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May for Manure crops and Mulch
Green Manure crops and mulching May is one of those cross over months for the garden. I start to think about bedding some areas down for winter and feeding the soil where greedy crops may have st...
Read moreChili harvest Exciting times as we harvested chili this week. What a stunning harvest we have this year. The chili plants are definitely the star plants this month – only just beating out the pu...
Read moreOctober - Time for Russian Roulette
I always feel that October is the month for playing Russian Roulette. It’s the month of “Will I, won’t I” plant out. We have plants we have tended in the greenhouse just waiting to be planted int...
Read moreOver the last few years my style of Christmas shopping has changed considerably. The main question I now ask myself before I hit the shopping, is what do they NEED, will they use it? And will it br...
Read moreHave you tried it? Stripping back the leaves of your hot house veges. I have spent a few hours this week doing exactly this in our hot house at work and I am already amazed at how much better every...
Read moreGardening is the greatest teacher of so many things, in particular patience, and just when you think you have all your ducks lined up nature dishes up a curve ball. Well, not so much as a curve ba...
Read moreI'm sure you realise by now that, my heart is with organic growing. There is nothing more satisfying than picking fresh from my garden, knowing that I have done everything in my power to keep it as...
Read moreI cannot abide waste on any level, especially food waste! My spring crops are all coming ready now and as a result I am faced with the challenge of who is going to get the off cuts. The chooks can ...
Read moreHistory is a fascinating subject, we can learn so much from the past. While some would say that history is best left where it belongs....in the past. There is one part of my past that I have alway...
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