OK… it’s been a really long time since I’ve posted on the blog… really sorry, but so much has happened since March!!! We’ve bought a small farm in South Australia, just on the outskirts of the Barossa Valley. It’s 111 acres, though about 100 acres of it is share farmed. We got it for a [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on November 12th, 2009 | No Comments »
This past week has been such a delight after the massive heat wave we had last month. So many days of 40 degrees or so in a row can really take it out of you! Thankfully we also had some rain during the week, that the ground just sucked right up – so to speak. [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 7th, 2009 | No Comments »
Last year in February I transplanted three tiny raspberry divisions (take a look at the original post) along a fence in quite sandy soil. I just wanted to update the original post to show how much they’ve grown in just one year. It has really surpassed all my expectations for it – other than we [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on February 13th, 2009 | No Comments »
Yes, it’s still hot here. But that can be a good thing when you’re organic gardening. Some things need quite a few months of steady heat to mature. Watermelons are one of those fruits that needs a long growing season. You want to get your seeds in the ground in mid spring (after all frosts [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on February 5th, 2009 | No 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 »
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 »
My mum’s been away travelling around Australia, through the desert mostly, during our winter. Now to say my mum’s not a gardener is a bit of an understatement, but she might read this – so I better leave it at that. When she got back I offered to help her with a few of the [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on November 1st, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s a photo of an area of our organic garden that we haven’t used previously. We have terrible soil and have had to bring in soil and build raised beds to have any success with growing our organic veggies. Our soil is non-wetting, sandy soil. In fact it’s just like beach sand, without the shells. [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on October 13th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve alway thought that having chickens is a great advantage to any organic gardening /permaculture system. I mean they provide you with eggs, meat (if you’re that way inclined), chicks if you have a rooster, fertilizer – and they eat bugs and weeds if you’ve got somewhere for them to forage. Trouble is, they can [...]
Filed under: chickens, Uncategorized on September 28th, 2008 | No Comments »
We’ve had some glorious spring weather here in South Australia this past week or so. Some lovely warm spring days and a couple of wintery, windy days too. Today was just perfect for being out in the garden. We’ve decided to sell some produce at our local farmers market (Barossa Farmer’s Market) and are gearing [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on September 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
