The Joy (and Surprise) of Self Seeding
There’s something optimistic about a garden that reseeds itself. Not rows-of-perfectly-labelled-seedlings optimistic, but more of the kind of optimism that ... Read More
Recycling Garden Bark: Garden Gold
There’s a point where bark stops being bark. What starts out as a tidy weed-suppressing layer slowly transforms over the years ... Read More
How to split and divide Flax and Grasses
Why are we planting Flax and Grasses? We’ve chosen to divide and replant a variety of flax and ornamental grasses ... Read More
Nifty Tips for Pots-to-Garden Planting
Now, planting sounds like a very simple job to do, and it is. HOWEVER after planting more than 250 hedges ... Read More
Hungry Bin Worm Farm – Years Later #part2
My Hungry Bin worm farm is trucking along just nicely after many years. I adore my Hungry Bin worm farm, ... Read More
Compost Envy: How to make your own
Bless their wriggly souls. While worm farms do make great garden tea (aka worm wee) and fertiliser, for which I ... Read More
Natural ways to deter Slugs & Snails
With all this rain you may need to re-sprinkle some snail bait around those cabbages; or not! For those wanting ... Read More
How to get rid of aphids — organically
It seemed a natural choice really, to get rid of these horrors of the garden without saturating my edible garden ... Read More
Eggshell Tea & Eggshell Crumb – free garden fertilisers
Don’t throw away your eggshells. Recycle them into fertiliser for your vege patch. In preparing your vegetable garden for spring, ... Read More
Hungry Bin Worm Farm – The Arrival #part 1
It doesn’t take much to get me beaming. The Hungry Bin Worm Farm didn’t need wrapping to be the perfect ... Read More
Legionnaires Disease – be aware
Being stung by a bee, a spider bite or a prickle in your thumb may seem the worst gardening could ... Read More