1stop Organic Gardening

Here’s a photo of 3 raspberry plants I stumbled across at my in-laws back yard. I can’t call it a garden ’cause it’s more like a jungle at the moment. It hasn’t been well cared for in a long time.
But I found this tiny raspberry plant growing in heavy shade and dug it up to […]

Filed under: Uncategorized on February 29th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Now what do you do with so many little tomatoes? I had to pick these trusses when I had my big clean up in the veggie patch on the weekend. The tomato bushes had become so straggly and bent over with the weight of all these trusses (there’s more than in the photo).

So I’ve cut […]

Filed under: Uncategorized, vegetables on February 27th, 2008 | No Comments »

I’ve spent most of the day (on and off) out in my organic veggie garden cleaning up plants that are past their best or finished producing. Remember it’s almost autumn (fall) here in South Australia.
So I’ve pulled out all the spent corn, rocket, a couple of zucchini vines and tidied up all the tomatoes - […]

Filed under: Uncategorized on February 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »

OK, I talked about this Armenian cucumber (heirloom variety) I grew this season in a recent post and how I would give it a taste test review.

Well as you can see this one is almost gone ’cause it’s absolutely delicious. It has quite a few seeds, but they don’t bother me - like any other […]

Filed under: Heirloom, vegetables on February 18th, 2008 | No Comments »

Just a quick note today to remind you how important it is to really take good care of your emerging seeds. I’ve had some seeds in seed raising mix for a few weeks. They were coming on nicely - not all had come through, but the majority.
Then I had to work away from home for […]

Filed under: Uncategorized, vegetables on February 17th, 2008 | No Comments »

It’s that time of year here in South Australia when I’m drying annuals to last through the winter. With only a few weeks left of summer it’s the perfect time to be drying herbs.
I picked a large bunch of golden oregano about a week ago. All I do is bunch it all together like a […]

Filed under: Herbs, Uncategorized, vegetables on February 15th, 2008 | No Comments »

Seeing as I’m still getting an overwhelming amount of both blackjack and lebanese zucchinis from my organic garden, I’ve had to come up with as many ways to use them as possible.
We’ve enjoyed zucchinis in stir-frys, roasted, barbequed, raw in salads, but my favourite way is turned into a nourishing soup.
Leek & Zucchini Soup
2-3 tablespoons […]

Filed under: Recipes on February 14th, 2008 | No Comments »

The photo below shows the very healthy root system of this leek from my organic garden. I don’t bother to mound the soil up around my leeks, because I hate the grit that has to be washed out before using it in the kitchen. So I just plant it, feed and water and in a […]

Filed under: vegetables on February 12th, 2008 | No Comments »

Now is the time to start getting ready for autumn / winter crops here in South Australia. I’m starting seeds in seedling trays so that they will be a good size by the time I’m ready to put them in the vegetable plots. There’s no space in the plots yet to seed directly where they […]

Filed under: Uncategorized on February 9th, 2008 | No Comments »

I like to grow enough butternut pumpkins to last throughout the year. I love how they ramble through the garden. We love pumpkin soup through winter and roast pumpkin, so I usually put in 10 or so plants, which provides enough for us and a few to give to friends.
They are so easy to grow, […]

Filed under: vegetables on February 7th, 2008 | No Comments »