Ollie's Dig up the lawn garden
Garden Type: Backyard | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Combination | Established: 2009 | Organic
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The raised bed on the other side of our yard. ‘Lawn’ is stretching a bit, this was probably 30% grass, 70% onion weed growing on heavily compacted clay-ish soil. Hard as rock when dry, sticky and slimy in the wet.
The strategy: mulch mulch and more mulch! Layers of organics: compost, manure, seaweed, straw bringing up the worms to work the soil. Every now and then when the soil is just damp but not too wet, I dig out the onion weed bulbs from a small section of the garden. Slowly and steadily, they are being replaced by edible plants.
In the first year we grew a giant pumpkin, sunflowers, cosmos, tomatoes, melons and squash, cucumbers, lettuce and more basil, beetroots and silverbeet. The melons were lovely! Later in the Summer we had some problems with powdery mildew but still enjoyed some wonderful produce all the same. The next year we had cucumbers, tomatoes, melons and squash all growing spontaneously from the compost we had spread – all from heritage seeds! Now there is a strawberry patch where the rockmelons were growing, beautiful sweet strawbs I cant wait until they start to produce again!
Located in Sydney, Australia, Ollie's Dig up the lawn garden is an outdoor organic garden that currently contains 11 plants.
This is a Backyard garden that is known to be in USDA Hardiness Zone 10. It has mainly Combination soil and receives Full Sun light.Photos
Plantings
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Rhubarb Day 143
Rheum rhabarbarum
Established on 27 Jan 13 I have been wanting some rhubarb in the garden ...
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Zucchini Day 145
Cucurbita pepo var. cylindrica
Purchased on 25 Jan 13 Bought as seedlings for mid Summer planting.
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Nasturtium Day 145
Tropaeolum majus
Established on 25 Jan 13 Can't remember when this went in, but a great n...
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Rosmarinus officinalis
Established on 11 Mar 11
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Borago officinalis
Established on 11 Mar 11 Just keeps on popping up...
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Established on 11 Mar 11 cant remember when this was planted probably ea...
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Fragaria x ananassa
Purchased on 31 Oct 10 10 plants from Diggers Club mid 2010
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TropicanaRoses wrote:
Welcome to folia!! It looks as though you are figuring out everything very well!! If you should like some help uploading photos, check out the help group!! There have been quite a few posts on this subject there, or you can post your own question!!
There are quite a few Australian groups which have been started here as well, if you are interested…
Well, Happy Gardening!! I hope that you have a great year, and that you enjoy Folia as much as I do!! :)
Posted on 26 Oct 09 (over 3 years ago)
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