Before I moved to Sydney, the few months I spent talking to my husband, my then fiancé, I remember him telling me he had a little garden. I had no idea what to expect, but I did think " Not bad!". When I did come here, I found a little garden, not beautifully maintained as I expected but overgrown with grass and weeds and a little rose bush trying its little best to bloom.
So to cut a long story short it stayed pretty much the same for another year. I offered to clean it too, if only we got a lawn mower or a hedge cutter. Last year, after my trip home for a month and a half, I had a little return surprise! (Thank you so much my husband).The garden was neatly mowed, with brick hedges for the veggie patch, a few potted flowering plants and a chilli plant which has made us self sufficient for chillies. I was overjoyed! And from that day, the little garden grew!
We now have a few more chilli varieties, capsicum plants, eggplants and a curry leaf plant, and waiting for the avocados to sprout (fingers crossed). We did have a few casualties when we started to grow a few more. Basically its trial and error!
You do not need to have green thumbs to grow plants, like they say, you learn as you go if you like growing them. Our biggest investment is a compost bin. I have to be honest, I was put off by the thought of it when my husband suggested it (he did end up buying it when I was not around too). But it is so useful if you want to recycle fruit and veg peels. "What comes from the earth always goes back to the earth" and it is always the best way to make the soil more fertile. It takes three months for the whole process to complete and at the end of it you have rich manure for your plants. Also, if you cannot invest much time tending and pruning the plants, then buy plants that do not require too much TLC. You might have to shuffle the plants around to see how they take the heat, we had a fair bit of shuffling to do before we got the placements right. Also invest in a good pair of cutters, its useful for a quick snip of the grass or for trimming the plants if they are growing in every direction.
I feel so pleased with our selves every morning when I look out my window and see greenery. I am not the only one who enjoys it, my daughter does too, her way of enjoying it is pulling the grass and tearing the poor flowers off their stalks! You don't need a huge land to have an amazing garden, you could always do with a small one or a few potted ones. Always nice to have a hue of colours outside your house! Start small and grow as you succeed with the first few plants.
So to cut a long story short it stayed pretty much the same for another year. I offered to clean it too, if only we got a lawn mower or a hedge cutter. Last year, after my trip home for a month and a half, I had a little return surprise! (Thank you so much my husband).The garden was neatly mowed, with brick hedges for the veggie patch, a few potted flowering plants and a chilli plant which has made us self sufficient for chillies. I was overjoyed! And from that day, the little garden grew!
We now have a few more chilli varieties, capsicum plants, eggplants and a curry leaf plant, and waiting for the avocados to sprout (fingers crossed). We did have a few casualties when we started to grow a few more. Basically its trial and error!
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| From top: Weekly Chilli harvest, an overview of the grass area and the veggie plants |
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| From top left: Birds Eye Chilli, Habanero chilli, Eggplant, Green chilli, Curry leaf, Flower plants |
You do not need to have green thumbs to grow plants, like they say, you learn as you go if you like growing them. Our biggest investment is a compost bin. I have to be honest, I was put off by the thought of it when my husband suggested it (he did end up buying it when I was not around too). But it is so useful if you want to recycle fruit and veg peels. "What comes from the earth always goes back to the earth" and it is always the best way to make the soil more fertile. It takes three months for the whole process to complete and at the end of it you have rich manure for your plants. Also, if you cannot invest much time tending and pruning the plants, then buy plants that do not require too much TLC. You might have to shuffle the plants around to see how they take the heat, we had a fair bit of shuffling to do before we got the placements right. Also invest in a good pair of cutters, its useful for a quick snip of the grass or for trimming the plants if they are growing in every direction.
I feel so pleased with our selves every morning when I look out my window and see greenery. I am not the only one who enjoys it, my daughter does too, her way of enjoying it is pulling the grass and tearing the poor flowers off their stalks! You don't need a huge land to have an amazing garden, you could always do with a small one or a few potted ones. Always nice to have a hue of colours outside your house! Start small and grow as you succeed with the first few plants.
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