Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Vegie gardens 41Mar 04, 2009 10:05 am Thanks Fu Manchu! I'm really starting to like the idea of the colorbond for vegie beds! 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Vegie gardens 42Mar 04, 2009 10:23 am I thought he was winning converts to limestone. If I was able I'd have everything in stone: house, beds, edging, retaining walls, paths . . . . Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: Vegie gardens 43Mar 04, 2009 10:43 am Cabinfever I thought he was winning converts to limestone. If I was able I'd have everything in stone: house, beds, edging, retaining walls, paths . . . . hehe well I could get colorbond ones to match my fence, I reckon that would look great 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Vegie gardens 44Mar 04, 2009 2:01 pm lisanne Thanks Fu Manchu! I'm really starting to like the idea of the colorbond for vegie beds! Make sure you line the inside or it will rust Re: Vegie gardens 45Mar 04, 2009 5:57 pm I have some photos of veggies in amongst other plants, but Photobucket is down for maintenance at the mo' so can't upload them. I'll try to remember later.... Re: Vegie gardens 46Mar 04, 2009 6:10 pm Dukekamaya lisanne Thanks Fu Manchu! I'm really starting to like the idea of the colorbond for vegie beds! Make sure you line the inside or it will rust they'll probably rust anyway That is a given but here in highly alkaline soils, with salt laiden air they will still outlast a timber garden bed and that is a bloody long time. Re: Vegie gardens 47Mar 05, 2009 6:30 pm I'd be more inclined to use full galvanised corrugated steel and then paint it, rather than Colorbond steel in that application. Re: Vegie gardens 49Mar 05, 2009 8:53 pm Dukekamaya I'd be more inclined to use full galvanised corrugated steel and then paint it, rather than Colorbond steel in that application. Fu Manchu i think you'd be dead right too Thanks for the tip 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Vegie gardens 50Mar 08, 2009 3:57 pm Finally got a chance to upload these.... this was a display at the Melb garden show in 2007. I like how they've made the veggies a feature - beats hiding them down the yard somewhere.
Excuse the crappy photo quality - I used my phone. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Vegie gardens 51Mar 08, 2009 4:06 pm That's awesome Kek! I'd love to do that, although the best spot for my vegies is going to be at the back (north) end of the property, but could definitely try some of them in other area's as well 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Vegie gardens 52Mar 08, 2009 6:08 pm Artfully contrived arrangements, but back in the real world . . . Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: Vegie gardens 54Mar 10, 2009 3:04 pm If you're the kind who likes to have displays of annuals, there's no reason why some of them can't be veggies.
Even if that's not your thing, lots of plants can still be used - chillies and strawberries would be great for a start, and there are plenty of perennial herbs. You could still grow some of the annuals in pots and once they've been harvested, just swap them for ones in season. Or you could go for a grand parterre garden if you have the space, and just use veggies instead of flowers : Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Vegie gardens 55Mar 10, 2009 8:09 pm Hey Maggie, Do you have the link to the chap from great gardens that does the veggie landscapes? Re: Vegie gardens 56Mar 29, 2009 2:14 pm I currently have tomatoes and strawberries growing in polystyrene containers I got from the local fruit shop. My green tomatoes are all still growing and now slowly going red meanwhile the plant seems to be dieing off as all the leaves are going brown - seems odd, but while the fruit is still ok I'm not too worried. I also now have 2 strawberries going red and lots of green ones still growing! My plants are confused LOL. I'm thinking I might plant some garlic this week - any tips on other easy to grow vegies I should plant now? I don't have much space though due to the strawberries taking over and my tomatoes still going. Pretty much everything I do in these 'pots' is to learn for when I'm in my house with a lot more space for a vegie patch. Although I spose I will always be learning! 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Vegie gardens 57Mar 30, 2009 7:15 pm Kek those pics do demonstrate just what i'd love to see more of and that is growing veggies all through your garden The great thing is it is cheap to do and with some practice over a few crops you'll nut out what will look great as well as taste great The soil will get better and better and so all of your garden will look better and better Re: Vegie gardens 58Mar 31, 2009 6:43 am Since we have don't have room for the kind of veggie garden we used to have, I think I will be growing a few things in amongst the ornamental plants. That purple basil is so pretty too, gotta get some of that. Our old place had the world's crappiest soil (nice gooey black basaltic clay), but after about 15 years of growing veggies and adding manure, compost and a thick mulch of pea straw most years, the soil in the veggie plot was sensational. I seriously thought about bringing it with us.... Re: Vegie gardens 60Mar 31, 2009 10:46 pm Looks bloody great there! From that little space, you're going to be able to produce a heap of food! Heaps! Next time with your tommies, you can get away with cutting them back earlier and getting a second healthy crop. We cut ours back about 6 weeks ago and I was expecting mid to late April for the last burst of fruit but fresh green growth and loads of tomato's again This is just the right time to be planting Garlic. Just get some Aussie grown garlic and plant them out. Put the pointy end up and they will shoot away just nice Spud time soon and already in some parts of Aus. Get a bag of seed spuds going You'll grow the best buttery spuds you have ever had All the leafy cool season salad crops are going to do great now. Lettuce, collis, broccoli, brussel sprouts ( ) cabbages, spinich, onions, peas and beans, turnips and parsnips, radishes too. All pretty good to get in now. There are lots of others to try as well. Check this mob out for some excellent ideas as well... http://www.diggers.com.au/ Their old world veggies are fantastic! They look weird and different but will have flavours that are exceptional. They are strains of veggies that are what was grown 2 or 3 hundred years ago. So much flavour Lisanne those boxes are excellent for growing veggies, in fact they are one of the best ways to do it. So cheap and the perfect dimensions. You will get some very productive crops from that. If anyone gets any bugs on their veggies, let me know and I will find an organic treatment for them |