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Hello everyone,
I just found this forum and look forward to reading through it while I establish my own organic garden. I hail from the small coastal suburb of Alkimos Beach - approx 45km from Perth.
I'm currently building a home in the Alkimos Beach estate and gradually making plans for an organic garden that supplies our herb, vege and egg needs.
Some of the challenges I'll immediately face include improving the soil (mostly sand), adding height and depth to the garden spaces I have, and preventing wind erosion at the front of my block. The developers include all front retic and landscaping in order to revegetate the area with the coastal natives that were originally here and prevent erosion, but sand drift is still an issue while organic matter builds to a good enough depth to not budge on a windy day.
The dune plants thrive in a very short period of time, so getting hold of lots of tubestock and/or cuttings will be a priority early on. I've been reading about the benefits of using seaweed in layered beds and molasses to improve the soil, so I'm looking forward to experimenting soon.
I've never grown veges so close to the coast before, so I'd welcome any tips. I'm looking into strategies like keyhole gardens and hugelkultur methods to enrich the soil, but with a Corolla hatch I'm going to have to get creative in terms of gathering and transporting the logs, etc., I'll need for that!!
Any tips on gardening in coastal environments would be warmly welcomed, esp re: placement of fruit trees and tips for planting them here.
Happy gardening![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I just found this forum and look forward to reading through it while I establish my own organic garden. I hail from the small coastal suburb of Alkimos Beach - approx 45km from Perth.
I'm currently building a home in the Alkimos Beach estate and gradually making plans for an organic garden that supplies our herb, vege and egg needs.
Some of the challenges I'll immediately face include improving the soil (mostly sand), adding height and depth to the garden spaces I have, and preventing wind erosion at the front of my block. The developers include all front retic and landscaping in order to revegetate the area with the coastal natives that were originally here and prevent erosion, but sand drift is still an issue while organic matter builds to a good enough depth to not budge on a windy day.
The dune plants thrive in a very short period of time, so getting hold of lots of tubestock and/or cuttings will be a priority early on. I've been reading about the benefits of using seaweed in layered beds and molasses to improve the soil, so I'm looking forward to experimenting soon.
I've never grown veges so close to the coast before, so I'd welcome any tips. I'm looking into strategies like keyhole gardens and hugelkultur methods to enrich the soil, but with a Corolla hatch I'm going to have to get creative in terms of gathering and transporting the logs, etc., I'll need for that!!
Any tips on gardening in coastal environments would be warmly welcomed, esp re: placement of fruit trees and tips for planting them here.
Happy gardening
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