I have just invented a brand new idea! Wash line flags! Silly, I know, but I think this thang might just catch on! “All I want for...

We love tea. So does our garden. I make compost tea in a great big repurposed plastic garbage bin. I use an old onion net bag as a...

A cornucopia of winter produce Many years ago, I read about CSA’s. Community Supported Agriculture. It’s a concept that supports small...

I wanted to share my go-to origami seed envelopes, since I have already shared a post on saving seeds. This is a really quick little...

An old Chinese proverb: Have Garden…Will Need Stakes. Okay, I made that up, but I’m sure all gardeners will agree with the sentiment. ...

There are some who forage outside of their garden, and there are some who forage for their garden. I fit into both categories. I love...

Let me take you down the garden path….. Okay, those queasy ones maybe can pass on this blog. Maybe not your cuppa tea, but here’s the...

During Sustainable Backyards month of March, we usually open up our garden to visitors to see a working Edible Landscape in action. They...

A daily haul of feijoas Feijoas are wonderful Autumn fruits! Every New Zealand house should have a lemon and feijoa tree! Such versatile...

Okay, so I’ve been stuck at home, harvesting and preparing or preserving food, as normal. I deem myself an Essential Services worker....

A tisket, a tasket, a ripe and yellow basket!! Who said you couldn’t grow bananas in a non-tropical location? Yes, they get hammered by...

Rhubarb is easy to divide up after a couple of years. Okay, I am super excited about Rhubarb and have already waxed lyrical over it’s...

Very healthy Nasturtium and Kawakawa Pesto Yes, you heard right! I make basil pesto in summer, parsley pesto in Autumn, and Nasturtium...

Beautiful French Lavender Ladies. I have harvested tonnes of my English lavender a month ago. It doesn’t have the big showy floral...

Zucchini Rampicante, which can grow up to one meter in length. We have a whole heap of courgettes growing in the garden at this time of...

Here’s a beauty……when your basil is growing profusely and you can’t use it up quick enough, this is a great way to preserve your basil...

Great big ornamental leaves. Rhubarb. It’s a mouth bending tongue twister! You can’t say it without doing a bit of mouth yoga! And it’s...

I love my garden. It is a place where I feel alive, where I find my peace and where I grow strong, healthy organic food. It is also a...

As most gardeners do, I like to collect my own seeds by allowing certain plants to go to seed after blossoming. Bees love the flowers in...

Any gardeners out there will lament with me on the subject of white butterflies….certainly a lovely sight as they flit around the garden...