Hanno and I will be busy bees this morning. I was out watering the vegetables before the sun came up; it's going to be very warm here a...

It seems that quite a few people have problems germinating seeds and getting seeds to seedling stage which grow strong and healthy enough to...

Click on photos to enlarge them. In this photo you can see the down pipe Hanno rigged up on the chook house. It collects rainwater from thi...

Tomatoes are the most popular plant in the vegetable garden. Everyone likes to grow them. They can be a difficult crop, because they suffe...

I didn't get around to my tomatoes yesterday, there were too many other things happening. One of them may be of interest to you - I pro...

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 ...