Just an update -
Things didn't grow that well over summer. It was really wet here, and the larger beds didn't seem to get enough sun. I only had to top…

Photos taken today:

This bed had garlic, spring onions and leeks over winter. It's now the greens and herbs bed (with a few leeks and spring onions remaining).

The lower bed has…

Hello Fu,
They are going pretty well. We grew cauliflower, sprouting broccoli, winter greens, garlic and broad beans over winter. The garlic has just come out, and the tomatoes are taking…

Found the thread - thanks, Fu.

The palm was taken down today - 3 guys with ropes and 90 mins later we had this instead:

Actually, they couldn't chip the palm, but we had another tree removed…

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abbeybox, hope you don't mind me jumping in here, but we chose the same system config as Uncle Arfur, and it was installed last week

Thanks Fu.
If anyone is interested in the soil blocker, here is a pic:

They come in various sizes. This one makes 4 blocks of 50mm each time.
I've just bought a…

I pulled the rest of the eggplants, herbs and lettuce out of two of the wicking beds, and put in more compost and mulch in preparation for the next lot…

No, it's a tube attached to some slotted ag pipe so that we can water the blueberries from below
We've just done the same setup with…

Hey DaisySparkle,
I generally raise seedlings in soil blocks and then transplant them into the wicking beds, but I have sown seeds directly as well.
After transplanting something I water it in,…

Fu, I didn't trim them back at all, but they were watered in with molasses and seasol

sisiphus, we are on the other side of the fence, so to speak. Our neighbours have asked us to take out a peppercorn tree, which was planted right by the…

Thanks very much for the replies. I'll leave them as they are, then.

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I would appreciate some advice -
We bought four tube stock blueberries in October, and moved them to 6" pots in November. They tripled in height between November and March.
We've…

Hopefully we can do it like that last link, and not the other two

Really good to see your hard work and progress - the kitchen looks so much lighter and brighter now

Ok, thanks for the further explanations.
One aspect of this that's making us a bit wary is that the trunk is really fibrous. My understanding is that chainsaws just get clogged…

Thanks fulltilt and keen - sorry for the delay in getting back to the thread.
Looks like we may choose to go for professional removal if we can't find someone who…

We're going to be installing a solar PV system, and the palm planted right by the front door by some previous owners is going to shade the best array location…

Today's tomato harvest - 3 Kgs

1sthome, we used the orange 200 micron plastic from the local hardware. So far it's holding up well - the beds are coming up to six months old now.

Thanks Mark,
We've gone with rubber (Prime) as it smelled the least. Probably a very subjective test, but there you go

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I know I'm resurrecting an old thread here, but I have a question on the allergenic properties of Foam vs Rubber underlay.
The Asthma Foundation recommend rubber underlay as being less…

Thanks Onc - so the side with the skirting board would hide that 15mm margin underneath, but it would be visible on the window side unless we put down something…

Thanks for the responses Onc and B2 - the main living areas are partially open plan, and the first hallway has glass windows on one side, linking between the main…

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