Get Growing – why not start today!

Get Growing – why not start today!

If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to start a veggie garden or grow more of your own food, but you don’t know where to start or you are having trouble getting motivated, here are some tips Increase your knowledge. Do some internet browsing or buy a book –...
Freezing  fresh garlic.

Freezing fresh garlic.

This year I miss timed my garlic harvest and the mature crop was hit with rain. The bulbs were fine but the tops had disintegrated which meant I could not plait and hang them as I usually do. There is something about leaving the dried tops on the bulbs and hanging...
Keep your garden flourishing with your own fertiliser tea.

Keep your garden flourishing with your own fertiliser tea.

  If you are harvesting food from your garden every few days then you are removing nutrients from the natural system and these need to be replaced. Buying manure or other organic substances that will replace these nutrients can become an expensive exercise if you...
CELEBRATING 1,000 LIKES GIVEAWAY

CELEBRATING 1,000 LIKES GIVEAWAY

  To celebrate having reached 1,000 likes on Facebook, I would just like to say a HUGE thank you to the little community that I have built up – and what better way to do that than by sharing some of my favourite things! The competition is pretty easy...