I’ve been editing our veggie patch over the last few days, in preparation to plant new things (it’s Spring!).

Here are some things I have pulled out:

When you look at that parsley, just bear in mind it is actually covering the entire stove-top! Help.

Also, here is the prettiest thing my garden has done:

Sorry, I have no news.

On the weekend, Josh and I made a vegetable patch! We made it out of wood that we got from hard rubbish, using screws that were already in the wood and some which I’d bought to make the laundry shelves. It was a free project! Except for what we paid in time and sweat, which was heaps. Anyway.

On Monday, I bought pea straw and manure and potting mix and built up the bed. Then on Tuesday, I transplanted all of the veggies that I had in pots. Then yesterday I went to Heyne’s and bought a bunch of seedlings and seeds and planted them all!

These are the vegetables that are now growing in our veggie patch:
-carrots
-zucchini
-lettuce
-basil
-parsley
-tomatoes
-chives
-chillis
-pumpkin
-corn
-spinach
-strawberries
-snow peas

Previously, there were three trees planted in this space. Everyone was like “don’t cut down the precious trees!”. But trees cannot feed me :)

My first home-grown strawberry! It was SWEET.

Today, I have begun Take #2 on my vegetable patch!

My first attempt ended something like this, but on a far greater scale:

Note the thriving weed, sigh.

The secret to my success this time will be not to plant them right at the start of a 43-degree heatwave!

So far, they look happy:

Time will tell!