Composting is an easy and rewarding activity that can benefit your garden in many ways. But if you’ve never attempted composting before, it can seem overwhelming, believe me, I know! There’s so much information out there and many different methods, but the basic methods and the science behind it is fairly straightforward. Hopefully I can give you some […]
When determining where to put your new garden bed there are a few points you need to consider in order to get the absolute best production possible. Underground pipes, power, etc – Number one thing to consider when planning a location for your new garden bed, is What is Already Buried Under the Ground? In […]
Well the time has come.... the days are getting longer, (and warmer...?) and we should be thinking about our spring/summer vegetable garden. For me this starts with raising some seeds indoors. Purchasing seeds allows you to get an early jump on the growing season, and also opens you up to many more varieties than you […]
The Vegetable garden is in a transition phase at the moment. Because we have had quite a mild autumn a lot of my summer vegies are still producing, but yet I am trying to make room to get some winter vegies started. Summer vegetables still hanging on are tomatoes, capsicums, pumpkins, zucchini and chillis. I've […]
Harvest, Harvest, Harvest - that seems to be the theme for February, in the vegetable patch. From zucchinis to corn, beans to greens - it seems like everything starts coming in ready for picking in February. Harvest and Watering! Our corn is nearly all picked by the end of February. I planted it in […]
With Christmas and the New Year it usually takes me a couple of weeks to get back into things again, and this year has been no different. We had a busy few weeks with family visiting which was fantastic to catch up with everyone - but it means that the garden and farm gets a […]
We’ve been having some very wintery weather here these last few days. It’s been quite nice actually, because the first two weeks of winter were very mild. Today we have had almost non-stop drizzly rain and cold, cold winds. With lambing well and truly underway, the vegie garden has not got a lot of attention […]
We have a couple of chilli bushes in the herb garden – a Jalapeño, and one of these below, I call it “mystery” variety. Its very pretty, as the chillies are quite short, and the whole bush is more of a ground cover than a bush. Danny has been keen to make some of […]
Well finally I’m getting some significant tomato harvest – I was so sure they wouldn’t ripen in time, as the whole vegie garden has been very slow this year. But I have managed to pick a few good handfuls each day for the last week or so, and they’ve been steadily accumulating. Besides tomato sauce, […]