With such an influx of brand-new gardeners, I thought I’d make a few quick how-to tutorials. Starting with sowing seeds.…
Thoughts on what to do in your garden for each month and season of the year.
March in the garden
While March can still be hot, weather traditionally becomes a bit more variable as we enter our first month of…
January in the Garden
The midsummer garden… If all went well with your planning and planting in spring, this is the month in which…
BioAssay – midway point
If you've been following my blog posts, Facebook feed and Instagram, you'll know that I had the misfortune of buying…
Portraits of plants damaged from herbicides in compost/soil/manure mix
These are actual images of plants I have grown this season (Spring/Summer 2019) in compost and "veggie mix" bought from…
WEEK IN RETROSPECT 2019 – WEEK 7 & 8 (12 OCTOBER – 25 OCTOBER)
Warning – this is in entirety a moan post. But I did promise to share the good and the bad.…
WEEK IN RETROSPECT 2019 – WEEK 6 (5 October – 11 OCTOBER)
October! October! A truly beautiful month. With spring truly sprung, there's birds chirping, bees buzzing, lambs jumping through dandelion fields,…
Week in Retrospect 2019 – Week 4 & 5 (21 September – 4 October)
Last weekend I was down and out with a head cold, and just did not feel up to doing…
Week in Retrospect 2019 – Week 3 (14 September – 20 September)
Three weeks into spring, and things are going well. Albeit a bit slower than I’d like – not the plants’…
Week in Retrospect 2019 – Week 2 (7 Sept – 13 Sept)
Full steam ahead with my garden diary / inspiration blog. If you've missed the beginning, feel free to check out…