It quickly became a firm routine for me and I found myself anticipating the end of each week with quiet excitement. My 4 year old was also known to 'skip' kinder on occasions and come along with me to vegie group for a good dose of socialising, baked goodies and of course vegetables and soil. The kids really do love it as much as the parents!
My garden was non existant when I had the group over for the first time. We planted a small 1m x 2m patch with some seedlings and spent the rest of the time drinking coffee and chatting! Since then it has grown to include half a dozen circular beds which I like to rotate chooks over to weed/fertilise and also a fenced off area with long traditional style beds. I much prefer the chook beds and the soil quality is 200% compared to what it was when we started. Last year saw the addition of a modest fruit tree area which was all thanks to vegie group!
At the moment my garden is looking very bare with all of the 'bones' showing. I have been spending time this week collecting autumn leaves and putting a lot of my beds to sleep for the winter as we miss out on a lot of sun during this time of year due to large trees.
I look forward to sharing more updates when my turn for vegie group rolls around again and perhaps a recipe or two!
Have been trying to use more Autumn leaves on the vegie patch - do you add anything to stop them blowing away? - ferocious wind out there tonight!
ReplyDeleteNope, they just get plonked down as they come, with a layer of manure underneath. They usually stay in place with only a few fly-aways. It was a particulary nerve-racking wind!
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