Greencrops are such good soil builders, that you don’t need to use as much compost when you regularly incorporate them into your crop rotation. A big win if you’re aiming […]
How To Store Apples
By | LastUpdated March 1, 2024
A store of eating apples to draw on through Autumn and Winter is deeply satisfying, and the best kai of all – an apple as nature intended! Storing is, however, […]
March in the Vegie Patch, Storing Apples + Greencropping
By | LastUpdated March 1, 2024
My favourite way to nurture my soil is with homemade compost made mostly with garden waste + greencropping. Put your faith in plants, they know what plants need. Steady growth […]
How to Grow Broccoli
By | LastUpdated February 29, 2024
Broccoli is the easiest, quickest and most productive brassica to grow. Easier than cabbage, heaps faster than cauliflower, and waaaaay more productive than both on account of all the side […]
5 Tips for Transplanting in Hot Weather
By | LastUpdated March 1, 2024
Abundant crops begin with seedlings that grow steadily onwards, with no growth checks. Transplanting is a key part of the operation! Thing is, most of the crops we’re planting in […]
February in the Vegie Patch + Greenhouse
By | LastUpdated February 1, 2024
The thing is to match what you plant and sow in your vegie patch this month, to the season that you are having. If its roasting hot and dry you’d be smart to delay the planting of your carrots and winter brassicas for instance.
