Delicious Flourishing Tank Gardens at the North Melbourne Farmer's Market

Like a cat in catnip is how I felt visiting the Farmers Market at North Melbourne Primary.

For starters, look how well the above-ground edible gardens are doing, and this is the Second month of our hot Christmas (school) holidays. Two months of 'Home Alone' in a vacant, hot Primary School Yard, yet flourishing. I'm extremely impressed.


This shape of garden is being pioneered by the VEG (VeryEdibleGarden) gang, the same people who got the Permablitz movement going.

The last time I saw the edible educational beds as in-ground gardens, they seemed to flounder.

Apologies to Pat Chapin and the flounder

The cause of success might be Physical - the fluffy compost they are in, the containment of the mulch, or maybe a hidden dripper water supply. But I think its Social - bringing them to the level of our touch and gaze, bringing them to the LoveLine latitude, that makes all the difference. We don't want to step on them, we get intimately interested in their welfare, and maybe start fussing over them.