In the beginning....

When we moved into our new home in April 2011 we were so excited.  We had looked at over 35 homes in the two week period since arriving in Tasmania in January. And we waited to settle with this house until April because it suited both the sellers and us.

It is almost a brand new home, built in 2009. But the garden was all just grass. Just a blank canvas to do as we will and a glorious 3/4 acre of land. This picture is after we had planted a few trees and it was just starting to show some movement since we planted some things.  In the middle is a weeping cherry tree called "Snowflake" .  We bought it as a bare root tree and planted it in June.  This photo was taken sometime in September when the weather was just starting to warm up.

We have planted a vegetable patch.  Currently, there are Silverbeet, onions, shallots, spring onions, capsicums, eggplant, tomatoe, cabbage, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, leeks and beetroot.   I grow the vegetables. Victor thinks it is easier to buy them. It probably is, with the heartache of the previous batch of Cauliflowers being overtaken by some mites and the birds constantly wanting to try the new tomatoes. And yes, it is a bit of work, but I love being able to go out there and pick what I want when I am about to cook.

Victor built the bed for me - larger than I expected but I have managed to fill it with vegetables. Managed to give some vegetables away as well so I am really pleased with it. 

 Some of the harvested vegetables

 makings of an omelette

When I first started off...

Soil being dropped off for the vegetable patch.

It is almost ready!!

The vegetable patch looks quite a bit different now. And I apologise for putting the photos in the wrong order, but I still haven't learnt how to work around the site yet.

It is summer now so I am enjoying the vegetable patch and I am not used to the seasons that Tasmania has. Brisbane is in Queensland and it is quite a tropical climate. Even in the winter it only gets down to about 10 degrees celcius at night.  Where as in Tasmania you are lucky if you reach 10 degrees on a winters day. So it will be interesting to see what I can and cannot grow this winter. 

I lost some beans and tomatoes due to frost in early September.  Since it was getting warmer I assumed it was all going ok but then one night it crept up on us and killed most of the vegetables.  Some like the beetroot was not going to give in and the picture of the beetroot above are very same plants.