Nige’s Vege Garden: Ingredients
 Macrocarpa sleepers
 Heavy hammer
 Drill with 12mm. bit
 Planer
 Tape Measure
 Spade,rake,level
 Wide mouth shovel
 Steel rod( 200 mm x 8)
 Chainsaw and PPE
 Compost and sand
 Vegetables,blood&bone
 Site with sun but protected from wind
 Wheelbarrow
 Hose and watering can

 Measure sleepers and cut
to equal sizes.We used a
chainsaw and cut all
sleepers to the same
length as the shortest
sleeper because we
wanted a square vege
garden

 Level the site and dig a
footing slightly larger
than the width of the
macro sleeper

 Lay the first level of
sleepers

 Level the first layer of
sleepers.We used sand
to fill in any holes and
adjust levels.This
involves a lot of
mucking around but it
is imperative to have a
level base

 Use the 3-4-5 rule to insure your
square is square or
Mr.Pythagoreous’ Theorum.Let’s
just say Nige is a numbers man and
had no difficulty working out that if
one side is 3 units ,the other side 4
units, and the diagonal is 5 units,the
corner between the 3 and 4 unit
sides is square…eyes glazing over
now?Ok so measure one side &
divide by 4 to give you the size of
one unit and mark this
point.Measure the other side 3 units
from the corner and mark this
point.Measure from point to point,it
should be 5 units

 Lay the second layer of
sleepers and make any
final adjustments so all
are level.Note that we
have staggered the
joins for maximum
strength

 Arris the edges of the
sleepers with an
electric planer.This
gives a nice finish and
removes the sharp edge
in case you bang your
nose on it

 Use an electric drill
with a 12 mm. drill bit
to put a hole through
both sleepers and
repeat for every
join.The depth here
will be 200 mm.

 Have some lovely
assistants pop down
the hill to the hardware
store and get some
reinforcing steel cut to
200 mm lengths.Bang
these into the holes you
have drilled…

 And again….

 And again…

 Dig over the adjoining
gardens and add plenty
of blood and bone or
just follow the
directions on the bag

 Hairy helpers will eat
the blood and bone so
dig it in well!

 Get a big truck to
deliver a rich mixture
of composted pine bark
and animal manures
(about 20 bucks a
scoop).Do not buy top
soil as it is too variable
nutrient wise and may
contain heaps of weed
seeds

 Animal manures are
fantastic organic matter for
gardens but they must be
well composted to get rid
of weed seeds and
vermicides.We had the
dude dump the load on the
grass to save a mess on the
driveway(just rake the skiff
of leftovers into the lawn
for easy clean up)

 Nige moved the whole
load (approximately
1.3 cubic meters) into
the new vege plot and
surrounding
gardens.He went nigh
nigh early that night

 VOILA !

 Now send this cute
little kid down the hill
to purchase all your
vege seedlings

 Good job kid!

 DONE !

 Perfectly square!When
we measured corner to
corner they were
exactly equal and we hi
fived on a job well
done.Regular watering
with a fertilizer like
Thrive will insure a
bountiful vege garden
 Good luck Nige!