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#279 No Dig Renovation of an Old Herb/Vegie Bed

I'm either 100% full steam ahead or a dead stop!  After having completed the climbing plant no dig bed renovation I decided to renovate pour old herb/vegie bed located in front of our kitchen.  I wanted a no dig version of the same so I recycled some old house bricks, on their side, to raise the height of the bed, placing the pre-existing rocks on top. 

 

I scraped off most of the old native mulch off the bed to expose some soil which has accumulated on the weedmat below as I have been advised that eucalypt mulch has the effect of depleting the soil of nitrogen.  I am going to apply the usual lasagne layers, this time of lucerne hay, bought from a pet supplier, horse manure, from Bronwyn, our local friend who has a few horses and finishing with straw also from the produce store.

Early Stages or Our Renovated Herb No Dig Bed

Here is the initial stages of our renovated, no dig, herb/vegie bed.  You can see the bricks on which the rocks sit and the first application of lucerne hay.  Existing plants, oregano and rose geranium were pruned.

Vegie Beds Update Movie: July 1, 2011

Here is the latest update of our no dig vegie bed renos thus far.  :-)

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