We have had humble harvests of beautiful meyer lemons, some rhubarb, magnificent new potatoes, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, celery (before the slugs took over!) and there has been nothing humble about the abundance of spinach!!! Some of which has even accompanied my wife to work to give away. In time we hope to have a harvest … Continue reading Harvest
I recall attending a brief but informative seminar of worms and worm-farming in Perth some years ago. The main new idea I came away with was the fact that earthworms are lead to their food sources primarily by soil microbes. This inter-relationship fascinated me. Then, more recently I made the connection between watering the garden … Continue reading Soil microbes
What a warm September we have had. As a result I was busy early in the month sowing seeds and planting out ready for the season.I tried sowing seeds in paper pots that I had folded. This worked really well except for the odd heavy rain shower which kept the pots too wet and the … Continue reading update
It's a beautiful sunny day today. The marigolds have taken over the garden. They are the main bit of colour in the garden at the moment - apart from the bright yellow lemons. The garden is all green and orange and yellow.
This original posting below I had saved and never got to post from the 29th July 2010. The reason for my posting it now is that today (31st Oct 2010) I counted several large bean pods. So despite the delay in planting and the amazingly warm September and October - we still managed to have … Continue reading Winter Rains & Broad Beans
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