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Composting

This is the latest addition to the veggie garden, our first compost bin. It’s wooden and will hold about a [...]

Jan 31, 2009     Comments Off
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The raised vegetable beds are built

At long last I’ve completed the building of the raised beds for our vegetable garden plot. I’ve laid the footpath [...]

Jan 28, 2009     Comments Off
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A quick update on the vegetable garden.

A quick update on the vegetable garden. The soakaways have been dug and filled with rubble ready for the slabs [...]

Jan 23, 2009     Comments Off
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Growing our own vegetables

Helen and I have decided it’s time to grow our own fruit and vegetables. We are turning a third of [...]

Jan 19, 2009     1 Comment
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