Calling all chook mums and dads! During this wet, low light, cold time of year – are you managing to provide your chooks with sunlight, dry outside space and fresh, healthy? Here are some missions to ensure your girls are getting the best of care. Top up the sawdust in the house If the chook […]
August Essentials: the vegie patch, fruit trees + chooks
By | LastUpdated August 1, 2024
August is an opportunity to get set up and ready to go for the growing seasons ahead – what a difference when you hit spring with your vegie garden + greenhouse sorted, and your chooks in good form. Here are the essentials: These are your gardens nuts and bolts, the basics that hang it all […]
Learn Your Winter Landscape
By | LastUpdated July 1, 2024
The shady, the sunny, the frosty, the soggy – how well do you know your winter landscape? Ideally, really well. Are the plants that need winter sun and warmth located in it? Take the opportunity! Winter comes but once a year. Timing is everything. Shady by itself means not much, but when you attach a […]
July’s Fruit Tree To-Do List
By | LastUpdated July 1, 2024
Winter is tree planting season, so I’m including all trees, in this months to do list. Make the most of this seasonal planting opportunity! As well as planting deciduous fruit trees, get onto shelter plantings – it’s so important for your food gardens to be tucked away from big winds, and use this once a […]
July In The Vegie Patch + Chooks In The Greenhouse
By | LastUpdated July 1, 2024
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. Leafy greens abound – chard, spinach, parsley, kale, chickweed, cress, miners lettuce, endive, chicory and rocket. Bok choy, broccoli, cauliflower and […]
July In The Vegie Patch, How To Prune Raspberries + Winter Wisdom
By | LastUpdated July 1, 2024
Winter comes but once a year, and with it comes a golden opportunity to deepen your understanding of your landscape. Take it I say! From the edges to the centre – there are degrees of light and shadow at any one time, and timing really is everything. Shady by itself means not much, but when […]
