Main Vegetable Garden Spring 2010

The beds with numbers are all Wicking Beds. The three tank beds a, b and c are also Wicking Beds.

The pathways between the beds are covered with crusher dust and kept reasonably clear for walking and wheelbarrow access.

The areas around the Pond and the Northern and Western fence lines are filled with perennial and self seeding plants for beneficial creature attraction.

The chicken area now holds 9 chooks, 5 Faverolles and 4 Barnevelders.

All of the beds will have poly-pipe shade structures with white 50% shadecloth over them in summer to reduce evaporation these are removed for Autumn, Winter and Spring.

What's Growing Where?

Wicking Beds: Those with crops still growing have what will be planted next listed.

Bed 1 Garlic, Brown Onions, Rainbow mixed Silverbeet, Tendercrisp Celery, Spinach, seeding Ethiopian Cabbage Next: (Zucchini Cocozelle x 4) Changed to Carrots mixed colours and Radishes.
Bed 2 Potatoes Dutch Cream x 6, Pink Fir Apple x 3, Purple Sapphire x 4
Bed 3 Seeding Tatsoi, Parsley. Squash Delicata x 4, Pumpkin Potimarron x 1 on trellis over bed, Cucumber White Wonder x 4 on trellis at southern end, Beans Purple King Climbing on bamboo tripod.
Bed 4 Potatoes Pink Fir Apple x 6, Purple Congo x 6, Parsley x 3
Bed 5 Mangelwurzels Next Tomatoes Black Russian, Green Zebra, Tommy Toe Yellow 2 of each Basil
Bed 6 Tomato Golden Sunrise x 2, Zucchini Golden x 1, Unknown Zucchini/Squash variety x 1, Squash Sweet Meat x 1, Basil
Bed 7 Peas Roi de Carouby Snow, Tomato Red Oxheart x 3 sheltering beneath until peas are finished. The tomatoes will be trained up the fence as they grow.
Tank Bed a Thousand Headed Kale, Oca sheltering beneath
Tank Bed b Ginger waiting for the weather to warm up!!!
Tank Bed c Celeriac, Florence Fennel

Other beds/areas:
Tank d Strawberries Torrey, Strawberry Guava
Tank e Strawberries Chandler, Catmint, Lemon Balm, Jostaberry
Tank f Peas, Parsley Next Tomatoes Ida Gold, Shallots, Lemon Basil.

Perennial Bed:
Rhubarb, Asparagus, and mixed herbs and flowering shrubs. These continue through on the Eastern side of the Shade Covered Propagation Area.

Edge Bed Planting:
A collection of herbs and flowering plants for beneficial insect attraction.
Acacias, Alyssum, Catnip, Clover, Correas, Daisies, Dandelions, Dianella, Dusty Miller, Elderberries, Evening Primrose, Garlic Chives, Golden Marjoram, Lambs Ears, Lomandra, Lucerne, Native Pear, Nasturtiums, Oregano, Parsley self seeded, Pigface, Roman Wormwood, Rosemary, Russian Garlic, Sage Clary, Salvia, Society Garlic, Strawberry Guava, Sunflowers Perennial, Sunflowers Annual, Wormwood, Wallflowers, Warrigal Greens, Yarrow.

Australian Bushfood Area:
Now reduced in size contains Bramble Wattle Acacia victoriae Native Lemongrass Cymbopogon ambiguus, Muntries Kunzea pomifera and Midyim Berry Austromyrtus dulcis.

CB Compost Bed:
Plants to add to the compost piles:
Yarrow Achillea millefolium, Queensland Arrowroot Canna edulis, Lemongrass Cymbopogon citratus, Comfrey Symphytum officinale, Valerian Valerian officinalis.

Shaded Water Garden:
Brahmi Bacopa monnieri info link
Duck Potatoes Sagittaria sagittifolia info link
Lebanese Cress Aethionema cordifolium
Taro Golden Xanthosoma esculenta
Water Cress Nasturtium officinale info link
Waterchestnuts Eleocharis dulcis info link

The Fruit Trees:
The chickens are allowed into this area to assist in pest and weed control.

1.Trevatt Apricot
2 Mariposa Plum
3 Nashi Pear
4 Moorpark Apricot
5 Jonathon Apple
6 Santa Rosa Plum
7 William Pear
8 Cox’s Orange Pippin Apple
9 Stella Cherry
10 Pink Lady Apple
11 Peach Elberta
12 Nectarine Goldmine
13 Golden Delicious Apple
14 Anzac Peach
15 Bartlett Pear
16 Narrabeen Plum
17 Red Fuji Apple
18 Figs Cuttings from Garden Club
19 Meyer Lemon
20 Pineapple Guava Feijoa sellowiana
Grapevines grown up the fences of the chook run.