Septembers plate is refreshingly green: saladings, celery, parsley, leeks, cress, silverbeet, kale, nettle, broccoli shoots for Africa, the last of the cabbage and – joy oh joy the first of the peas and asparagus. There’s so much cool stuff to do in the garden right now, so much prettiness, you want to be out there […]

NZ heritage, open pollinated, organically raised seed is the best of the best! We’re so lucky in New Zealand, to have Setha and Roddy at Setha’s Seeds, doing the hard yards to provide us with high quality veggie, herb and companion flower seed for our gardens. Growing from seed is so satisfying, I never tire […]

The trick to a healthy, productive vegie patch is to keep momentum up – little and often is the way, even when its cold out! Get out there at least once a week to  What to plant and sow in August SOW DIRECT SOW TRAY SOW DIRECT OR TRAY SOW TRANSPLANT Asparagus prep Prep your […]