The Smell of Soil After Rain
Have you smelt the beautifully fresh smell of rain? It's earthy, clean and just cant be captured in a can. The recent showers on our dry gardens, have given us [...]
Have you smelt the beautifully fresh smell of rain? It's earthy, clean and just cant be captured in a can. The recent showers on our dry gardens, have given us [...]
Summer Care of Pots, Hanging Baskets and Raised Garden Beds Plants in pots, baskets and raised beds really can suffer terribly from hot summer days. Here are a few helpful [...]
Nine years ago, when we moved to this garden, we inherited two fruiting trees, now guess how many we now have? The simple pleasures of growing fruit We moved to [...]
Today we have the first storm of the summer. The rain is hammering down on the roof and the downpipes are full. I'm happy. We've had less than 10mm of [...]
I know I often sprout on about growing from seed, but it really is so rewarding to grow a plant from a tiny seed, resulting in a meal on your [...]
I’ve always been a fan of the colour red, even as a child. I buy and sew red clothes, love red shoes and love a rich red lipstick. But my [...]
What to plant now in your April May subtropical garden Vegies It’s been a busy time out there as we try to keep up with the phenomenal growth in the [...]
August has rolled around again, and it's the start of something fresh and wonderful out there in the garden. Have you started to see things change in the garden? New [...]
In the subtropics where we live, most of our rainfall occurs during the warmer humid months. Those warm to hot days with rain and high humidity can create havoc with [...]
Start preparing now for the best harvest ever. Mangoes are a wonderful fruiting tree for the home garden – A dwarf tree will give you plenty of fresh mangoes through [...]