Welcome to my blog!

For those that already know a little (or even a lot) about me, I've been a pretty keen chilli hobbyist for a few years now. But this year, I decided to see if I could push the boundaries a little and see what else I could grow in Melbourne.

I regularly look around peoples gardens in Melbourne when driving, and wonder why people bother with lawn in their front yard. Your average suburban block in Melbourne is getting smaller and smaller, and backyards are dwindling, yet you still see up to a 1/4 of the block decorated with lawn in the front yard. 

Our house faces 10 degrees north, according to my former iPhone anyway. This means that plants at the front of my house can get up to 12 hours of sunlight a day in summer until the shade of the nearby houses comes into play. So it got me thinking, why can't you grow your typical vegetable garden in your front yard?

So I've converted my front yard to consist of garden beds and a large amount of potted fruits, vegetables and flowers. Some of these are well suited to our climate, others require a sub-tropical to tropical environment to really flourish.

Take for example the Banana plants I currently have in the 67L pots in my front yard. When I talk to people about what I'm growing, once you mention Bananas, the response you get is "You can't grow that in Melbourne!".

Says who! This is what has inspired me to start a blog, to detail all the plants I'm growing and how they cope with our varying weather patterns in Melbourne.