I do wish it did rain roses

Some time ago, the electricity dept had to do some work in my area, and it involved running underground cabling around the corner block we live on.  They soon discovered we have only 3cm of 'soil' which is actually sand, and then you hit large sandstone blocks.   Out came the special jackhammers and off they went.  But it brings me to the point of this blog, I have always wanted a vegie garden, but with no soil its a bit difficult.

So I began researching above ground gardens, and found them hideously expensive.  Just recently however, Aldi had garden bed edging for a reasonable price, but it was only 30cm high.  No. 1 son hit on the idea of putting one on top of each other, and making them 60 cm high.  Great for me, as I get some decent soil depth for veggies, and I don't have to bend so much.  So, we have bought 4, put them together on the grass.  We have to work out how to make sure they stay together, so off to the hardware store it is.

Grass is an enemy in this circumstance, so I have used the cardboard boxes they came in to line the bottom, along with some chook manure and wet newspapers.  This should kill the grass and stop it from coming through.    I have used this method before and know it works.

 

We found a great landscape supplies company that makes soil specifically for vegies, a mixture of loam, compost and manure - perfect!  They are BC Sands at Caringbah, when we went there to order and pay, they were really helpful, suggesting we order a bit less and delivered the same day, which we were surprised at.  No sooner had we driven home than the text had arrived to say the truck was on the way, so we quickly got the tarp down for the delivery.



 

 

It will never rain roses:

when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
.....  George Eliot

 

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