One of the first things you’ll want to do when you start organic gardening is to set up some irrigation. It really saves you sooooo…. much time, and water in fact. You can include a timer tap to your system and know that you are giving your vegetables a deep watering, which is exactly what [...]
Filed under: vegetables on March 18th, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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, I’m [...]
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 as [...]
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 developing [...]
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 »