Pity about the Pomegranate
The Pomegranate tree is loaded with big fruit, but unfortunately they look better than they taste. I am […]
Growing Goji
After paying for a small pack of goji berries worth $42 a kilo, we decided to see if […]
March Dam Level
The water level in the dam is not as low as it was this time last year. When […]
Garden Roundup
The garden is in full production now and we are getting over-run with chillies, zucchini and eggplant. The […]
Dehydrating Figs
We haven’t planted our fig trees yet, but two of our neighbours have plenty and gave us a […]
Eggplant and Peppers
The chillies and eggplants have been a much bigger success this year with the reliable and regular watering […]
Seed Saving
I am learning more about this gardening lark, and this year I have planted more things from seed […]
Reticulating the Vege Beds
For the last 2+years, we have been watering the vege beds with the summer paddock sprinklers, but the […]
Funny Faces
I dug up the last of the potatoes today to clear more space in the vege beds for […]
Magnificent Magnolia
So far, this is my one luxury exotic in the garden. The Magnolia has always been one of […]
Pomegranate Tree
Last year we got two pomegranates, but I am hoping for a lot more this year. We have […]
Flowering Feijoa
This is the second year the Feijoa have flowered, but we would have 30 times the number of flowers […]
Rosy Radishes
The garden bed I had planted all my seeds in at the end of August was overrun with […]
Flowering Leek
A couple of leeks have flowered and when you look closely they are quite pretty, with tiny pink […]
Chips and Mushy Peas
The peas were a complete disaster, but I managed to get enough to make mushy peas to go […]
First Potatoes
Brad felt like chips for tea, so I sent him off with the fork to dig some up. […]
Broad Beans
Broad Beans were one of my least favourite vegetables when I was growing up as we ate the […]
First Taste of Tomatoes
We had our first meal from the greenhouse, I made egg pasta with our own eggs and home […]
First Citrus
We have our first citrus fruit. I hope they are limes as they are showing no signs of […]
Broad Beans are Ready
We have a great crop of broad beans ready to pick. I planted them pretty close together this […]
First Greenhouse Produce
It looks like we will soon be picking our first tomatoes of the season, at least 2 months […]
Home Grown Broccoli – Yummy!
I thought I had rescued a single head of broccoli for dinner, until I soaked it in some […]
Under Attack
Brad’s organic pest control has worked wonders at keeping the cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) off the brassicas […]
Organic Pest Control
In an attempt to protect the greens from the White Cabbage Butterfly, Brad installed some decoys. The theory […]
Asparagus Spears Spring
I was all excited to see the Asparagus Spears punching their way out of the ground, until I […]
Day’s End
This was the warmest day so far this winter, almost reaching 20C/68F. Australian spring officially starts on 1st […]
Food Zone
The fruit and vege garden is taking shape. We are currently growing… potatoes, garlic, leeks, spring onions, […]
Greenhouse
We have added a greenhouse to our garden ventures to extend our growing season. It is 3.6 x […]
Cultivating Chooks
The chickens helped me prepare the vege beds for the next round of planting. We have fenced off […]
Haleotydeus Destructor
The name says it all, and we are infested with them. I first spotted them a month ago […]
Zucchini – keeps on giving
I think zucchini get a bad rap. Because they are so abundant at their peak, people make jokes about […]
Zucchini Still Producing
Our Zucchini are still flowering and producing fruit, not as big as they were in summer, but still […]
We Got an Inch!
It seems strange to get so excited by 27mm of rain over 24 hours, but this is first […]
A Sink full of Sweet Potatoes
When Brad was watering the vege beds, he noticed a large sweet potato sticking out of the ground. […]
Red Onions
It was very satisfying pulling up the first lot of red onions. They show just how easy it […]
Free Food
In preparation for planting the broccoli and caulifower, I weeded the vege bed where the rocket had gone […]
Rain Gauge
This zucchini clearly shows the water stress as it developed over 3 consecutive hot days earlier this week.
Harvest
It feels great to pick your whole dinner out of the garden. Tonight we will be having zucchini […]
Wasps Nesting
The wasps are very active at the moment as they feed and seal their larvae into individual chambers […]
Dam pump not working
Again…. I went to water the vege beds and there was no water in the pipes. Freakily it […]
Free Food No More
For tens of thousands of years, people have been eating food that sets seeds and regenerates, either naturally […]
First Pomegranates
Our first ever pomegranates have appeared. There were a lot of beautiful coral coloured flowers earlier in the […]
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