Hang out with your deciduous fruit trees this month to consider your winter pruning. What a difference this virtual run through makes on pruning day! Regardless of whether you are full of confidence or a beginner, we all prune better by far when we are connected to our trees. Each tree is different, you see. […]
All Your May Edible Garden Missions + Big News! Our Place Is For Sale
By | LastUpdated May 1, 2022
I have big news for you, dear gardeners – we’re selling up. We’ve had 15 divine years in this beautiful little corner of the world, and now its time to share it. This place needs a family – there’s such an abundance of food here, and even more coming on stream as nuts and citrus […]
Introducing Guilds: The Easy Way to Garden!
By | LastUpdated April 1, 2022
A guild is a team of plants, that support, protect and nourish each other, working together for the benefit of all. A guild creates stability and best health because the variety of plants above ground brings a variety of roots and soil life below ground. It’s the smartest way to garden. It’ll save you heaps […]
Harvest Smarts – Squash, Pumpkin + Kumara
By | LastUpdated March 1, 2022
Please be patient my gardening friends! Don’t rush to harvest your squash and pumpkins. For sure, they look ready on the outside – but until the stalk dries off, there’s still work to be done on the inside. Let it finish, and be rewarded with deeper, richer flesh. The Quest For Sweet Squash and Pumpkins […]
How To Make Echinacea Tincture
By | LastUpdated January 31, 2024
This is me and my dear friend – medical herbalist, Ali Sutherland – making our annual supply of Echinacea tincture. An essential in both our homes first aid kit for preventing colds, hay fever and infections. A tincture – for those who are unsure, is a herb steeped in alcohol to extract the healing properties. […]
Can I Compost Diseased Plant Matter?
By | LastUpdated January 1, 2022
Yes! Yes, you can. Nature specialises in detoxifying and outcompeting pathogens. A compost heap is full of life, more than equipped for this job. Visualise a bunch of pac-men zooming about gobbling up the bad guys and you’re not far off it. Further biology enters the fray to decompose it all and return it to […]
