It’s Spring! Lots to do in our herb and vegetable gardens, including planting bee-friendly flowers, and if you don’t have…


Calendula and Lemon Balm Tea – a welcome to Spring!
It is undeniable – there’s an undercurrent rising in the soil, teasing seeds awake, nudging dormant perennial roots, and tickling…

Newsletter – August 2018
The latest newsletter is now available at the link below. All about gardening in August when we feel like spring…

21 July – First sowings of tomatoes and chillies for 2018
Now that I have my heated propagation area in place (eek, so excited!!!), I’ve put in a few of the…

21 July 2018 – Flowering Now
It’s not a floriferous time in the garden for most things, but if you look closely, or plant smartly, even…

13 July 2018 – New Moon, New Beginnings
It’s New Moon in July. It stirs my blood. Even as cold winter clouds hang low, and the midday temperature…

Edible Flower Cookies
No secret I love edible flowers. No secret I love baking. And in our unschool-homeschool, Friday is baking and gardening…

How To – Roast Garlic
Garlic everywhere and garlic in everything! We’re a household that loves to cook with garlic, and naturally, I also have…

Newsletter – June 2018
Brrr! Cold and wet weather set in to most of the country over this past long weekend. Metservice published their…

Crystallized flowers
Crystallized flowers! These candied flowers are a favourite of my little girls to make. Here’s how you can also make…