Nonna & Pa’s Incredible Aussie Summer Veggie Garden 🌞 | Passionfruit, Tomatoes, Spacing Tips & More!

[@ChristieCooper]

If you enjoyed this one, you’ll love the first tour I did with Nonna and Pa - all about how they built the beds their soil mix, and their relationship! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmHMZ3lspZyjeJY Nonna also shares her genius way to mince and preserve garlic here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGi3aWmLlrBoj9k

[@daisymichele2666]

Yay, Aussie Gardening! Thank you for sharing your wonderful garden Nonna and Pa❇❇❇

[@ChristieCooper]

Glad you enjoyed it! I do Aussie garden tours every week so check out my playlists if you’d like to see any more 😉

[@juliette8463]

My dream garden. Beautiful. Self sustaining. Every home needs one.

[@ChristieCooper]

Isn't it gorgeous. Maybe they should get into business helping set gardens up for other people ;)

[@priscillatang2959]

I'm jealous of her garden. What a wonderful achievement!

[@ChristieCooper]

Isn't it gorgeous. Pa built all the beds himself!

[@Lisajen-h5u]

Oh it was so nice to hear your Nonna say Pa. I called my grandfather Pa also. I am 56 so he has been gone for a long time. What a beautiful garden. My garden is an organised mess😂

[@ChristieCooper]

I bet he was a special Pa. Oh mine is too! You can see a full tour of it in all its messy glory in my garden tours playlist 😂

[@VuonNangMai168]

Nice sharing my dear friend🎉❤ beautiful garden🎉❤ I like your video❤🎉 thanks for sharing a nice garden❤🎉 have a nice day🎉❤ New friend from VietNam❤❤🎉👌🎁👍

[@ChristieCooper]

Thanks for the lovely message!

[@utilityjane]

Love this video Christie 3 generations in the veg garden so lovely for Nonna and Pa 💚

[@ChristieCooper]

It’s special isn’t it!

[@Wendy-p3m]

Oooh my gosh, I’m a bit far North of Melbourne. I was expecting an Italian Grandma but Nonna is just adorable. Awww. You’re so blessed to have her.

[@ChristieCooper]

Nonna Mary migrated here from Italy as a 5 year old ☺️ she’s held onto a lot of the fabulous family traditions! You’ll love learning about her background in the first video I recorded with them, the link to it is in my comment which is pinned to the top of the comments section ☺️

[@treecycle4631]

What a lovely family and equally lovely neat garden. I have been away for nearly 2 weeks and the veggies have grown dramatically with the warm weather.

[@ChristieCooper]

I bet you were relieved to see them doing so well on your return! You just have a good watering system set up ☺️

[@jackiek4159]

Nonna's, garden is absolutely stunning and those strawberries looked delicious! 😍🙌🍓

[@ChristieCooper]

I agree! Always love checking it out 😍

[@Tangkhul_gardener]

Wow! So well organised. Love it

[@ChristieCooper]

Glad you liked it!!

[@Gotsomethingtosaynow]

What a fabulous setup. So jealous of Nona’s garden.

[@ChristieCooper]

Me too 🌱

[@CynthiaLamb-jf2md]

What a beautiful garden 😍

[@ChristieCooper]

It really is!

[@mangoyacho]

What a beautiful garden indeed! Wow wow wow! Nonna and Pa have inspired me to create a similar garden. I love their set up. Its very calming. thank you for sharing!

[@ChristieCooper]

Glad you enjoyed it! Look forward to hearing how you go! 🙌🏼🌱

[@chrisscarlett8833]

Nonna’s garden is stunning. And the plants so healthy. Can you do a session on filling a bed with soil and maintaining it?

[@ChristieCooper]

Rod/Pa might be a good one for this! He does go into his soil strategy in the first garden tour I did with them if you have a look in my garden tours playlist. I’ll try find the link.

[@ChristieCooper]

Some more specific info from Rod: “Initial soil was a veggie mix from local nursery consisting of premium soil, compost, cow manure and mushroom compost- so a good quality base! Prior to planting for summer I will top up(and dig in) a little more compost, cow manure and mushroom compost with some blood & bone. I will also dig in pea straw from previous mulching. This year I also spread some Dynamic Lifter It’s all about continually nourishing the soil(and experimenting) I am a great believer in using Blood & Bone before each planting!”

[@jimkaye2077]

happy family life is the best......such a beautiful garden

[@ChristieCooper]

We have plenty of challenging times with the kids and all of the big emotions that come with it, but we’re lucky to have such a great family support network 🫶🏼

[@jimkaye2077]

@@ChristieCooper I’m hearing you you’re not alone on that one 🤞

[@wellingtonsboots4074]

Fantastic looking garden. Thank you

[@ChristieCooper]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gchev4]

Nothing wrong really with the capsicum and tomatoes together. They're both in the nightshade family, tomatoes can provide much needed shade during the hot days and even keep nematodes away from the peppers. Although they do need different watering requirements. The garden looks amazing and i wish i thought of planting lettuce around my eggplants. Great spacing. I'm like pa, not great spatially 😅

[@Jcremo]

I think the importance of companion planting is to lower the chance of pest infestation and crop lose, without chemical interventions, by planting plants that deter pests -like basil with tomato or strawberries with strong onions.

[@ChristieCooper]

Thanks for the tips!

[@julzsimmons3475]

I loved watching this. I'm just getting into my own little vegie garden so looking for tips. I've had a passion fruit plant for 2 years and it's growing so slowly. I'd love to see a Vlog on tips for growing vegies/fruit 😊

[@ChristieCooper]

Glad you enjoyed it! You’ve come to the right place ☺️ head to my channel page then the playlists tab - you’ll find a whole playlist for veggie garden tours/vlogs in australia and a whole playlist for veggie gardening tips ☺️ you’ll also love the first video I filmed with Nonna and Pa last year where they go deeper into their beds, their soil etc, the link to that is in my pinned comment at the top of the comments section. You’ll love having your own veggie garden, it’s so therapeutic!

[@FarmforProfitUganda22]

Beautiful.

[@ChristieCooper]

🫶🏼

[@rtalt9873]

Great video!! Love to see an update of their garden once everything starts bearing good bits in summer. And how early do they start their tomatoes to already have fruit?

[@ChristieCooper]

I’m sure they’d love to share it! We both started out tomatoes pretty early this year but that’s one of the benefits of growing from seed, you can succession plant and plant extra so if any don’t make it, you can just stick some more in later! Glad you enjoyed it ☺️

[@samiamnot8906]

Hi :) Your video just popped up in my feed and I thought I'd ask you to keep an ear open for any unusual tips you might come across for keeping birds off fruit trees. I imagine that in the days before netting and CDs there were other methods that worked. I think we should be able to outsmart them. I'm going to try, for example, hanging grapefruit in other fruit trees because the birds hate them and I'm thinking they may just see them hanging there and not investigate the tree. Stuff like that. Cheers :)

[@ChristieCooper]

I’m trying little dangling mirrors in my own garden currently! Very hard to know if it makes any difference! Best of luck 🤞🏼

[@bonzotalonzo9072]

Very nice ! So neat & organized w/those planter boxes remind me of my father. teehe T/y for sharing Ms Christie. Watching your channel gives me different ideas on what to grow. Sometimes not a real lot of sun in my area here but the bugs have been the ongoing problem (okra). I like how u remind that using spray for insects may also kill off the beneficial ones.

[@ChristieCooper]

I’m loving learning all about the bugs at the moment! I have two very cool videos coming soon which I think you’ll enjoy too all about veggie garden insects. 🐞 glad you enjoyed watching this one!

[@ElizabethVassilios]

Great garden one tip for your passionfruit if you want more fruit spray with condies crystal mix only need half a teaspoon to 2 litres water.

[@ChristieCooper]

Thanks Elizabeth!

[@mandaAU09]

Beautiful garden

[@ChristieCooper]

Isn’t it!

[@uppanadam]

Good to see my veggies are looking like Nonna's!! I'm still an amateur when it comes too gardening!! So I'm a bit unsure sometimes as to whether I'm going well in gardening or not?? LOL!! Cheers from Adelaide - Australia!!

[@ChristieCooper]

Sounds like you’re doing beautifully! 🙌🏼 ooh you’ll be hooked before you know it ☺️

[@uppanadam]

@@ChristieCooper Got a nice burpless cucumber at the 12 cms mark!! Netting it like crazy!! LOL!!

[@Sylvie_M]

Beautiful garden! Christie, blossom end rot is from inconsistent watering not a calcium deficiency.

[@ChristieCooper]

Thanks Sylvie ☺️ it’s had fairly consistent watering so not sure how much more I can improve that aspect!

[@luvBrownie22]

Im curious what you mean by Kew-Pie/QP strawberries? Is that a special variety? They look interesting, where do you get them? Im also in Melbourne. Lovely tour! This spring really has been amazing for growth.

[@ChristieCooper]

QP - they’re a nursery based in Werribee called Quality Plants and Seedlings but they do online deliveries too to most states.

[@trudicarter3139]

Wonderfully healthy plants.Can you share what soil you have used please and thankyou.x

[@ChristieCooper]

I know Rod/Pa puts a lot of work into his soil every year, topping up after each growing season with home made compost, blood and bone and mushroom compost. I’ll ask him if I’ve forgotten anything!

[@ChristieCooper]

Some more specific info from Rod: “Initial soil was a veggie mix from local nursery consisting of premium soil, compost, cow manure and mushroom compost- so a good quality base! Prior to planting for summer I will top up(and dig in) a little more compost, cow manure and mushroom compost with some blood & bone. I will also dig in pea straw from previous mulching. This year I also spread some Dynamic Lifter It’s all about continually nourishing the soil(and experimenting) I am a great believer in using Blood & Bone before each planting!” Hope this helps!

[@simonelvins742]

Re the strawberries: the white flowers appeared on mine last year and I couldn't bear to cut them off but that's apparently what you have to make the fruit grow big in the second year.

[@ChristieCooper]

I don’t think they did that this time around and they only planted the seedlings this year, I think it’s one of those things that are good to do if you’re trying to get the biggest plants possible but not necessary if you’re keen for a slightly smaller earlier harvest! Hope your garden is thriving ☺️

[@adamwdotnet]

Lovely garden! Curious to know what QP is?

[@mickfalvey6045]

Me too!😊

[@ChristieCooper]

“Quality Plants and Seedlings”, they’re a plant nursery based in Werribee that offer online seedling deliveries that sent us some to try ☺️

[@mickfalvey6045]

TY😊

[@TroyArrandale]

I’m jealous all my lettuce went bitter with the warmer weather.

[@ChristieCooper]

Theirs always looks great!

[@aussiebushhomestead3223]

What part of Australia is this garden? There is a radical difference between a Victorian garden and a subtropical Qld garden. It's always good to know what region we're looking at.

[@ChristieCooper]

Melbourne - there’s some text right at the beginning saying where it is ☺️

[@aussiebushhomestead3223]

@ChristieCooper sorry, I missed that. I thought it must be somewhere down south, when you said you'd had a bit of warm weather. It's been crazy hot up here in the north! 😄 Beautiful garden by the way.

[@ChristieCooper]

We had two days in the high 30s then the next two were cool and drizzly! Typical Melbourne! Thank you 🙏🏼

[@CraigStelmack]

What mulch does Nonna use? Gorgeous garden. 😊

[@davinasquirrel7672]

Jealous at the very neat (and more advanced than mine) Nonna garden. To be fair, first week in November last light frost (15 Nov is my working last frost date, and I still got caught out and lost a few seedlings), then by third week in November, three days of over 35! Total insanity. But it does not stop there, it has been raining now for days, I am sitting here hot and muggy. No actual harm planting tomatoes and peppers together that I know of, they are both nightshades. But in companion planting world, no benefit either. Companion plants are like the nasturtiums, the allium family, and a few others. Don't forget to plant just a few ornamental flowerers as well to attract the pollinators. Extremely jealous that Nonna has the passionfruit looking so good, mine cannot seem to handle it where I am.

[@ChristieCooper]

Thanks for the tips! Urgh the crazy weather is a killer. Currently watching a lightning storm and wondering when it's going to hit here! I bet yours will take off soon.

[@davinasquirrel7672]

@@ChristieCooper That passionfruit ship has sailed for me, two failed attempts where I am (which yes, gets more/heavier frost than Melb). Will attempt it again when I eventually move to a better climate (and I know it can be grown there).

[@leonshomegrown]

Looking fantastic 😊😊😊

[@ChristieCooper]

🫶🏼

[@BrianOliver-c4b]

Your mum in law needs finer netting with no gaps from underneath for her strawberry plants

[@ChristieCooper]

Thanks Brian ☺️ At this stage that might trap them all in there!

[@findsumon]

❤❤❤❤

[@ChristieCooper]

🙏🏼

[@janeballinger2117]

🍅🙂

[@ChristieCooper]

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