While pre-Christmas is usually a very busy time I've been slowly ambling along with day to day chores and the cricket. Yesterday I ha...

Many vegetables can be grown successfully in pots or containers. I am currently growing a couple of heirloom tomatoes in large pots and I...

All these photos of the garden were taken this morning. The garden is producing well at the moment so we've been able to cut back on wh...

Yesterday was a day of gardening, cooking and sewing for me. It was quite hot here so before the sun hit the garden I was out there cutting ...

These photos were all taken this morning. Early morning, before the sun hits the vegetables, is the best time to walk around looking for bu...

Pigeon peas are a crop grown primarily in warm climates. We've just harvested our first pigeon peas, and although I haven't shelled ...

As there have been a few comments on shredded paper and shredders lately, I thought you might be interested in these photos. This shredder i...

These are the heirloom purple eggplants we grew earlier this year. One of the main principles of organic gardening is to build healthy soil...

I love being able to eat the food we grow in our own backyard. It's hard work sometimes, and we do have occasional failures, but general...

Apart from a mortgage, rent, child care or car repayments, food is usually the biggest ongoing expense we all have to contend with. We eat f...

We find the most difficult thing to manage in our garden is the continuity of supply. We go alright for a while, then it all falls apart. Cu...