It’s a great idea to have a space in your organic garden to grow a few aloe plants. They are fairly easy to grow and propagate as they are succulents. They grow really well in my area and any temperate zone as they are a semi-desert plant. If you live in a colder climate, [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 8th, 2008 | No Comments »
Today was a perfect day to spend in my organic garden. There was a bright blue sky, with occasional whispy, white clouds passing on a just a breath of air.
I pottered around my garden for most of the afternoon. Tidying this, pulling up that… throwing bits to the chooks. My organic veggie garden’s become a [...]
Filed under: companion planting, vegetables on April 5th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Comfrey is a wonderful herb to grow. It has multiple uses in my organic gardening “system”. Here are some of the ways I use comfrey:
I use the leaves as an activator in my compost heap
the chooks benefit from a few leaves being thrown into them to “self medicate” every now and then
The deep roots mine [...]
Filed under: Herbs, chickens on April 3rd, 2008 | 2 Comments »