Way too much work to create one here. We live on the high dunes of the beach so on sand and anything you plant the native animals get into anyway.

Veggie patches are so great!

It sounds so easy!! I have always thought I didn’t have enough space for a veggie patch! I might have to start getting creative!

I’m preparing to start my very first veggie garden. Fence is up to keep out the chickens and ducks, and I’ve bought some seeds. Only thing I’m worried about is wild birds. There are plenty that visit here, helping themselves to the chook food and scraps. Maybe I need a scarecrow?

Makes it sound so simple. Make sure you read the back of the packets to ensure it is the right time of year for planting that particular seed.

Good easy steps and I love the tips.

I keep intending but seems to big to start your easy to do has given me heart, got parsley,thyme and mint,basil too, now I will get adventurous and do

good quality soil is the best for vegetables and some fertiliser.

Yes I’ve some veggies & herbs: tomato, spinach, salad, beans, basil, oregano, olive herb, ginger, stevia, mint, strawberries and raspberries. Wish I could do more but lack time and sun in our garden…

Thanks for the tips, I am doing this with my daughter as we were give a toddler sized raised garden bed and I would really love to teach her where her food comes from and so I intend to grow a few vegetables and some strawberries with her, I am so looking forward to the experience I will share wit her.

It’s great fun for all including the children to have a vegie patch. It’s amazing how much vegies they will eat raw if they have grown them themselves.

My Dad started a veggie patch for us. My little one loves helping in watering the garden though quite often she hoses us! lol!

I manage to kill off most things in the garden. If it wasn’t for my husband, nothing would grow. It’s just not in my mindset to add to my daily or weekly list of things to water something. We tried a little herb hanging thing off the fence. It obviously needed some sun, but ended up in a place I couldn’t easily see or get to. Hence, it has now all died. We have managed to keep our lime tree alive and I live in hope of starting a small herb or vegie pot (not garden) yet. This may just prompt me.

those steps make it seem so simple lol. this is a great idea though and will help you save a little bit of money

We really have to start our veggie patch this year. I’m so sick of eating frozen veges because the fresh ones look horrible. Home grown will always be the best!

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  You will taste the difference with your home grown vegies.

A backyard vegie garden is great for the whole family.

Here is a video of our toddler, checking if we can pick the vegetables yet

Yates Junior Landcare run a free gardening challenge for children every year, opening around April. When you register online, they send you a free packet of seeds and you enter your progress. Each year is usually a new variety or choice of varieties and it is a great way to get your children involved. Our home garden has too many varieties to list here, and our garden excess is either pickled, frozen, dried or given away. It really does taste better than store bought produce and is so rewarding to watch your kids helping themselves to treats from the garden.

We have tried this many times all inspired and then things gradually each apart and we let everything go. 2016 needs to be our year of setting this as a proper task. It is so yummy having good grown food.

We do have a veggie patch. We are growing tomatoes, carrots, butternut pumpkin, peas, beans, celery, strawberries,capsicum and watermelon. Miss 3 loves helping and munching away lol