I’m a strong believer in organic gardening (as you might have guessed) and one technique I love to use is Companion Planting. Basically, planting groups of plants together that help each other in some way. Often it’s to confuse insects with a vast variety of smells or textures. Some plants benefit others by attracting pollinators [...]
Filed under: companion planting on February 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here I go ranting about herbs again! Parsley has to be one of my all time favourites. And it’s a herb that most people like and it looks good on your plate or in a sandwich or on your scrambled eggs. Do you grow it in your organic garden? It’s quite an easy plant to [...]
Filed under: Herbs on February 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
yes, I love herbs. I must admit, I’m hooked. Just imagine how dull life might be without them! One lesser known herb that I’m really getting into now (and wanted to share) is Lebanese Cress. There’s some debate over the botanical name, but take a look at my website plant profile to see what it [...]
Filed under: Herbs on February 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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, [...]
Filed under: vegetables on February 15th, 2009 | No Comments »
Last year in February I transplanted three tiny raspberry divisions (take a look at the original post) along a fence in quite sandy soil. I just wanted to update the original post to show how much they’ve grown in just one year. It has really surpassed all my expectations for it – other than we [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on February 13th, 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 [...]
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 [...]
Filed under: vegetables on February 8th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yes, it’s still hot here. But that can be a good thing when you’re organic gardening. Some things need quite a few months of steady heat to mature. Watermelons are one of those fruits that needs a long growing season. You want to get your seeds in the ground in mid spring (after all frosts [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on February 5th, 2009 | No Comments »
OK, as promised…. I’m posting again!!! I just had to share my little babies with you. This is a photo of them at 2 days old. Their feathers have fluffed up and they’re alert and absolutely gorgeous. Aren’t they ever so cute? We bought an incubator just before Christmas and these little ones are are [...]
Filed under: chickens on February 3rd, 2009 | No 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 »
