Cooking compost

Today I hit the garden at 6.30am to escape the heat. I did lots and lots of things but will put that in seperate posts...one of t…

Out with the old - in with the new

We have had rain for a week. It put all my planting and garden work on hold but it was good for the earth. My cabbages are finall…

The asparagus problem

I have a big gardening problem...I am running out of space - fast! I have only two more beds to plan up and have to use those for…

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…

Sweet sweet spring

Every morning I go out and "survey my land". Superman normally joins me as we look at our little farm outside our kitch…

"Chitting" Potatoes

A week ago I put my seed potatoes out to sprout - or "chitted" my spuds - as the pro's say! Basically seed potatoes…

Preparing new ground

Today my elder daughter and I prepared the ground for our seedlings. We removed the sweet potato runners that need to go somewher…

The bug has bitten

I wasn't going to do another post today, and I wasn't going to work in the garden today...but well...the seed sowing bug …

1 day until Spring!

We managed to get most of the work done this weekend with the exception of planting the squashes and preparing the buckets for to…

Job completion check in

Shjoe, I am tired....but there is not lots to show for it. However I did manage to get half of the seeds we want planted. Alot of…

Weekend plans

I have this long list of things to do in the garden swimming around in my head and I need to write it down somewhere...so this is…

The great unveiling

Before you see the picture of what follows I want to share a little story. When I first tried to grow vegetables about 13.5 years…