Earlier this year, in March, I heard Morag Gamble from SEED International speak at a library seminar. She was incredibly articulate and held the audience captivated for over two hours as she spoke about gardening organically and growing your own food.
In fact, she was so inspiring that I immediately vowed to grow my own food.
My wonderful husband was supportive as always. We measured the garden along the fence, which was currently miscellaneous plants and weeds, and I began digging. Our backyard was full of lillypillys that had grown quite huge after years of neglect from us. Neither of us were particularly fond of them, so we decided to do some pruning to let more sunlight in on the proposed veggie garden site. With the help of some good friends and some good sharp tools, we made good progress. You might even say we got a little carried away!
Here are some before and after pics from June:
Before view of backyard - a little pruning wouldn't go astray!
View of side yard - more large trees but some clearing and digging done already
"A little pruning" indeed - the now completely deforested backyard!
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