Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Jan 08, 2011 10:05 am Oxford 22 @ Stage12a Point Cook Site Cut : 05/03/2010 Slab Pour : 24/03/2010 Frame Inspected : 06/04/2010 Pre-plaster Inspection: 22/04/2010 PCI: 16/07/2010 Final Inspection: 30/07/2010 Landscaping: who knows??? MyHomeoneThread Our Oxford22 Blog Re: HELP: Garden prep 2Jan 08, 2011 2:25 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: HELP: Garden prep 3Jan 08, 2011 3:02 pm Oxford 22 @ Stage12a Point Cook Site Cut : 05/03/2010 Slab Pour : 24/03/2010 Frame Inspected : 06/04/2010 Pre-plaster Inspection: 22/04/2010 PCI: 16/07/2010 Final Inspection: 30/07/2010 Landscaping: who knows??? MyHomeoneThread Our Oxford22 Blog Re: HELP: Garden prep 4Jan 08, 2011 3:20 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: HELP: Garden prep 5Jan 08, 2011 4:56 pm Oxford 22 @ Stage12a Point Cook Site Cut : 05/03/2010 Slab Pour : 24/03/2010 Frame Inspected : 06/04/2010 Pre-plaster Inspection: 22/04/2010 PCI: 16/07/2010 Final Inspection: 30/07/2010 Landscaping: who knows??? MyHomeoneThread Our Oxford22 Blog Re: HELP: Garden prep 6Jan 08, 2011 5:18 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: HELP: Garden prep 7Jan 08, 2011 5:31 pm Oxford 22 @ Stage12a Point Cook Site Cut : 05/03/2010 Slab Pour : 24/03/2010 Frame Inspected : 06/04/2010 Pre-plaster Inspection: 22/04/2010 PCI: 16/07/2010 Final Inspection: 30/07/2010 Landscaping: who knows??? MyHomeoneThread Our Oxford22 Blog Re: HELP: Garden prep 8Jan 08, 2011 5:36 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: HELP: Garden prep 10Jan 08, 2011 9:41 pm 1. Level it a little more. do this after you mix in the "Certified organic soil" 2. Dump mushroom compost (maybe 5cm thick) on the whole area. use "Certified organic soil" instead 3. Put weedmat. Forget it, it is just shadecloth and is a pain in the arms legs and back to plant through in the future 4. Put mulch on top of the compost. needs to be between 500mm-1000mm thick for best results and it should be "green Mulch", 5. Dig the areas where I would put some plants in. Just dig the whole lot through 6. Put more compost on the plant hole. no need to if you dig it all through 7. Plant and put more mulch around the plants. just back fill with the existing mulch I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: HELP: Garden prep 11Jan 08, 2011 10:01 pm thanks mecha-wombat.. - what's a "certified organic soil" . i thought that's the mushroom compost - 500mm of mulch? that's half a meter deep!!!! - i really don't want to dig the whole lot due to lack of resources. that's why i'll just dig where i plant but still put compost on the whole lot so the other areas will be ready in the future this way, i can order the compost and mulch in the next day or two, level it up to path/driveway and start planting a few plants Oxford 22 @ Stage12a Point Cook Site Cut : 05/03/2010 Slab Pour : 24/03/2010 Frame Inspected : 06/04/2010 Pre-plaster Inspection: 22/04/2010 PCI: 16/07/2010 Final Inspection: 30/07/2010 Landscaping: who knows??? MyHomeoneThread Our Oxford22 Blog Re: HELP: Garden prep 12Jan 08, 2011 11:52 pm sorry 50 mm deep Looking at too many house plans HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA layering the soil in other areas will not do much for the soil structure in the future, however if you are going to dig it in them in the future, I suppose if you covered it with GREEN mulch and then dig it all through at a later date it would be fine Mushroom compost would be fine but the COS is the bees knees lots of good microflora and fauna in there MC has alot of chook poo and other stuff that tilts the balance away from a good balance of micro-organisms (I pretty sure thats what Fu said somewhere) My garden mantra for success is FEED THE SOIL NOT THE PLANT (I blame Fu for that) I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: HELP: Garden prep 13Jan 09, 2011 1:28 pm yeah.. i am pretty much trying to do that also, feeding the soil. that's why i want to make the prep right. how do you order that certified organic soil? looking at my local garden supply's list of product, they don't have it? what do i tell them? just "certified organic soil"? Oxford 22 @ Stage12a Point Cook Site Cut : 05/03/2010 Slab Pour : 24/03/2010 Frame Inspected : 06/04/2010 Pre-plaster Inspection: 22/04/2010 PCI: 16/07/2010 Final Inspection: 30/07/2010 Landscaping: who knows??? MyHomeoneThread Our Oxford22 Blog Re: HELP: Garden prep 14Jan 09, 2011 3:08 pm I am sure one of Victorians will know where to get it I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: HELP: Garden prep 15Jan 10, 2011 10:23 am I agree with Mecha-wombat! Ditch the weedmat - it's crappy and a waste of money! I also wouldn't bother with newspaper layers either if you are mulching, there just isn't a need. Sure newspaper will break down over time but you'd be much better putting down some sugar cane or pea straw mulch and then some tree mulch over the top. As for mushroom compost it's really not that great. You can get some Certified Organic soil from Bulleen Art and Garden in Melbourne (www.baag.com.au). These guys know their stuff! Even if you don't get the certified soil their other soil mixes are a lot better than what most other places will have. '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: HELP: Garden prep 16Jan 10, 2011 2:02 pm ah.. me a little bit !@#$!@# today.. was googling certified organic compost when it should be soil!!! Oxford 22 @ Stage12a Point Cook Site Cut : 05/03/2010 Slab Pour : 24/03/2010 Frame Inspected : 06/04/2010 Pre-plaster Inspection: 22/04/2010 PCI: 16/07/2010 Final Inspection: 30/07/2010 Landscaping: who knows??? MyHomeoneThread Our Oxford22 Blog Re: HELP: Garden prep 17Jan 10, 2011 4:40 pm Whoa, dude, you need to read the soil prep threads. Mushroom compost, layering, water crystals, weedmat - no way!! Spray out weeds with roundup a la Fu (seasol + detergent added - search it), leave for a week, add organic matter and soil ammendments, dig whole lot through to 300-400m, mulch heavily in garden areas with pea staw and then tree mulch (100mm thick total). Lay out your turf in levelled out lawn areas, plant into your garden beds - done. Weedmat in garden areas will be the bain of your life, not to mention the pollution to the environment. Think of the old black plastic later underneath gardens in the old days, what a nightmare that is. You have clay soil - add sand if you can and as much organic stuff as you can get. Zeolite + spongolite, never water crystals. Any weeds poke their heads up - pull em out or spray em out. Keep your mulch layer topped up - it will thin out rapidly. Re: HELP: Garden prep 18Jan 10, 2011 7:34 pm ahhh... this prepping is making me dizzy too much info to digest and too many different opinions. i don't know if i am going blind but can't seem to find that post of Fu about soil preparation and most links I see are for WA.. found that link that Fu had on google books (Gardenng down-under) and will try to read the section on soils.. you may have noticed from the above posts that i am trying to avoid digging and rotary hoeing because i am trying to avoid bursting the pipes and electrical cables but most, if not all, suggests this method.. will go now and read... Oxford 22 @ Stage12a Point Cook Site Cut : 05/03/2010 Slab Pour : 24/03/2010 Frame Inspected : 06/04/2010 Pre-plaster Inspection: 22/04/2010 PCI: 16/07/2010 Final Inspection: 30/07/2010 Landscaping: who knows??? MyHomeoneThread Our Oxford22 Blog Re: HELP: Garden prep 19Jan 10, 2011 7:37 pm Keen, Mecha-wombat and I are all pretty much saying the same thing! Read this thread viewtopic.php?f=19&t=21938 '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: HELP: Garden prep 20Jan 10, 2011 7:41 pm draco76 most links I see are for WA.. Don't stress over the info being for WA, it is still applicable for Vic. Fig Landscapes has produced an e-book and native plant index, available for purchase from their website. It's a great resource, full of inspiration and tips. 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