Fruit trees look kinda static, but they’re super dynamic! Hormones, enzymes, sugars – much goes on as they constantly adapt to the wet, dry, windy, hot, cold, pest, pathogens – add to that their innate push to grow you some delicious fruits and there’s a lot going on! Fermented stinging nettle and comfrey tea is […]
October Fruit Tree To Do List
By | LastUpdated October 1, 2024
Loads to do in your food garden – both the vegie garden and fruit trees need you this month! Plan the weekends at home and get the family on board to work up a storm. It’ll set you up for a productive, healthy season ahead. All of Septembers jobs still apply – rinse and repeat […]
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 […]
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, really tricky for home gardeners. The perfect long term storage (consistently cool, 90% humidity, off grid and rodent proof) is still lurking on my to […]
