Have had a bit of a catch up this week in the Garden....
It started with a few little fix up jobs around the Chook yard.... I put up a fence & gate around the back of the chook shed to extend their run & replaced the 2 makeshift gates into the yard with a single gate....
Was getting tired of having the Girls scratch dirt all over the path way so decided to recycle the side boards from the old garden beds to act as a "Retaining Wall" & wired them to the inside of the fence..... Works well as you can see from the second Picture... : )»
We have been told to expect rain all weekend so I got stuck into the 2 wicking beds that are replacing the old Herb bed....
Finished putting the frames up on Wednesday & fixed the paving up on Thursday after I did the new Chook Gate... Today we filled the reservoirs with recycled sand from the old Spice bed & some Clay balls that were leftover from a previous attempt at Hydroponic gardening 11 or so years ago...
We are using a mix of soil from 2 of the old beds that was sieved & searched for Curl Grubs First... We shall be adding some Mushroom Compost & 5 in 1 to the soil just to freshen it up a bit.... The top layer will be some Premium garden mix leftover from the the last few beds that were renovated..
The paving came up great between the 2 new beds... Hopefully we will have the Seat/Storage box there for the tools & chook food by Monday so shall update then...
Have a great one all.....
: )»
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It started with a few little fix up jobs around the Chook yard.... I put up a fence & gate around the back of the chook shed to extend their run & replaced the 2 makeshift gates into the yard with a single gate....
Was getting tired of having the Girls scratch dirt all over the path way so decided to recycle the side boards from the old garden beds to act as a "Retaining Wall" & wired them to the inside of the fence..... Works well as you can see from the second Picture... : )»
We have been told to expect rain all weekend so I got stuck into the 2 wicking beds that are replacing the old Herb bed....
Finished putting the frames up on Wednesday & fixed the paving up on Thursday after I did the new Chook Gate... Today we filled the reservoirs with recycled sand from the old Spice bed & some Clay balls that were leftover from a previous attempt at Hydroponic gardening 11 or so years ago... We are using a mix of soil from 2 of the old beds that was sieved & searched for Curl Grubs First... We shall be adding some Mushroom Compost & 5 in 1 to the soil just to freshen it up a bit.... The top layer will be some Premium garden mix leftover from the the last few beds that were renovated..The paving came up great between the 2 new beds... Hopefully we will have the Seat/Storage box there for the tools & chook food by Monday so shall update then...
Have a great one all.....
: )»
I know I did a post on this last week but though I would do another as we did it slightly different... We got 8 more bags of horse manure & started to compost most of it in a couple of old Wetpot reservoirs & Koos old Strawberry barrel as it had heaps of drainage holes in it... This time I added lawn clippings from the day before, that had already started to steam, & the manure... This was well mixed together & layered into the bins/barrel with a fertiliser mix... I use a 500ml vitamin bottle to measure out 2 scoops of 5 in 1 fertiliser, 1 ½ scoops of Blood n bone & 2 scoops of cracker dust... This was then watered to help the cooking process... The drums we did last week have already shrunk by a third & are looking like they may be ready in the next 2 weeks...
Koos Strawberry barrel was infested with ants due to it having an inner plastic lining they could use to build a dry nest... The surviving plants were rescued & planted in the old Rainbow Silverbeet bed at the end of Bed #2 after some 5 in 1 & worm castings were added...
We also planted out another Pineapple crown & a Rosemary that had been hiding under the back stairs in a small pot... The Cucumbers have come along well during the week... I added a small piece of shade cloth along the trellis as the morning sun is causing a fair bit of wilting... As soon as the roots find the water in the base of the bed in a week or so they shouldnt need it I think...