We had a lovely day yesterday. Thank you for your warm wishes for us. This question is from slakermom: "what do you do with your extra...

An overview of the garden looking south-east towards the creek and chick coop. The kale in the foreground will soon be gone to make way fo...

I'm glad our gate was open yesterday because in walked Bob, the bee keeper. I looked up local beekeepers on the web and Bob was set up ...

I thought I should say a bit about our climate here after a few comments and emails yesterday. We live in a wonderful area of Australia - i...

I love our garden. There are certain times of the year when being out there seems to be the only possibility. We are in that time now - wh...

I am sure most of you know that adding organic material, usually in the form of compost, to your soil will give you better crops. It's ...

This is the second in the series of readers questions. Today, companion planting and natural insect control, and another lady wanted anythi...

It's a mystery to me why all gardeners don't make their own compost. It is an important part of gardening, will help enrich your so...

If you planted a tomato into virgin Australian soil (and probably most other virgin soils) and watered it, it might live and produce small t...

I think it's wonderful that there are a lot of new vegetable gardeners now. Growing food is part of a new way of living for some, it he...

When you first take up your trowel and fork and start planting vegetable seeds for the first time there is a very strong tendency to ov...