The no-dig layered bath garden recipe

Uncle John and I just prepared a layered garden in Andrea's birthday present - the bath - bought off the very popular New Zealand auction site trademe.co.nz. If you look closely - you can see it has guilded footstands.

We tried a slight variation of Sabrina Hahn's no dig garden as described on the ABC (Australia) website.

The recipe: here are the layers we put into the bath, from the bottom up.

• About ten hand sized rocks around the plug hole, to ensure no plug hole blocking.
  
• A layer of porous web plastic, to protect the bath enamel and ensure good drainage.
  
• A three inch layer of clean one inch sized gravel stones.
  
• Then wrap the layer of porous plastic around the stones from the layer below.
  
• Next, a one inch layer of hand shredded newspaper. Doused with water.
  
• Five handfuls blood and bone. Wet well
  
• A two inch layer of home made compost.
  
• Four inches of pea straw. Wet it well and gently compress it down by hand.
  
• Four inches of home made compost.
  
• A one inch layer of hand shredded newspaper. Doused with water.
  
• One bucket of sheep pooh pellets and another five handfuls blood and bone. Wet well.
  
• Four inches of home made compost.
  
• Another four inchess of pea straw. Water well.
  
• Cover with a tarpolin.
  

Staring to sound like the Food Channel!!!

So cross your fingers, and it should be ready to plant in two weeks.

With Autumn coming on I'm thinking broccoli and cauliflower...

...and of course, to be fed with powerful, natural KINATONIC liquid plant food.

I will update you on progress.