The little veggie patch

The Little Veggie Patch is a company based in Melbourne.  It started with two boys who shared a passion for growing vegetables, organically (Matthew Pember & Fabian Capomolla). Together, they created this business with the intention of seeing more people live a greener lifestyle & grow their own veggies.

I found out about these guys because I got a free sample of their cauliflower seeds in the latest Smith Journal - the new, male version of Frankie magazine.  

They sell their seeds in packets (as seen above) and refer to them as 'The Vintage Heirloom Seed Collection Range'.  I'm not going to try to explain what makes them vintage & heirloom because they do it a lot better than I could.  If you want to know more, click on the link & it'll direct you to the website.

The other cute thing these two are doing is a kids program, they donate a heap of their "Little Veggie Crates" to schools around Melbourne so that children can learn about where their food comes from and get involved in the experience of growing it.  You can read more about this under their link 'Kids and Veggies'.

After starting our own little garden, i'm now a huge advocate for home grown fruit & veg. My son is obsessed with gardening! He's nearly 17 months old and waters all our herbs himself, our strawberries, cherry tomatoes - he obviously doesn't understand it all yet but definitely takes control whenever he's got the hose in hand and is anywhere near those plants.  Here are a few shots of him with our fresh batch of strawberries...