Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The Road to Hell

My Xbox has dictated a large portion of the evening tonight but I thought I would quickly upload a few photos of my new garden space and how I plan to use it.

This is my backyard, largely dominated by the massive Poiciana tree. I imagine it was planted (right in the middle of the yard mind you) when the house was first built. Its truly an amazing sight, I still am not tired of looking at it. The one thing to remember though is that it provides a heap of shade, too much for a lot of veges, so I've chosen a spot in the top right corner of the yard where I'll get the most sunlight.

This is it here. I plan a raised garden bed with some treated pine sleepers and my Xmas present, a corrugated iron raised bed.


Its about 2 metres long and its going to turn this cracked and essentially useless concrete slab into a vege garden. I eventually plan to add a second on the other side, so I'll make the most of the dead space.


These are currently what I have growing now, from the left is Rosemary, Oranges, Basil, Gerbora, Oregano and Thyme. The Gerbora was a present from my neighbour, and I plan to break it up and plant it around the edges.

Monday, January 11, 2010

About the Gardening Geek of the Computer family

Anyone who knows me is painfully aware that I always start a project with huge gusto and excitement, only to run out of steam as things get going. Either I run out of interest, or I lose motivation, or <insert other reason here>.

My latest project has been to grow my own veges. It's mostly been confined to pots as I moved from rental to rental, usually with only a balcony or courtyard to work with. We bought our first home in Brisbane's east in May 2009 and I now have a great big yard to work with. This blog is an attempt to keep me motivated and plugging along with the project, hopefully so my labours finally bear fruit. Yes, the pun was intended.

As the title infers, I'm also a computer geek by trade. Blogging is a natural way for me to log my endeavours as well as share my mistakes and successes with everyone so they hopefully have a better run than I. I hope you enjoy reading my exploits.