Gardening Tips & Trends

Those Pesky (or not?) Bugs

Information from "Insects In The Garden - Homegrown Happiness". Insects in the garden are important, both the 'bad' and the good play a crucial role in a well-rounded eco system. However it's helpf...

Beginner Beware

Getting started can often be the easy bit, when we are all full of enthusiasum and excited at the thought of growing our own food, beginners beware!! Following on from last weeks topic of getting ...

Beginner Stage.

We all have to be in The Beginner Stage at some point. The university of life has taught me well. With my love of seed raising, I'm constantly wanting to understand where my errors have been and...

For the Love of Food

While we were away we stayed with family in the south of France, of course it goes without saying that our time with the family and little grandies was the highlight, we also had a fabulous time en...

The Thing About Gardeners

The thing about gardeners is, no matter where we live in the world we are all striving for results, often learning as we grow, and making use of our local surroundings. While we were in the UK we w...

New Breed of Cabbage or Not?

Oh the despair of those pesky white butterflies! The emotions they stir in all of us as we visit our patch. 3 days can be a very long time in garden speak one day everything looks rosy and then nex...

Gardening With Autopot

This week I have decided to dedicate my blog to the wonders of gardening with AutoPot. Don't get me wrong I love my soil gardens but I have discovered a very happy balance between gardening in the...

The challenges of Summer Gardening

Well finally I make it back to the land of writing and sharing. Already its the middle of February and some days I'm not too sure just what I have to show for it. That said, my garden at home and o...

Tomatoes For Christmas

This event is fast becoming my favourite! Many customers are coming in store to shop for Christmas, (lots of Joseph Bently Tools are going under Christmas trees this year). Last minute or...

Spring at last

Banish the winter blues Spring has finally arrived and everything is growing. You can see the new growth on the trees and the paddocks are finally coming away again. Just a little less rain would...