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 [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, vegetables on August 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
There are quite a few ways I go about improving the soil of my organic garden. Growing legumes happens to be one of the easiest ways to add some nitrogen to the garden, while also getting to eat some of the harvest.
I’ve just pulled up my latest lot of snow peas and took a photo [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on August 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
A few days ago we were given a new rooster. He’s gorgeous and is a big hit with my girls (the hens). Take a look at them here, scratching around free-ranging in a weedy part of our yard.
They have a run as part of where they are locked up at night, but they love to [...]
Filed under: chickens on August 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
What a gorgeous plant. Yes, I mean both to look at and the flavour… it’s divine! It’s a recent discovery of mine. I don’t know why I had never heard of it until recently, but I’m so glad that it’s part of my organic garden now. Perhaps I should say part of my collection of [...]
Filed under: Herbs, Uncategorized on August 15th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I just want to show you quickly how some plants die down through winter, and then rejuvinate themselves as soon as it starts to get warmer again.
Here’s a photo of my Stevia plant. Stevia’s the sweetner herb. You dry the leaves and use them as a sugar substitute. This is when I first bought [...]
Filed under: Herbs, Uncategorized on August 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment »