Hi, guys,

Just curious about the subject and about how easy it is to maintain your veggie patches/fruit trees/pot grown herbs

That's really interesting, thanks, waterberry

Do you grow all of your herbs in a sort of a box or in separate pots? Ah, sorry, just read your post again and it looks like you grow some in a box and some in pots. I have a so called "strawberry" pot with 5 openings for different herbs. Do you think I can put it inside the house? The reason why I'm asking is because it's quite cool outside these days.

Also, where do you normally buy organic seeds?

Did you have any experience with growing your own spinach? I seem to consume a lot of it, so I thought I could as well grow it. Do you have to grow it in a veggie patch?

Yeah, I was thinking about planting some fruit trees too coz they are sort of "unpretentious" 

Sorry for a lot of questions, I'm such a dummy when it comes to growing stuff but I'm getting there, slowly but surely - learnt how to sprout already 

lol stop, sprouting is a start!

Sharon, you could try breaking up clay soil with some organic dolomite...worked for me.

Just a quick reply though I could ramble passionately for hours about the topic!

Spinach you could grow in foam boxes or pots. Winter spinach at the moment is the go. Tis also a good time to plant lettuces and other greens like kale. I'm concentrating on growing greens cause like you I'm a big consumer! I have kale, broccoli, mesculin mix (rocket, various lettuce, mizuna), cherry tomatoes, spinach, parsley, coriander, mint, silverbeet, beetroot for the leaves, lemon balm. This is all in amongst rose bushes, in pots, or in a patch of lawn that was bare ground that's now a garden (dunno what the landlord would think!). This is my first time I've had a garden - not just pots. It was so fulfilling over summer to have daily abundance of greens, tomatoes, huge cucumbers, zucchini, peas, beans etc. I highly reccommend having some food growing however you can - it is just sooo rewarding! A very important skill to have too. It would be a large area needed for growing enough greens for the average raw vegan. I am lucky to have my supply supplemented from my mum's huge organic garden.

I'm also starting my fruit colection which is just an avo, olive, grapes, strawberries, blueberries and raspberry canes at present but am researching the best varieties for chilly areas!

I've just started making my own potting mix with coconut coir soaked in liquid manure I made (from now happy cows/horses rescued from saleyards and orher abuse), mushroom compost and sand...Beautiful! I make seed raising mix from sand and coconut coir.
I buy my seeds from local Tassie company The Lost Seed from a hardware store here but they have a website www.thelostseed.com.au. I never buy hybrid seeds these days yuk!

Okay I get excited by gardening, yes!

Happy gardening!

i've got a small bed with lettuce, silverbeet, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, parsley, dill, baby corn growing in a pot, chives and oregano at the moment. all very young but i'm hoping to do alot of greens. the block i recently moved to has a lemon tree, orange trees, bananas (lady fingers but i prefer cavandish), a papaya tree and a mango tree. at them moment to oranges, lemons and bananas are fruiting.