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Lisa's garden featured in January Bunnings Magazine
I’m very excited for Lisa’s Garden to be featured in this months Bunnings free magazine. Take a look and don’t forget to follow along @lisasgardenlisaandlisa instagaram. 🌸🌸 I have been very busy over the last few weeks just trying to get the garden through this extremely dry and hot weather we are having. Providing lots of…
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Vegetable garden makeover with raised beds
Sleepers, wine barrels and corrugated iron were used to create raised garden beds in this extensive edible garden makeover project. The project We have lived on our property for around 26 years, and it is an ongoing project. Until lockdown I hadn’t really grown much in the way of edibles, apart from a few fruit trees. I…
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Greenhouse build with built-in garden beds
Construction of a large Maze greenhouse for frost protection, complete with built-in garden beds and a decked area for pots. The project Now that the warmer months have finished, we thought it was time to construct our Maze 2.4m x 3.6m (8ft x 12ft) polycarbonate greenhouse. We recently extended the raised garden bed two…
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Lisa’s greenhouse build
Hi everyone we’ve been very busy at Lisa’s Garden! Now that the warmer months have finished and we’ve had a bit of rain, we thought it was time to construct our Maze 2.4m x 3.6m polycarbonate greenhouse! The area we’ve chosen is close to the edible garden paved area and raised garden bed. We recently extended the raised…
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Getting ready for spring
It has been a busy month in the garden getting ready for Spring. I have been planting seeds in the greenhouse to get a head start, purchased more pots for pumpkins, cucumbers, squash and melons, put in another arch and some last minute fruit trees for the mini orchard. I have also purchased a couple of Birdies round raised…
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Hard to visit Bunnings without buying more plants...
I find it really hard to leave Bunnings without some plants, including clearance. There’s always room for more plants right? 🤣
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Edible garden makeover
We have lived on our property for around 26 years and it is an ongoing project. Until lockdown I hadn’t really grown much in the way of edibles apart from a few fruit trees. I have always loved gardening and hubby loves building things and so we have now added quite a big area where I can grow lots of produce. I am still…
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Suggestions for accessories for garden greenhouse?
It’s been a hot and dry month in the Yarra Valley. Mainly watering and maintaining at #LisasGarden planning for next season and picking lots of tomatoes! I have ordered a 2.4m x 3.6m Maze greenhouse and can’t wait for hubby and I to set up the area next to the food garden. Any suggestions for accessories , benches etc? (…
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GorillaGarden Cart
Happy New Year everyone, I hope everyone is staying healthy and safe. We have been in ISO since just before New Years, I’m hoping to be able to visit Bunnings again in a few weeks 🤞🏻 I picked up this Gorilla Garden Cart after Christmas before ISO and absolutely love it. I chose this one as it has a capacity of over 300kg (…
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Mulberry cubby
A trip to bunnings today to pick up a couple of stepping stones and Blueberries to finish off Mulberry cubby house area. I hope for the mulberries to form a edible hedge ( just need a couple more) Picked up a great bargain while we were there! Viicta 82V battery powered mower just for me ( I might let hubby use it🤣), to do…
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Garden arches
On my last trip to Bunnings I picked up these two garden arches. I actually went in for a support for over veggie box but came out with these instead! Did I mention they were a bargain and heavily reduced in price! I love adding interest to the garden and am always looking for ideas and items to add to it. I have put one…
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Bunnings Garden is open!
First trip to Bunnings Garden section in a long time, this is the only retail I have really missed during lockdown! Picked up these cute Emu plaques ( for a walk that has been blank for years!), some flower lights for the Mulberry Tree cubby I have created and some succulents for the old bird cage. I love adding…
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Old trailer used as garden bed
A new old trailer for the garden. Glen can remember when he was around 12 years old going with his Dad Alby to Kinglake, to pick up his first trailer, a brand new stock trailer. 48 years later and it has come to rest at our property to be filled with love with beautiful flowers and plants. We have taken off one of the…
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Garden tools
A Big shout out to @cyclonetools for their fantastic customer service The telescopic shears that I have been using for years, to mass prune my roses and lavenders, had a screw missing. As they couldn’t find a replacement part they gave me a credit to have them replaced at @Bunnings I know what brand I will be sticking to…
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Restored park bench
We added a Notting Hill inspired plaque to the park bench that Glen built using merbau palings and old cast iron ends.
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Back in Lockdown
Back in lockdown again we are trying to take advantage of all the spare time! (Hubby’s business has to close in line with gov regulations). ) Still quite wet underfoot but we managed to get a few jobs done. Finished off the Winter pruning and Glen has almost finished cleaning up the trees from the storm back in June. I…
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Winter in the garden
We haven’t done a lot in the garden over the last couple of months . Hubby is still busy cutting up fallen trees and I have just been doing some odd planting, pruning etc. We have put in a few more weeping trees including a weeping Apricot ( which I didn’t know existed until now) and some more fruit trees. We also…
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Raised garden beds to keep pets out
A vegetable garden in raised beds is a great way to keep pets from digging up or eating your plants. The project The next step in my vegie garden journey is building raised garden beds to keep out Audrey our golden retriever and the rabbits, without the need for fencing. My husband built the beds out of Sienna Pine…
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Raised garden bed using pine sleepers
The next step in my veggie garden journey was raised garden beds, to kelp out Audrey our Golden and the rabbits without the need for fencing. Hubby built them out of Sienna pine sleepers from Bunnings which are food safe . We filled the bed with compost and 2 metres of veggie soil from our local supplier. I planted some…
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June in the garden
Wow June has certainly had a lot of drama in Melbourne, lockdown 4.0 and then a massive storm with so much damage. Very traumatic for a lot of families with homes damaged and businesses that were ready to go back to work impacted. Lucky for us we have had no structural damage. We had 3 very large trees plus smaller ones…
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This week in the garden
It’s been a cold wet week in the Yarra Valley but still plenty to do in the garden. Perfect time to get some new fruit trees and roses in. Planting late Autumn into June ensures that any bare rooted stock will be in perfect condition for planting and won’t have been sitting around for too long. Also soaking them in some…
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Old wheelbarrow garden
I received 2 old wheelbarrows from the in-laws, a great pickup to add some interest to the garden. I visited Bunnings today to pick up potting mix and plants to fill them. Managed to grab a few markdowns too for the barrows and the garden which was a great bonus!!
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This week in the garden
Although the weather is cooler there is always plenty to do in the garden I planted a few more shrubs, put in another bird bath and did a little mulching. The veggie garden is coming along nicely and I planted some red cabbage and mini green cabbages this week to fill in the gaps. I check the veggies regularly and pick…
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Today in the garden
A good day in the garden with a little help from my furry kids. I did some planting and a little mulching today and along with the regular garden chores. The raised veggie beds have been in for 24 days now and are going well. I water in some seasol beginning of the month and then the middle of the month, which makes it…
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Bargain Bird Bath
Our weeping cherry tree died 😢It wasn’t rotten or termite ridden so we left part of the trunk. I then purchased a birdbath top from Bunnings to be attach to the top.
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Easter for the gardener
Chocolate plants for the gardener. Love the new colour in the terracotta, reminds me of chocolate too. Happy Easter everyone. #ChocolateMint #ChocolatePuddingPlant #ChocolateCosmo
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Veggie project 2 - Wine barrels as garden planters
The next step after having the small raised beds was to get 4 half wine barrels. I set them up end January and the seedlings grew very quickly. All from Bunnings and compost from my Maze Barrel composter. I also planted a couple of Citrus snd 2 Crepe Myrtles in them that I picked up on clearance, perfect. I decided I…
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Edible courtyard
Our paved area at night, taken before raised bed filled. The outdoor furniture, ,barrels containers etc from Bunnings including the timber table top. More photos plus videos @lisaandlisa Instagram Bargain large Crepe Myrtles
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Lockdown veggie patch
We have a large garden just under 4 acres. It is forever evolving but I hadn’t grown veggies until lockdown and must admit am now a little obsessed. I started out with 3 veggie raised beds from Bunnings a bargain at $19 each. It had to be fenced as we have a very hungry Golden Retriever and rabbits. The area didn’t quite…
