Growing vegies in style in a small space garden

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Gardening in a small space isn't necessarily a barrier to growing lots of your own food. This couple in urban Sydney have an abundance of crops that head straight to their kitchen.

Owners: Matthew and Lucinda McManus
Location: Lilyfield
Climate Zone: Warm temperate
Garden established:
Style: Inner-city chic with a focus on vegies

Key Features:
The two main vegie patches in the front garden are raised beds edged with weathered steel, chosen because it takes up less space than timber, as well as for its aesthetics. They have added automatic watering to keep irrigation consistent.
Lucinda says she tries to practice crop rotation but also likes to cram things into the bed, which makes it more complicated. Strawberries are growing next to kale, pumpkins, tomatoes, herbs, brassicas, salad greens and onions.
Two feature trees in the front garden are also growing in raised steel beds, and underplanted with herbs such as olive herb (Santolina rosmarinifolia) and creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum cv.).
In the rear garden there are pots of herbs and succulents, walls covered in Boston ivy (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), a small patch of lawn and paved areas. Built on a slight slope, there are three more steel planters that serve as a retaining wall to the highest point in the garden, where Matthew has a collection of different barbecues. It includes a wood-fired oven, where Matthew cooks up a leg of lamb and some root vegetables, and a Japanese yakitori grill, where he cooks prawns, leeks, asparagus and sweetcorn. He calls the area the barbecorium and it sits under the shade of a huge jacaranda tree (Jacaranda sp.) around which the decking has been built.



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Most important you got to have a partner that loves gardening and eating fresh😍😍...then it works perfectly

matchhunter
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I love their home and garden.
It's bursting with one main ingredient.
LOVE 💖💞💕💓💗

charlesmartin
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I wish my partner has same love for gardening as I have

bahloolkhatak
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Yes their garden and house are both beautiful!!!👏👏👏👏 you need money to do all that no question about that!

evaarcher
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Love the video and perfect gardens. However that is not a small space!

rosyclaire
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Guy's this is not a small garden..😀come to my house I'll show you small.. your garden is wonderful ..Blessings be safe everyone 🌱

hopeh
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"Vegies everywhere" I too have veg tucked in everywhere out the front garden amongst the roses .. yum! waiting in anticipation ... thank you for another great segment

johnmonck
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This is absolutely an art garden, , growing foods just nearby, I want this kind of lifestyle, , love it

fayethelightworker
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I fall in love with farming instantly just by watching your video! 😍

borneofarmingdiaries
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Amazing idea in urban veggie gardening, very inspiring.

RicksonTV
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It was the the cat that got the perfect place to chill

thousandsish
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Wow that garden, especially the backyard with the ivy is absolutely gorgeous!

sleepinglabradors
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Lovely channel. Really beautiful garden. Thank you for sharing.

JeeJeanVittoVlogs
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THIS GARDEN love these two as well, so chill 😂🍁✌🏻

sabrejimmi
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Video Title: Growing Vegies
Growing Veggies 2 Minutes
BBQ Meat 4 Minutes

crazyhippie
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What garden i just saw the most beautiful cocker spaniel! Reminds me of my childhood dog :) Sparky.

logarithmic
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Rich people living in a cottage isn't exactly small space gardening, but it's a beautiful home in a great looking area.

Ben-dxrp
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He’s got the perfect bbq set up. Down to the Japanese konro

koruki
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Fantastic garden!! SO healthy!! BTW...What is it with the modern Australian preoccupation starting every sentence with the word “Look, Drives me nuts 😂.

chrisholbourn
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I am so inspired by your beautiful home garden, loved it😍😍👌👌

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