A new season of growing has begun. We're late with it, all the beds are not ready, but there are plants in the ground. This has been tra...

After quite a few weeks of busyness and flapping around here and there, I’m finally back to some kind of normal. It’s good to be at home, kn...

I’m really pleased we have no debt. Rising interest rates, high fuel prices and skyrocketing food prices are quite common world-wide now and...

Everyone develops their own way of gardening and raising vegetables in their own microclimate. Things I need to protect, you might casually ...

Two sides of the same wall. This is inside. This is outside, just on the left, past that red and white check curtain. I sometimes think I...

I've been slowly sorting through the vegetable seeds I have here - those saved from my own garden and those bought from places like Gree...

I had a lovely day yesterday working away quietly in my home. Hanno was up on the roof cleaning 10 years worth of dirt off with Jens' pr...

I'm really pleased to let you all know that Kerry is fine. He has a few bruises and sore bits, but he's fine. Hanno and Shane have g...

From this (above), to this (below) in a few short weeks. The picture above was the garden at Christmas time, below was last week. We were gr...

Melinda over at Elements in Time has a great gardening challenge going at the moment. Check it out here .