6 months married and its time for BABIES?!

Wow its weird my Wedding was 6 months ago now, it feels like ages ago and only yesterday at the same time!

Any way, we didn't really celebrate BUT we did get some BABIES!!

Baby PLANTS that is!!!

This is the biggest vege garden I have ever planted and I'm so excited to see my babies grow!!

Gardening is such a hopeful exersise.

• I hope the weather is kind to my wee plants, enough sun and water.
• I hope the snails don't eat them in the night!
• I hope there is HEAPS of produce I get to give it away!

I also LOVE the idea of comanion planting! I've use some online guides to get plant buddies next to each other.

Its cool how some plants help others grown and even defend each other! (Some don't like each other either! I hope my spring onions are'nt too close to my peas!)

I need some famous companion flowers now, sented Marigolds!

and I am also hankering for warmer weather cause I REALLY want to grow HEAPS of Basil!! My favourite herb!

In other news Me and Joe are BOTH starting new jobs!

YAY!

Our next project is sticking to our current tiny budget even though we will soon both be earning a little more; the aim is to SAVE SAVE SAVE!

xx

r

p.s You may have noticed the absence of "Urban Garden - Seed Bomb" Updates . . .  well, there has been a few storms and some severe frosts and i think my dream has died . . . oh well, next year i'll do more research and try again! maybe its all about timing! who knows?

Winter's Over Harvest!

I always thought you couldn't grow veges in Winter?!!

With all this HEAVY Rain we've had this winter and even a SNOW day I am happy to have LOADS growing in our wee Vege Patch :)

I pick a few Kale, Lettuce and other Green leaves every day for my sandwiches and then pinch a few most nights to go in out dinner :)

Joe picking a Broccoli & Spring Onion

This week we've eaten TWO of our first Broccoli's as well! and they taste AWESOME! :)

So looking forward to our Spring/Summer Harvest . . . what shall we grow next?! any recommendations for a novice and lazy gardener?!

So far I'm thinking more Cos lettuce - they are SO easy to grow!, Spring onions, Chives,Tomatoes (maybe purple or yellow ones so the birds don't get them) PEAS!, basil, zucchinis . . .

xr



the dream: an urban medow : part 2

the seeds arrived and now its time to MAKE THE BOMBS!!

ALOT of Wild Flower Seeds from www.kingsseeds.co.nz

Beautiful Rich Soil = 1 part Potting Mix + 1 part rich black "cloggy" MUD

Seed Bomb Recipe = Soil + Seeds + Water + News Paper to lay them out on

Wearing gloves; Roll a golf ball side handful of soil (adding a little water to the mix the get is "cluggy not sloppy"

With your finger, make a little hole in your bomb, add some seeds, then re-roll your ball (to pick up a small amount of seeds I just pressed my finger into the seed bowl and put one finger tip amount per ball)

Place seed bombs on Newsprint to "dry" and repeat . . .

Alot of seeds = HEAPS of Wild flower Artillery!!

Urban Meadow here I come!

xx r

the dream: an urban medow

step one: purchase seeds
step two: await their arrival


until then . . . keep dreaming