"Murder!" she wrote.

Growing up we had a TV series by this title and while she was a accidental detective, I am just a gardener. But when I find a pro…

Tomato Update

A couple of weeks back my carbon tomatoes were attacked by red spider mite. They also got very sunburnt and I didn't think an…

Little Beasties

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...well that's not actually funny, because on Monday a Great White t…

How can I compare?

Often people say, when they see my garden, that I must be saving money on groceries. It would seem so because of what we can pick…

It makes it all worthwhile!

As my post below talk about harvesting all the gems from my mildew infected plants I thought I needed a good news story for my re…

Mildew - aaargh

About a week ago I noticed that some of my squash plants had the white telltale spots of milddew. I started spraying them with co…

Community Pride

I am blessed to have domestic help at home. My domestic worker is not only my "cleaning lady" but a dear friend. She li…

Dances-With-Wolves....?

Nope...Gardens-With-Chickens! Today I had to plant up a new section that Superman built for me at our front gate. It's in ful…

Growing beans

On Monday evening I set up my runner bean poles for my second sowing. I like to sow about 2 weeks apart, but I know for prolific …

Organic Pest Control

We had a great morning in the garden today as the rain has held off for the first time this week. So we mixed in manure to our be…

Visitors to my garden

One of the things about organic gardening is encouraging wildlife. They help keep the pests in check and offer their services fre…