Distracted

I didn't mean to take such a long break from my blog...ahem... you see, I have been happily distracted by our small veggie patch. I've never successfully grown anything in the past before but coming across "the no dig" and "the square foot" gardening methods have finally given me the confidence to don gardening gloves...and, so far so good! For weeks now, I haven't had to buy those expensive packets of salad leaves. At last count, I've harvested snowpeas (from bean plants which I thought looked dead!); cherry tomatoes, strawberries, silverbeet, endive, and peppers/capsicums. The herbs are growing like the clappers (as Jamie Oliver would say!) and next month, I'm looking foward to harvesting courgettes and watermelon.

I now believe that if there is one skill you need to learn - how to grow your own food - is it...and nowadays, having "no space" is no excuse.

Some useful (and inspiring) links:
Square Foot Gardening
No Dig Garden
The Modern Gardener
You Grow Girl
Jamie at Home
[Edit: 1 April]
More links that I find very useful since they're pertinent to my side of the planet:
Gardenate - What to plant and when to plant (UK, Australia & New Zealand)
NZ Gardener - the magazine's editor is our national garden guru!