Get the relationships right between elements in your garden to maximise efficiency and abundance, writes Bena Denton, my colleague and fellow permie...
I love gardening. Even more, I enjoy the satisfaction of surveying a lush, productive landscape… maybe even more than eating the produce! … Until my fresh basil goes onto our pizza, or I look down at my plate and see that this evening everything is from our garden - that’s the ultimate!
So where do you start on your journey to a rewarding, edible garden that’s going to succeed? So many gardens are set up to (gulp) fail. Most likely the planning and design stage has been missed and that’s unfortunate because it’s the fun part (for me). It’s much easier to rub out a pencil tree than dig up an actual tree and move it (three times).
Read the rest of Bena's article on GreenBridge's blog http://www.greenbridge.co.nz/apps/blog
