BRYCE and his winter vegetable garden

Bryce had been reading and learning about organic gardening for 12 or so months. Actually, we have had a vege garden for several years, but now Bryce was trying to ensure that what we ate was organic. It's hard to go completely organic, - some things you just can't get organically grown. Grace got Bryce a subscription to ORGANIC GARDENING mag, which comes out bi monthly. Bryce read and read. Last Christmas, Bryce (and I ) got 3 organic gardening books - all different. So Bryce read a lot and took his time to get the preparation as right as he could. We now have 3 organic garden beds on the go and 2 herb garden beds happening. This year's winter crop took a long time to establish, so until August, we were mainly buying all our Organics from Warra, in Dural. (Warra is a Steiner school for special needs people and they have a large organic garden and a retail shop. We used to shop here years ago when the girls were young, but your habits change over the years). Bryce grew his vegetables and herbs from seed, so hence they took a lot longer to establish. Now, as I look out the windows, the gardens are a sea of green. Get up close and personal and there are current crops of snow peas, silver beet, spinach and kale. Other crops are still growing but not ready to harvest. Herbs are mainly corriander, 2 x parsley types, dill and ?something green. I must admit, winter has been so cold that I have rarely got out in the garden. But now spring is here I will. Got to say, it's nice to walk outside and find fresh greens at the ready to eat.