Loving Snow Peas & Zucchini In Our Organic Garden

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 […]

More Vegetables Growing In My Organic Garden

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 […]

Artichokes, Perennial Beans, Carrots & Spring Onions In My Organic Garden

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 […]

Spring Is Such A Busy Time In My Organic Garden

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 […]

Thinning Out Spring Onions

I can’t believe it’s been so long since I’ve made the time to post - but there’s so much to do in my organic garden in spring. Yes, spring has arrived here in South Australia. And not a moment too soon I say. I’ve had enough of winter…. brrr
One of the many little jobs that […]

Broad Beans in my Organic Garden Cope With Some Frost

This is a follow-up on how my broad (fava) beans are doing, original post here.
We get some frost here in the Barossa Valley - but not all that many. Broad beans seem to suffer a little with the frost. The top growth wilts over and it can look pretty bad first thing in the morning […]

My Organic Garden At The End Of Our Winter

We’re so lucky here in South Australia, with our temperate climate…  hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. It means we can grow quite a variety of fruits and vegetables and always have something ready to eat from the organic garden.
Here’s a photo from a couple of days ago of my organic garden. It’s got […]

Container Salads Grown Organically

Here’s a few photos showing how easy it is to grow a few salad greens in a container that you can bring indoors if the weather turns cold. I grew this container during summer, but you can grow lettuce and other salad greens in cooler weather too, it just takes longer.

Start with a decent size […]

Falling Peas In My Organic Garden

OK… I thought I’d given my peas enough support. But there you go - you might think you’ve done something well, but Mother Nature can make you think again sometimes!
I put in two start-droppers and ran some wire mesh between them. This would probably have been enough support, but my peas did grow quite vigorously. […]

Organically Grown Broad Beans Cope With Frost

I walked past my organic veggie garden a day or two ago on my way to feed the chooks, and to my horror my 30cm tall (12 inches) broad beans were all bent over. I was mortified! Then I took in the surrounding landscape…. misty, very cold, crunching sound as I walked… yes, there was […]