I love my pot maker!

Today I got a surprise in the post! I had ordered this potmaker in Dec and forgotten about it. And then it arrived today...so I j…

All things wild and wonderful

A few months back a friend gave me a cutting of her pepino melon plant. This week we noticed that the few fruits it had produced …

A hammock for my pumpkin

These are lazy days compared to what has been over the last few months. The sun beats down, I water, I help climbers to find the …

Learning from Grandma

No matter where I go I always like to learn and find a better way to live. We have just got back from a wonderful peaceful time w…

Water, weed and feed me!

Now that the major planting work has finished it is time to maintain this garden of ours. The temperatures are climbing steadily …

Compost - it's so good, it's so good!

On Thursday we emptied out our compost that we have been making for about 8 months. It is really great stuff. Full of earthworms …

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…

Yuck -yuck -yuck

Well hardly and inspiring title for this post, especially as it is the first post for August! However I need to shout out my feel…

Maggot and beetle soup....anyone?

I have shared before about my wasteful ways that I have been addressing over the last year. I have made it a habit to use up left…

Breakfast...anyone?

I know scrambled egg is a well known breakfast in every household so this is truly not a recipe...just an encouragement for some …

Using up past fruit

We buy a lot of fruit from our veggie man who comes to our door weekly, but sometimes we don't get to it all. so instead of t…