Terracotta pot sealer
My love of terracotta pots is no secret but they can be a lot of work as they absorb the water away from the contents. So when a girlfriend came over the other day she…
My love of terracotta pots is no secret but they can be a lot of work as they absorb the water away from the contents. So when a girlfriend came over the other day she…
Last month I was in Masterton and I popped into Parkvale mushroom farm and I picked up one of their mushroom kits. I’m so excited to add home grown mushrooms to list of achievements! I…
Wow I’ve learnt so much about growing different fruit and vegetables. I thought I’d shared all the things I’ve learnt about tomatoes. Lets hope this ends in a bumper crop this year!!! I grew several…
Simple steps to growing food, keeping chickens, worm farming, beekeeping and much more in New Zealand. WOW is all I can say about the amazing gardening/ self sufficiency Green Urban Living by Janet Luke. I…
I’ve been taking over more and more of our garden and now I think it’s transformation/ take over is finally complete! Check out my over grown and very wild driveway that I’ve never really had…
What happens when it’s gardening day and you want to tie up the out of control broad beans and of course you can’t find your garden ties? You take an old t-shirt and a pair…
Wow I’ve learnt so much in my last year of gardening. Last year when I started I had no idea what I was doing. I mean they are plants right? you put them in the…
I’m a huge Lynda Hallinan fan; I love the NZ gardener and the Homegrown series (I have all the books bar the fruit tree one as I’m still looking for it); so when Lynda released…
I have been redoing my berry gardens.I’ve added lots of compost and sheep pellets to try to boost the soil. I’m also going to get some mushroom compost to use as a mulch; will also…
When I got our new bunny (wow she’s a year old now!) I fully intended to have her as a free range bunny but she’s a digger! She dug a huge hole under the fence…