first lot of golden compost - just in time for when planting our seedlings into our new garden.  Oh an we have around 2000 worms and they breed just by touching WOW! so the more food the more worms :-)  Here are some photos :-) 

The Vege Patch

After Working really hard on my husband Chris, wearing him down to a very agreeable yes to yet another project, It was full steams ahead :-)  

First we had to decide on the location.  

Where oh where was the best place to put our patch, taking into consideration we live on the side of a sloping hill, we thought long an hard and the only logical place was at the base of our section where it will get most sun an as a bonus the paling fence would act as a wind barrier.  

Now that we finally decided on where the next question was how big.  

We discussed the size (an when I say discussed - I mean hours of brain storming)  Surely the size would have alot to do with how successful our vege patch was going to be, especially one that can sustain a family of four all year round - yikes!  24 sq neters should do it.  we spray painted and pegged the area as shown in the photo an hope this would do the job :-)

My first stint was back in 2005 when I was a solo mum.  I didn't have a huge patch but a simple easy 3 crop vege patch, an it was sufficient enough.  I grew the veges with the help of my then 5 year old daughter Brooke now 9 years old; Cauliflower, Broccoli, lettuce, capsicums, tomatoes. 

This stint was done all in one year as I was renting and was moving at the end of that year, so crop rotation was not necessary.  

I looooved getting my hands dirty and what came with this was the satisfaction with teaching my daughter valuable life skills.  

Our fresh supply of yummy produce was too much for us, so my neighbours became very buddy buddy in the hope I would share - an of course I did.

What inspired me to start a vege patch 2nd time round was the memory of the sensational taste of our fresh home grown vege's, this stunned me into the realisation of the CRAP we buy and eat on a daily basis from the local supermarkets.  I knew one day I would get back into a vege patch, an that's where I am today ready to embark on our family vege patch - how very exciting :-)