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18/05/17
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Originally posted by unsinkable
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Probably similar to you...I started off renting a 2 bedroom unit in Brunswick with my girlfriend for 7 years...We had no backyard, just 1 carpark space...So I moved my car out on the street and planted things in my allocated car park space...All in pots...Things like tomatoes, chillies, eggplants and herbs...I even had a small pomegranate tree in a pot... We found a nice house in Pascoe Vale where I live now, a block of 630m squared...My backyard space isnt huge but much bigger than previous...I mainly have 2m long, 60cm deep, 50cm wide boxes made from cedar that I plant stuff in...I have 6 of them...I still have pots for chillies and half wine barrels for the dwarf fruit trees and japanese maples I have but the bigger things like cabbages, cauliflowers, broccoli and tomatoes, eggplants etc are a grown in the boxes...Works well for me but a bigger space would be great...My plan for the future is to buy my next door neighbour, rent out their house but take their backyard for a bigger garden...
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Hmm.. Pomegranates are going for $5 each at my local IGA.... Given my current poor form on the share market, maybe I can try a new money maker!
I think boxes are going to be the go for growing in my backyard. I might also need to try and look into the hanging gardens. Our total block size is only 161sqm, but if you can do it in a car bay, we can make something work. Cheers.