Sunday, October 24, 2010

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

No comments:

Post a Comment