Growing your own Potatoes
Learn how to grow your own potatoes in your own back yard and beat the potato price increase.
How to make a simple Cold Frame
Here is the promised article on how to make a cold frame. This is a simple project that should not take more than 2 – 3 hours. I built both of these in 3 hours, the longest part of the job is measuring and cutting.
A cold frame is used specifically to allow for the germination [...]
Planning an Orchard..
if you are determined to do something in your garden that you are sure to gain years of pleasure from, an orchard is the way to go. It need not be a full blown orchard but a few fruit trees will make an immense difference in your persuit to self-sustainability.
The Strange Case of the Organic Jekyll and Hyde
When one uses the term “Organic” with reference to food consumed by the general populace, it tends to conjure up warm fuzzy feelings about good farming practices and people up to their elbows in compost and earthworms. The truth is however slightly different.
It’s taken me a while to write this post as I’ve been struggling [...]
What should you be planting now (Late Summer- Autumn)
It took me a few years to work out that a winter veggie garden is not planted just before or in winter. (OK I admit, I can be a tad slow) The winter garden is one that is planted in late summer or very early autumn, with very little planted in winter. In winter all [...]
How to plant your Heirloom Seeds
I’ve had a number of requests on what the best way to plant your seeds are. So here’s a quick planting guide.
Most seeds get planted in late winter into cell trays, and then get put into a cold-frame to help them germinate. The reason for this is to ensure that each seed gets the best [...]
Companion Planting
The question that most people ask is “What is companion planting?” or “How does companion planting work?”
OK, here’s my take on companion planting, think of it as a friend or friends with a bad case of Halitosis or Stinky feet, you want to stay well away from this person…….. Cool, you can speak to them [...]
Makin’Compost
Makin’ Compost
I have a love affair with compost heaps, don’t laugh I’m serious. I’ve been known to wait at our local municipal dump on Saturday mornings in early spring with a high-side trailer and getting the locals to dump their spring clean-up matter into the trailer. This then goes home to start a few [...]
Vegetable Gardens Hints, Tips and Suggestions
How does one get the best out of a vegetable garden? Every person has their own ideas on how to get the most production from a specific patch of garden. Some people use Bio-dynamic’s, others plant by moon phases, some swear by compost teas or companion planting, still others like to garden using specific scientific [...]
Starting a Veggie Patch
Veggie Patch 101
So Winter is officially here, with the whole world looking brown and grey, not much is growing. If you are lucky enough to have an existing veggie patch, all your planting is now done. You are slowly enjoying the harvests of winter veggies. However, in just 3 months time Spring will be on [...]
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