Found a garden to rent;)

[vivacity]

I've just come back from a sightseeing tour of some local allotment gardens and we've chosen the most overgrown enchanted to call our own. What sold it for me? Well, it has running water and electricity, so I can take Thermie there too Sad, but true

[brazen20au]

lovely! will you take photos for us?

[vivacity]

Oh, dear. The "now" photos will make you think that Tarzan is about to swing through the trees Apparently, the garden belonged to a semi-hermit and he obviously wasn't that keen on keeping the garden house in good shape. It's damp, it probably needs a new roof and a LOT of work. But the whole family has decided that this is the garden for us even though we will have to spend many, many weekends weeding, planning and sweating away. We all came home elated at this thought! My step-daughter is already planning her flower garden and I've already planted the future vegetable beds (at least in my mind's eye). We are all very excited. It's brilliant!

[Very Happy Jan]

what a great family project. How big is your garden?

[Thermomixer]

Good luck - wish I could find a small plot near home.

[trudy]

Oh! How I wish I had a bigger garden.  Much to my husband Wayne's dissapointment I have planted a few veg's (spinach, zucchines, rhubarb) and some herbs in our front garden.)  Enjoy your new garden.

Trudy

[meganjane]

Enjoy your new garden!!
I have a huge back yard, but poor water pressure and water restrictions, so my garden isn't that flash. I'm planning to fence 1/3 of the back yard off and plant fruit and nut trees in big drums so we can take them with us when we go. Hopefully, I'll get these reticulated.

Please post photos to let us know how it's all going!

[brazen20au]

we have a tiny back yard too (when our tent is packed up wet we have to put it up in the front to get it dry, there's not enough room out back lol) but we are doing pretty good with our vegie garden atm we do have lots of pots of veg in the front garden though too this year

here are some pics of ours (at the bottom) - i'll go take some new ones after i eat my lunch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brazen20au/sets/72157603640454005/

[brazen20au]

PS: please excuse the photos of my messy house  they were supposed to inspire me to keep it clean *snort*

[Thermomixer]

LOL - like me posting pics on the blog so I'll go back and write the recipes - then people get annoyed because i don't post the recipes.

I like the frogs on the wall

[brazen20au]

the frogs are lost in the hardenbergia jungle now, it has totally taken over that garden as we didn't have a proper climbing frame for it

[cookie1]

Your garden looks lovely Karen. Much better than my brother's who lives over there. Do you live out of Canberra?
I must admit, I also saw that wonderful tidy pantry.

Vivacity, that sounds wonderful I would love to rent some garden somewhere close. We don't have a back yard, ours is at the side and it is full of Model A's and millions of Model A parts. Our only garden is the front and I have my herbs out there, under the olive tree.

[brazen20au]

we are in the northwest cookie, but in the suburbs - can't you tell from the tiny size of the block? lol
yes, my pantry is the one part of the house that is usually tidy haha

we have done the gardens in both our houses pretty much from scratch (the first house had one nearly dead tree in it and this one had some NZ flax plants) and we use almost all natives (but pretty natives, if your brother's garden is older it is probably full of ugly natives lol). we like the cottage garden type look

[judydawn]

Vivacity, how far from where you live is this garden plot and what do you plan to plant on it.  I have heard of people who live in high rise apartments having these garden plots & I assume they are fenced all round with locks on to prevent others from stealing your fruit or vegies.  I am thinking of getting one of those oblong corrogated iron thingies to plant a few more vegies and herbs in.  Currently having the front yard done up with water wise plants of yukkas, agaves, cordylines, flax etc with river pebbles which will make that area pretty well maintenance free so that I can concentrate on my back garden.  I intend having more work done out there also to lower my workload and just keep one area for growing bits and pieces.  These new plant boxes range from small to quite large and mean the days of getting down on your hands and knees to plant & weed will be over as the plants would end up around thigh high. Would take a bit of soil to fill though.  The prices are great for the size of them, an instant garden bed.
Good luck with your plot vivacity - sounds like it is going to be a real family affair.  That's wonderful the children are interested.

[brazen20au]

yes i want to get some of those too judy, for the corner near our washing line which is currently bare (the last bit to be "done")

i discovered recently we have a community garden just 5 mins up the road from us but not sure if they have any beds free, plus i'd be too scared to go and garden with all the experts, i know nothing, it's all luck! lol