Perennials are the backbone of our garden because they stay put, unlike annuals who pop in and out – even in a no dig garden, every day is moving day – pull a carrot, lever out a leek… In the quiet, undisturbed space beneath perennials, soil life set up home and spread ever outward – […]
Make a No Dig, Perennial Garden
By | LastUpdated June 28, 2024
Densley planted perennials make the easiest care, best looking gardens of all. Herbs, picking flowers, nectar/ pollen rich flowers for bees and beneficials, fruit, natives – you name it!, jam them all in together for a garden that beats out weeds, flowers year round and provides food and medicine. Beautiful and useful – my kinda […]
A Planting Plan to Entice the Beneficial Insects
By | LastUpdated February 19, 2023
Prepare to be amazed at the amount of larvae gobbling, pest destroying action going on around you in the micro. Beneficial insects keep your garden sorted. There’s an army on your side: parasitic wasps, hoverflies, various bees and ladybirds, praying mantis, spiders, dragonflies, assassin bugs, lacewings, a variety of beetles, frogs, birds and earwigs (yes, […]
Raising Really Good Seedlings
By | LastUpdated September 27, 2024
Really good seedlings are an important part of an abundant garden. If your seedlings are strong and healthy, the grown ups will be too. It takes a bit of dedication to pull off, but its so wonderful to watch seeds curl up out of the soil and to grow into robust little guys. You wont […]
