Kale is a member of the brassica family – along with cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, rocket and others. It’s a vegetable I’ve overlooked til this year. Not sure why. But don’t you just find that there’s always another vegetable or herb that you’ve never grown before? Somehow you just weren’t aware of it? I must say, [...]
Filed under: vegetables on February 15th, 2009 | No Comments »
Have you tried growing eggplant in your organic garden? They are just as easy to grow as tomatoes… maybe easier. They enjoy the same conditions as tomatoes, capsicum and chillis, because they’re all in the same family. You can see here that we’re growing in quite sandy soil. They are OK with that as long [...]
Filed under: vegetables on February 10th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I just love growing perennial vegetables. Once you’ve got them into their permanent position (after making sure it’s rich with organic matter and fertile) they take very little work and provide you with lovely produce every year – some, like asparagus, for many years. Here’s a photo of one of my artichoke plants with several [...]
Filed under: vegetables on February 8th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been so busy this season in my organic garden and with my herb nursery that again I must apologise for taking so long to get a current post up…. very sorry. But it’s been so hot this past week that I’ve had to get any gardening and watering done in the cool of the [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, vegetables on February 1st, 2009 | No Comments »
Well, as promised, here are some more photos of veggies from my organic garden. The photo on the left is of our snow peas. I’ve sold quite a few at market – people just love them. And there’s been plenty for us. But they’re just about finished now, so I’m leaving these last few pods [...]
Filed under: vegetables on November 30th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
OK, now I have some more photos of vegetables that I’ve got growing in my organic food garden. When I say “I”, I really mean “we”, ’cause my husband has put in these tomatoes. His are a little more advanced than the plants I’ve put in. He got a bit of a head start on [...]
Filed under: vegetables on November 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
Last post I meant to talk about what I was doing in my organic garden, but I got a little side-tracked. Given that a picture says a 1000 words (and that I’m a bit short on time ), I thought I could just show you how my vegetable garden looks right now. The left photo [...]
Filed under: vegetables on November 24th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Filed under: Herbs, vegetables on October 28th, 2008 | No Comments »
