1stop Organic Gardening

Organic gardening is such a pleasure through the milder months here in South Australia. It’s mid spring now and that’s why I’ve not had much time to write here… sorry!
Not only am I spending time in my veggie garden, but I’m constantly potting up my herbs to sell at the Barossa Farmer’s Market each Saturday […]

Filed under: Herbs on November 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »

Just a quick post here to let anyone in South Australia know about a gorgeous garden I had the privilege of visiting recently. It’s at the Jacob Creek Retreat in the Barossa Valley. The great news is that they are having an open garden weekend this weekend coming - that is Saturday 8th and Sunday […]

Filed under: Herbs, Uncategorized on November 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »

Wow, I’m a bit embarrased to say that I’ve hardly posted at all in my blog this month. Now it’s not like I’ve been slacking off or anything. Spring is just so demanding on organic gardeners.
Not to mention the fact that I’m producing potted herbs to sell at the market every week and of course […]

Filed under: Herbs, vegetables on October 28th, 2008 | No Comments »

Here’s a great perennial herb to grow in your organic garden. It’s called lovage, with the botanical name Levisticum officinale. It’s like many herbs, in that it has multiple uses - in fact lovage has many, many uses.
For starters, it grows all year round in temperate climates. So you can have a celery type flavour […]

Filed under: Herbs on September 12th, 2008 | No Comments »

What a gorgeous plant. Yes, I mean both to look at and the flavour… it’s divine! It’s a recent discovery of mine. I don’t know why I had never heard of it until recently, but I’m so glad that it’s part of my organic garden now. Perhaps I should say part of my collection of […]

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

I just want to show you quickly how some plants die down through winter, and then rejuvinate themselves as soon as it starts to get warmer again.
Here’s a photo of my Stevia plant. Stevia’s the sweetner herb. You dry the leaves and use them as a sugar substitute. This is when I first bought […]

Filed under: Herbs, Uncategorized on August 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

If you’ve read a few of my posts, you’ll have already worked out that I really love herbs. I mean, they are just such wonderful and versatile plants. They have so many gorgeous scents and flavours and there’s one for just about everything that ails you.
But it’s not just people that can benefit from […]

Filed under: Herbs, chickens on July 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »

If you’re new to organic gardening, you may start to panic as winter sets in and you see some of your herbs starting to dissappear! But please don’t worry too much.
You see, some herbs die back during winter. The leaves may wither and die, but the bulk of the plant which is underground will be […]

Filed under: Herbs on July 16th, 2008 | No Comments »

Well, OK - this was my second Saturday at the Barossa Farmer’s Market, but I forgot the camera last week in all the excitement.
So it’s been two weekends now and I’m really enjoying the buzzing atmosphere, the delicious smell of coffee and hot breakfasts and the vast array of produce from the other stall holders. […]

Filed under: Herbs, Uncategorized on July 13th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I’ve been propagating herbs from my organic garden for the past four months or so, leading up to my first market day at the Barossa Farmer’s Market - which is this Saturday, July 5th. Here’s a photo of some of the herbs I’ll have available on a regular basis.

I have grown them on in our […]

Filed under: Herbs, Uncategorized on July 1st, 2008 | No Comments »