Are Your Mangoes Marvellous?
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 [...]
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 [...]
This week I’ve had the great fortune borrow a library book called ‘Gardening for Mindfulness’ by Holly Farrell. So, taking a few mindful messages from her book, I’d like to [...]
Spring growth is starting now, and I consider mid August in the subtropics to be spring time. Possibly not in Melbourne yet, but up here you need to think of [...]
If you are one of those very industrious people who like s a good spring clean after winter, please take a second look before you sweep these little gems off [...]
How we change when we understand more about the world! I have a chuckle when I remember weeding dandelions out of the lawn when we lived in Ballarat. That cooler [...]
Drinking in the Garden Drinking in the garden became a great pastime for me in March to June 2020 when we were all obliged to stay at home. Every day [...]
Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara This little perennial herb grows in my medicinal garden. I first planted it with the purpose of making coltsfoot candies to relieve sore throats. Coltsfoot was grown [...]
If you love the coconut yoghurt you buy at the store, you are going to love making your own for so many reasons… It tastes delicious, it’s a whole lot [...]
Should we really be eating the flowers sprinkled over our restaurant meals and café cakes? The reality is, that most of us will momentarily adore the beautiful effects but pick [...]
Heirloom Vegetables from Seed Ancient seed families Many heirloom varieties have survived hundreds and even thousands of years, like the hundreds of potato varieties from Peru, [...]