Guerilla Gardening

October 2010

Stay tuned for more details..

Pimp My Yard

Darrens Abandoned Garden

Can Darren be pimped?
Will Lianne be pleased?
Lets give it a go!

Current Ruins

Proposed Garden

   

Current advantages of Darrens garden

• Fertile soil and organic
• Natural drainage – irrigation channel built with slope
• Natural selection re: companion planting
• Large space

 Dis-advantages of Darrens garden

• Jungle disheveled appearance
• Thick undergrowth
• Snakes and/or homeless people may live here
• Cluttered
• Clay soil++

Objectives

Forest gardening

• Food production and land management based on woodland ecosystems
• Utilising edibles: fruit or nut trees, herbs and vegetables

Enhanced with companion planting

• intermixed to grow on multiple levels in the same area, as do the plants in a forest.

Budget

• $50
• Compost = $15
• Fertiliser = $35

 
Workload thus far

• Planning = 1 hour
• Shopping = 1/2 hour
• Manual labour = 3 hours
  

Grow House - August 13 Update. Freaky Friday special.

50 Basil Plants (in Peat Moss plugs with premium potting mix) - $2 each

10 Chou Brocolli seedlings - $2 each (apologies - I have my Chou Brocoli interspaced with Basil in the photo)

Chou Brocoli looks like this when fully grown: (and yes - it is 100% edible - looks amazing too)

Call me on the weekend or after 5pm (weekdays) if you would like to purchase one or more items.
I live in Launceston, TAS. Local pickup only.

Thanks - Dan

The Grow House - historical information

On the 31st March 2010, I moved into my dorm room from Perth, Western Australia. My dorm in Launceston, Tas - was cold, old, smelly and bland. The walls are egg-shell thin.. I decided to pad the walls with cardboard. I then decided to improve it further by going to FoamLand and adding some asthetically pleasing insulation.

I improved the curtains by hanging up hospital blankets and made some additional improvements as below..

 

I installed my very first grow light, I was so excited to grow vegetables.. Spring onions, Brocolettes, and Basil.

Unfortunately, on Friday June 25th at 4:00pm - the Tasmanan Police 'raided' my room as my workmates did not appreciate my excitement at growing basil and assumed other 'special herbs'. I had further rental inspections and had an electrician indicate my setup is safe and low power. 'A TV and home stereo uses much more power than this guy [myself] is using.. I cannot fault him.'

With this approval, I have expanded my garden.