My lovely day was capped off by a visit to the Ipswich Kitchen Garden, in Leichardt. We are planning to go down there every Friday afternoon (from 3.00pm) to help out, but today was meant to be a quick visit to find out the details. We left at 5.30pm, with aching bodies, new friends, and the makings of a beautiful fresh salad 😀 The boys had a great time, and worked very hard (they especially enjoyed using the hose) … I weeded most of the afternoon, and hubby hauled fresh earth around and did whatever else was needed. There were about nine of us, and it was an enjoyable afternoon.
The garden is a no chemical, permaculture design… basically, you put the work in wherever you can, and share the harvest at the end of the day 😀
– two views of the garden –
One half of the garden, including lemongrass, lettuce, nasturtiums, coriander, carrots, tomatoes, snow peas, comfrey, and various others I can’t remember…
The other half, including silverbeet, bok choy, broccoli, strawberries, mint … this side wasn’t as full as the other.
The spiral herb garden. I don’t think there are herbs planted yet, but there are more snow peas round the outside..
Broccoli!
Snow peas!
Afternoon snack… 😀
The boys got a ride round the area..
Action shot..
Even more snow peas!
Here’s the final harvest – we got to take our share of snow peas, spinach, silverbeet, lettuce, mint, mustard, comfrey, carrots and white radish 😀
It’s well worth a visit (Fridays, 8-10am and 3-5.30pm, because of the heat) Come and garden! (We dig it 😀 )
1000 Fields of Roses 
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