So Geronimo Jerky had the unveiling of their new store today, and as promised, their new planter boxes were ready to go.
It was such a lovely day for the opening, the boys were very lucky. The weather was perfect, a little cloudy so not too hot, not too cold, and as it was the first Sunday of the month, the opening day coincided with the markets. The main street of the suburb we live in is closed off, and gorgeous food stalls take over, life doesn't get much better in my book.
I was so very excited about this project, and felt so lovely and chuffed and supported by your comments and suggestions, so now let me show you what finally went into the boxes.
I loved the idea of corn that a few of you suggested, and so it found its way into the far planter box in the above photo. Just in front of the corn I popped in climber beans, which will hopefully wind their way around the corn as they grow. In front of the corn and beans I alternated cauliflower and cabbage, I thought their round shapes would serve as a nice contrast to the tall, straight corn.
Most of you also suggested herbs, and in the closer planter box above you can see chives, oregano, Thai basil, rosemary, thyme, and the big winner, lemongrass. I have to say that they lemongrass took the cake, it's such an elegant plant and earned quite a few comments for its loveliness.
I then got very excited with this third planter box and built a structure for these peas to climb up. Peas are my personal favourite, and will continue to be so as long as they climb up the frame that I am dead proud of constructing for them.
So I don't know what happened to this photo of the fourth planter box, and you might have to use your imagination a little. So many of you suggested chillis that I just had to use them, and planted them alternately with capsicums, with an aloe vera backdrop. Actually you might have to use your imagination there quite a lot.
And that's it, project completed. Now all it has to do is withstand the attack of small children during the day and teenage boys during the night, and let's hope the Geronimo boys remember to do some watering.
Thank you all so much for your suggestions and comments, you can certainly tell from what I planted that I liked them all very much.
Good luck little veggies!
16 comments:
Perfect! Great job, Ali. I hope they do well. You will have to photograph them on frequent occasions, so that we can see how they develop.
how lovely....you've done a great job!!! i'm going to pop in and take a peep :-) lovely to see you guys have made it home safe and sound :-) looking forward to seeing you soon.
Geronimo Jerky is such a cool name.
Looks really good - great mix of plants.... and you are SO lucky to have a market in your suburb.
Beautiful! Well done.
Woohoo! Keep us up with progress and hopefully stray fingers will keep away from your great work.
You have a wonderful selection there and they all look very healthy. Good job!
That looks great, and I bet people will get to thinking, wow, that is alot of veg in a small space and be encouraged to give it a go themselves............
Oh my...nothing makes my heart go pitter patter like a newly planted garden patch. It will be so fun to see how everything fares.
How wonderful to have a market right in your neighborhood! I love our farmer's market, but it's still a few months away - I can't wait!
They look great! Make sure you take lots of pics as things grow to show us progress.
Aww thank you everyone, see, all chuffed again I am :)
The markets are a little wonderful, and we are lucky, we only live around a two minute walk from the street they are held in. When we first moved here they were going to be held once a fortnight, but unfortunately that didn't happen and now it's the first Sunday of the month. I don't know why, as they're always really well attended. I'd love it if they were on every week, you can't exactly stock up on fruit and veg for a month.
The opening went well for the boys too, they met lots of people and really got their name out there, which is wonderful as the jerky is a local product. Some small child broke a capsicum in half and another stole a few chillis (I was close to telling him to have a taste of it), but everything is still standing so far. I really hope they last for a bit and get a chance to fill out.
Hey Ali, your post is a real box of fluffy chicks.
Damage already!!! That's it - cacti around the edge of each?
hi ali, what a wonderful community you are part of, and what a thrill to have your own plants in a public space (no need for guerilla gardening).
i also got round to reading earlier posts and specially enjoyed the one about your holiday in vanautu. i've never been there.
look forward to watching the progress of your babies in (planting box) bed.
cheers, cm
i forgot to say i followed the link to up the garden path and your side garden looks wonderful - i far prefer jungly to neat and tidy - more room for fantasy and play - for small and large people.
Oh thank you so much for your lovely comments Catmint, I was indeed very excited to have a teeny tiny space for a public garden, and it was especially wonderful that it's just down the road from where we live.
As much as I aspire to have a neat and tidy garden, jungle style is what I seem to come up with. Luckily I like the look too!
Good Job Ali...I am looking forward to seeing the progress of this garden. It is such a wonderful idea and great way to get fresh produce ideas out to the rest of the community. I don't think many people realise how easy it is to grow your own veg. Wouldn't it be interesting to put up some security cameras and just watch how many curious people go in for a pick!!! LOL !!! I'm sure you have already thought of that!!!
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