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 »
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 and [...]
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 »