For residents in the North West it is the perfect time to start planting vegetable gardens, and that is how the Scotney family spent last weekend.

Michael, Ciemon, Curtis, Lillian and Toby have planted a vegetable garden for the last seven years and said there was nothing more satisfying then growing their own produce.

"We do this every year, and we just do it because we like to have fresh produce over winter," Ciemon Scotney said.

"We usually plant around Easter because it is the best time for plants to start to grow.

"This year we planted snow peas, carrots, cos lettuce and buttercrunch lettuce, kale, corn, beetroot, tomatoes, beans and garlic. And we also have citrus trees and a herb garden too."

Ms Scotney said the veggie patch was a family affair.

"The kids love it. They help do all parts of it from planting seedlings, to the rotary hoe, help mulch; they really get into it," she said.

"Having a green thumb is really good for your mental health. I think more people should have a veggie patch, there is nothing better then watching your food grow.

"We find when we grow our own veggies they taste heaps better and we know what has been put on them; like we don't use pesticides."

Ms Scotney said establishing a veggie patch had been a learning curve.

"We have done heaps of stuff that has died," she said.

"Initially it takes a bit of work to figure out watering times and the best positioning, so we had killed whole crops over the years, and have had our fair share of challenges including grasshoppers and fruit flies," she said.

"The kids are also more inclined to be in the veggie patch eating things, they will go and eat snow peas and beans and pick them all off."

Ms Scotney said they also give away produce to friends.

"We plant a heap of lettuce and you can't really eat 30 lettuce so when we have an overflow of stuff we share it.

"We are just try to minimise our impact."

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