Clicking on the photos will enlarge them. It may seem strange to our northern hemisphere gardeners, and even to some in southern Australia, ...

This is the plant we're saving for its seeds. Sorry, it's a bit overexposed. There is a celery plant in our vegetable garden that r...

We have declared war on fruit fly, that summer pest we get here in Queensland but from recent reports has moved south to Melbourne. Those o...

It's been a gruelling couple of days here. Tuesday afternoon my DIL Cathy was rushed to hospital with high blood pressure. My step son ...

I picked a swag of tomatoes the other day. They're still green, a few are starting to turn red, but basically they're green tomatoe...

While I was at work yesterday, Hanno planted up a lot of seedlings for our summer garden. When we first came to live here 12 years ago, we ...

This small 500 litre tank holds water for pot plants on the verandah and vegetables in the front yard. We bought it for $49 on sale at Bu...

Here's a closeup of what's happening in the old kale patch. It's well into its second year and sure enough, a pineapple is growi...

Here he is, the main gardener digging for something. What could he be doing in our front yard? He's digging potatoes. Over the past co...

I spent a small amount of time sowing seeds yesterday. In the past, I used to have trays and trays of seeds but now that we have a continuou...

Shane and Sarndra just before they went home yesterday. I was interested to read in the Why are you simplifying? post that several readers ...