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

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. ...

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...

March is New Zealand’s Sustainable Backyards month. I am doing a heap of workshops and we also hosted an open day backyard garden tour....

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...

When deciding to travel somewhere, we should always ask ourselves 4 questions: 1. Why do we want to go there? 2. What do we want to...

When our two teenagers were still living at home, we took them for a meal at an Indian restaurant for a treat one night. After placing...

Summer’s at an end and Autumn has begun. The tomato plants were looking rather tired and spent from the masses of tomatoes they’ve...

Packaging! The evil villain in the Real Life movie of Planet Destruction. So much of it, we are literally drowning in it! For a long...

When you are in your car and you eat something that makes your hands sticky… Oh, what to do? The nearest public restroom may be miles...

Backyard GreeNZ Smoothie I married Green (Mike Green, that is), I live Green (as sustainably as possible) and eat Green (growing much of...

Tetra Pak Recycled into Seed Tray We live in the beautiful Western Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. A quiet, peaceful little village hugging...