Because of our fairly mild climate here in South Australia we can continue to plant veggies all year round. I’ve been a bit slack in my organic garden lately, but am now getting back on track.
I’ve cleared out all of the finished plants from summer, except for two different varieties of zucchini that are still [...]
Filed under: vegetables on April 29th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is what we’ve been up to for the past few days. Putting up frames, digging trenches, repairing burst water lines, covering frames with felt tape etc., etc. We’ve been putting up our first poly tunnel. We want to be able to grow summer crops through winter.
On one side we intend to grow [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
If you have an organic vegetable garden, consider keeping a worm farm. Even if you live in an apartment and mostly container garden, keeping worms is a great idea. For one, you can feed your worms most of you kitchen scraps, which means that they are not going to land-fill. Secondly, they turn your waste [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 19th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s an update of the post I did recently on growing organic salad in a container. That way you can have fresh salad veggies right at your back door any time of year, even if you live in an apartment.
If it’s really cold in your area and you want fresh salad greens over winter, you [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, vegetables on April 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
Quinces are a fruit you don’t hear much of any more. There’s the odd tree at an abandoned house garden, but people just don’t seem to include them in their organic gardens. Well, I do!
I’ve just made a batch of quince jam. It’s delicious. My grandma used to make it, as well as preserved quinces, [...]
Filed under: Recipes, Uncategorized on April 13th, 2008 | No Comments »