October in the Vegie Patch + Greenhouse + Thinning Plums + Weeding Smarter #2 Game on! It's the great summer-crop wait out! Has your garden hit the tomato, pumpkin, bean or corn planting sweet spot? If not, I'm sending you the strength to resist rushing in! The day is coming, my friend. As the air slowly warms, the soil
Vegies + Herbs October in the Vegie Patch + Greenhouse The October vegie patch is pretty dam exciting with seedling raising in full swing and crops boosting away in the warming soil and air. Don't rush into planting summer crops on the first fine day! Its hard, I know, but wait it out until soil temperatures are ideal.
Weeds Weed Smarter Not Harder #2 Here are my 6 baseline strategies for working with your weeds. These strategies suit all the cruisy weeds, and many of the tricky weeds as well - though not all of them. We'll dive deeper into the tricky guys next month.
🌻September in the Vegie Patch, Fruit Tree To-do's, Weed Smarter + Prune Tamarillos 🌻 Spring is sprung, friends! The days and nights are warming, and sure as eggs - a few beats behind, the soil will start to warm too. In all the excitement, its easy to rush headlong into summer crops. Stay steady! Save your pennies and bide your time - crops wont thrive if
Vegies + Herbs September in the Vegie Patch + Greenhouse There's so much cool stuff to do in the garden right now, so much prettiness, you want to be out there every spare moment.
Weed smarter, not harder #1 Though we curse and lament them - damn weeds!, it's our gardening habits that keep them coming back. Like a record with a scratch, we're stuck in a weedy rut - there is another way!
Vegies + Herbs August in the Vegie Patch + Greenhouse The trick to a healthy, productive vegie patch is to keep momentum up - little and often is the way, even when its cold out!
Fruit Trees + Berries How To Grow Strawberries, Naturally There are a gazillion different strawberry fertilisers on the shelves at garden centres - and you don't need a single one of them! The secret to bountiful strawberry crops doesn't come in a bag - it comes from a healthy root system.
🌻August in the Vegie Patch, Fruit Tree's + Chooks + Strawberries🌻 Calling all chook mums and dads - egg season is coming up! Make sure your set-up is awesome, and your chooks are in good form. And even though its cold out, don't let the winter blues keep you from your garden! Rug up friends, and get out there.
🌻July in the Vegie Patch + Worm farm FAQs + Pruning fruit trees🌻 I well remember those early pruning years - when trees looked like a jumble of branches and leaves, and I felt like I may as well shut my eyes and cut anywhere for all the sense it made. The thing that brings clarity and ease is to stop worrying about where
Vegies + Herbs July in the Vegie Patch + Greenhouse Even when its cold and frosty there's plenty of food to be had from the garden. Here's a quick round up of what we're harvesting to inspire you to a four seasons vegie patch.
Compost + Wormfarms Worm farm FAQ's Successful worm farming is a numbers game. More worms = faster consumption of food scraps + warmer worm farm, which together = healthy farm. The road to more worms is to keep your farm in good health, so that worms breed prolifically.
Compost + Wormfarms Your essential worm farm check-in The secret to a healthy, thriving worm-farm is this quick check-in. Honestly - it's so easy, I would never have thought to write it up but time and again I am walking people through it because its the one thing missing - the thing standing in the way of success.
🌻June in the Veggie Patch, Fruit Tree Companions + Winter Wisdom🌻 Mid-winter comes but once a year, and with it comes a golden opportunity to deepen your understanding of where the low winter sun shines on your garden. This is must-have info! Especially for those of you setting up new edible gardens, but equally important for all food gardeners
Month by Month June in the vegie patch + greenhouse I love winter! And I'm not the only one - garlic, onions, all the brassica's, chard, endive, parsley and all manner of leafy greens love it too.
