http://www.1stoporganicgardening.com/blog Grow your own Organic Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit! Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:47:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, as promised, here are some more photos of veggies from my organic garden. The photo on the left is of our snow peas. I've sold quite a few at market - people just love them. And there's been plenty for us. But they're just about finished now, so I'm ... http://www.1stoporganicgardening.com/blog/2008/11/30/loving-snow-peas-zucchini-in-our-organic-garden/ OK, now I have some more photos of vegetables that I've got growing in my organic food garden. When I say "I", I really mean "we", 'cause my husband has put in these tomatoes. His are a little more advanced than the plants I've put in. He got a bit ... http://www.1stoporganicgardening.com/blog/2008/11/27/more-vegetables-growing-in-my-organic-garden/ Last post I meant to talk about what I was doing in my organic garden, but I got a little side-tracked. Given that a picture says a 1000 words (and that I'm a bit short on time :-) ), I thought I could just show you how my vegetable garden ... http://www.1stoporganicgardening.com/blog/2008/11/24/artichokes-perennial-beans-carrots-spring-onions-in-my-organic-garden/ Organic gardening is such a pleasure through the milder months here in South Australia. It's mid spring now and that's why I've not had much time to write here... sorry! Not only am I spending time in my veggie garden, but I'm constantly potting up my herbs to sell at the ... http://www.1stoporganicgardening.com/blog/2008/11/22/spring-vegetables-from-my-organic-garden/ Just a quick post here to let anyone in South Australia know about a gorgeous garden I had the privilege of visiting recently. It's at the Jacob Creek Retreat in the Barossa Valley. The great news is that they are having an open garden weekend this weekend coming - that ... http://www.1stoporganicgardening.com/blog/2008/11/03/come-see-the-gorgeous-open-garden-at-jacob-creek-retreat/ My mum's been away travelling around Australia, through the desert mostly, during our winter. Now to say my mum's not a gardener is a bit of an understatement, but she might read this - so I better leave it at that. When she got back I offered to help her with ... http://www.1stoporganicgardening.com/blog/2008/11/01/pruning-old-cherry-plum-trees/ Wow, I'm a bit embarrased to say that I've hardly posted at all in my blog this month. Now it's not like I've been slacking off or anything. Spring is just so demanding on organic gardeners. Not to mention the fact that I'm producing potted herbs to sell at the market ... http://www.1stoporganicgardening.com/blog/2008/10/28/spring-is-such-a-busy-time-in-my-organic-garden/ Here's a photo of an area of our organic garden that we haven't used previously. We have terrible soil and have had to bring in soil and build raised beds to have any success with growing our organic veggies. Our soil is non-wetting, sandy soil. In fact it's just like beach ... http://www.1stoporganicgardening.com/blog/2008/10/13/creating-a-productive-organic-garden-with-difficult-soils/ I can't believe it's been so long since I've made the time to post - but there's so much to do in my organic garden in spring. Yes, spring has arrived here in South Australia. And not a moment too soon I say. I've had enough of winter.... brrr One of ... http://www.1stoporganicgardening.com/blog/2008/10/09/thinning-out-spring-onions/ I've alway thought that having chickens is a great advantage to any organic gardening /permaculture system. I mean they provide you with eggs, meat (if you're that way inclined), chicks if you have a rooster, fertilizer - and they eat bugs and weeds if you've got somewhere for them to ... http://www.1stoporganicgardening.com/blog/2008/09/28/protecting-our-organic-food-plants-from-our-chickens/