MyVeggieHaven - Update and pics

The challenge was to design and build an attractive yet productive garden in a small area. And so was created 'MyVeggieHaven' - a space to be enjoyed visually all summer with a succession of edible produce.





This is a sunny garden enjoyed by all including a growing tribe of frogs. (Does anyone know the collective noun for frogs?)




Soil preparation is so important and the results can be seen. I am using organic methods and any surplus from 'MyVeggieHaven' goes freshly picked with zero food miles to the High Street in Glastonbury to a delightful greengrocer's called 'Fruition'.

Project Updates - This week in Somerset...

In some garden spaces it really is a challenge to visualise potential. To see beyond 'what is' currently and to enhance what's intrinsic to the place itself. I always start by noting the elements of a space which cannot be changed both positive and negative. Heaps of debris, rubble and soil after a house-build thankfully are moveable. And views here can only get better!

MyVeggieHaven - more pics update...

I always try to re-use plants and materials where ever possible. Plants are thriving having been successfully up-rooted and re-established to be appreciated in their new setting.



















This is the small tree planted in late April, there's a few apples maturing. There were many that 'set' but fell after a week or so. Because a tree can only grow what its developing root system can support.

MyVeggieHaven - Growing success...

Mixed salad from veggie patch to kitchen table in less than 5 minutes! That means salad so full of flavours that you just won't get to taste any other way. I am growing more than enough of 12 different salad ingredients and soon will be supplying a local shop with any surplus. I reckon at a rate of just a few bags per week.
Later I will have Pak Choi, courgettes, tomatoes, carrots, aubergines, cucumbers, beans, onions and potatoes. Sweet corn will be a bit of an experiment.