Winter has to be one of the best seasons to be in the garden, planting this time of year is a great way to save money in the garden and the way to have lots of new plant is to plant bare-rooted plants. They are cheaper to purchase then established plants. But there are a …
Taking care of your garden tools is an important process to undertake to make gardening simple and enjoyable. This includes your lawn mower and whipper snipper too. Having your garden tools maintained and in good working order will mean garden chores are done quickly and you can get back to enjoy your garden more. I …
Our family has been in our new home for a year now. Between work and children, home life and gardening, it can sometimes feel as though the progress is slow. Painfully slow sometimes. But these holidays I’ve taken the time to stop. Really pause, and look at what we’ve managed to accomplish in 12 months. …
Winter is an incredibly productive time to be working in the garden. Even though most of the plants are dormant, there’s plenty of pruning, planting and transplanting to do and let’s not forget re-potting. Winter is also the perfect time to give all your potted plants the once-over to ensure they’ve got everything they need …
It has been a busy winter season here at home. I’ve started working 5 days a week and so have been trying to cram in a week’s worth of gardening into the weekends. Time with the kids has also been limited so I’ve tried to convince them that they love gardening too so I can …
Five months after moving into our new home, I am ready to turn my focus to the outside and get stuck into the vegetable garden. We were lucky to have inherited a fenced veggie patch of a good size, but it’s in need of a lot of tidying and reworking. When we moved in, …
Another season has almost passed by and I thought I’d write an update to my post here on the drought we’re experiencing at the farm. Sadly, autumn thus far has delivered us next to no rain and the future predictions on rainfall in our area over the coming year is not good. It’s hard to …
I am very fortunate that the home we purchased a few months ago has a number of fruit trees and bushes already established. One of the fruits that we inherited are blackberries. I am very excited to have blackberries already established in the garden, as they were on my long, long list of foods I …
The second most annoying part of gardening (the first is weeding, of course) is dealing with pest and diseases. Prevention is definitely better than cure. Keeping your eye open for any signs of stress or damage to a plant is usually the easiest way of identifying a problem early. If caught early enough, most issues …
