Full disclosure, I saw this on Instagram and decided to create it myself. FB Marketplace always seems to have free filing cabinets and I found this in my local village. I drilled holes in the bottom for drainage, removed the drawers, filled it half full with logs from the garden, then used soil from mole hills to fill it some more, and then good compost. The first photo shows it after I planted my herbs and the second one shows it yesterday. The flat leaf parsley has kind of taken over but the sage is still going strong. I also have thyme, chives and mint in there (although I don’t like the flavour of the mint so I will replace it in spring). I was going to spray the cabinet but actually the brown fits in very nicely.

Living near bushland i come across snakes in my garden on a regular basis. My formally trained snake catcher neighbour tells me there are plenty of brown snakes around and has identified a few of them for me. I find the fact they are around disturbing and it does alter my gardening habits and prevent me from doing certain jobs at certain times. They are pretty skittish and if I stomp about and make my presence known they rush off and hide. In the hotter months I garden early morning or late evening mostly unless my husband is about and we have the mower or power tools out. Then I feel a bit braver. My husband has requested i dont plant pumpkins and sweet potato as ground cover as its a perfect hiding spot for them and that we have these thick bandages for immobilising a limb in case of a snake bite sitting by the back door at all times. I'd love to know tips or tricks from those of you who garden around snakes🐍. Particularly venomous ones. I just want to live in harmony with them. Preferably with them living out in the bush and not in my garden, but I have limited control over that.

I have a 75 litre pot that I have over planted, but it is working well. It has a tomato, a capsicum and basil with marigold and sweet Alice / alyssum

This a photo of my backyard today! It’s been around 3 years in the making. Loving every day and feeling truly blessed! Please share your garden images here I know myself and the members would like to see them!

I wanted to share something more about myself, so you can get to know me on a more personal level. I love photography and photographing around my hometown of Mullumbimby on the far north coast of NSW. A little over two weeks ago I took these photos over my back fence during sunrise. The first image looks like it's in the outback in Australia somewhere. The second photo is of the cows in fog. I have image one hanging in my house now. Do you have something else that you love and are passionate about? I would love to hear about it if you feel comfortable enough to share with us all. Don't worry, we will be staying on topic here with the theme of edible gardening, but it just feels so nice to be able to share something like this from time to time!