Costa came to see my little garden!
We had a local garden competition and our council managed to negotiate Costa from Gardening Australia to be one of our judges! My gosh - heart palpitations!!! I knew I had to enter, but was away just before that, leaving the garden in the hands of my non gardening hubby. Added to that we were in a drought when I returned, and the bandicoots were wreaking havoc in the garden. I got stuck in, and tidied up, mulched, and planted new seeds in the wicking boxes (which were just microgreens when he arrived!) The first thing you see when you enter my garden is fruit salad alley and we began to chat about getting kids interested in gardening. The volunteer tomatoes in the mulberry pot have had a wonderful side effect. I tied the stakes up into a teepee and this protected the mulberries from the birds., plus it is also fun to go scouting around looking for a plump ripe mulberry. The strawberries were also just starting to ripen, since then I have en...