Alan's Garden Blog

I made a Thai curry last night which wasn’t too bad if I do say myself. It struck me that everything in the curry except the shrimp paste came from my garden: coriander, galangal, lemongrass, schallots, garlic, turmeric, lime, ginger and the chillies. That’s pretty amazing. Unfortunately I can’t give you the recipe, I made it up as I went along. So this morning while at woolies I checked the price of buying the ingredients. If you had to buy from scratch and bought the minimum where possible it would have cost $13.50. Costing that curry got me excited; doesn’t...

Just how much money are they making? I came across this 1.1 square metre garden at the local hardware store selling for $199. That’s just a shell with no bottom. My Pop-Up with all the advantages of a self-watering garden is 1.4 square metres and sells for $175, with freight free anywhere in QLD, Vic or NSW.

Well that’s Gardenfest over. A lot of work (and talking) but well worth it. We sold out of Pop-Ups and got some local full installations to do. The stall set-up looks really good. The pop-up in the photo has 43 plants in it so it that size would suit a lot of gardeners.

This is my set-up to protect my broccoli. Saves using chemicals and works well on a Watersaver Garden because I don’t have to get in to weed all the time.

The flies have gone! Must be more careful with stable manure in the future (see Watersaver Gardens FaceBook page). I now have beautiful rich food to feed my plants and the good thing it just sits there until you use it.