My Kitchen Garden continues to flourish!

This Kitchen Garden was established in October 2009 under the initiative of my husband who measured out the space, ordered the basal blocks required, constructed it over a few weeknights after work, etc. It has been one of the best additions to our home as we continue to derive much satisfaction watching its continual flourish!

These photos were taken on the second last day of Summer and hope that they inspire you as much as it has nourished us!

(from left to right:  The last crop of cherry tomatoes, Passionfruit vine growing along the fence)

(from left to right: A passionfruit flower waiting to be pollenated, Lemongrass)

(from left to right: Okra also known as 'Ladies' Fingers', one of four cucumber seedlings)

(from left to right: 4 bushes of Lebanese eggplants, check out their healthy sizes)

(from left to right: 1 of 4 Basil bushes, delicious & peppery rocket leaves)

(from left to right: 1 of 4 Zucchinis, 1 of 4 Squashes - they've been establishing their roots very quickly!)

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Bok Choys have been very generous - I harvest a huge handful of leaves every 3 days to keep up with its vigiorous growth and have never bought another bunch of Chinese Vegetables from the supermarket since last October, 1 of 6 Beetroots - the leaves are delicious)

(from left to right: 1 Capsicum seedling, my Kitche Garden in 2 basal block garden beds)

Why raised garden beds?

We have clay soil which makes it incredibly hard to dig and clay soil does not drain well. Hence raised garden beds are perfect in this case. No digging involve and the water drains from the plant so that it does not suffer from root rot.

Is it high maintainence?

Not at all. I water our garden beds every other day using the rainwater harvested from our watertank and apply liquid fertiliser to them once a week during the growing season.

Any pests?

Definitely. However if you check your garden out at least once a day or every other day, you are able to combat them with your fingers! It's important to note also that Magnolias (the orange and yellow flowers bordering the garden beds) are great deterant of bugs!

What about Campanion Planting?

Oh! I definitely practice that. With the help of Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Campanion, I have certainly learnt never to plant tomatoes next to Asian Greens and to plant tomatoes next to basil!