Gardening, veges, flowers, seedsaving, compost, and all related wisdom
I picked my first bowl of lettuce today! I had thrown together some Mustard Lettuce, some Spinach, Spring mix and one other kind of lettuce in a...
To a resource of out of print books on sustainable living. I made a once off donation to be able to download the PDF's and now I can't find the name...
Does anyone here grow grapes? I do know of someone near me with an outdoor grapevine that fruits so I know it is possible. It's just I got some of...
The weather here has suddenly gone from beautifully warm to a nasty damp southwesterly so I am thinking it is heading into autumn. How has everyone's...
We have an odd area outside our fence, basically an area about 10 feet x 10 feet. Most of it is filled by half a circle, most of which is gravel, and...
This year, I'm really learning how to grow tomatoes. I decided to do italian varieties this year, with a few bitsers tossed in along side. The...
I have "discovered" this wonderful groundcover for gardens, suitable for around bigger plants like landcress, cabbages, lavender, or almost anything...
I am gearing up to start planting my vege seeds for the spring. What is everyone else doing?
My first attempt was a disaster. I think I got one lettuce and the weka and the blackbird got what was left. My second attempt was also a...
This really does work for the organic grower once you get over the shock and its free. I had my best crop of tomatoes, cucumber and runner beans...
Does anyone follow moon planting times? I thought I'd give it a go this year but keep forgetting! I was all keen to get some seeds into trays this...
This current blast of icy weather has made me think I need to think about planting garlic soon. I've always been super traditional & planted it on...
I've noticed that there is a certain kind of pest that is crawling and flying around the corn crop in the garden. I don't see them on any other crop,...
OK I could not resist a potato thread. I collect heritage potatoes. At last count I was up to about 60 varieties. Some of them I am sure are the...
I got some organic Azoychka tomatoes from the farmer's market yesterday. They were grown in a glass house but I looked them up on the net & this was...
I thought I would start a thread on preserving what we grow. I have found a good recipe for tomato paste I am going to try...
Anyone in NZ interested in a tuber swop? I can offer a wide variety of heritage potatoes & maybe some chinese artichokes. I'm interested in more...
first, I will show you the garden two years ago, just to confuse you :D Standing north, facing south, looking at the garden in spring: ...
Has anyone grown them? Or have knowledge of their health benefits? I read in the recent OrganicsNZ magazine that they like constant moisture, cold...
Tomatoes. Take an over-ripe tomato, and squeeze the pips and "embryonic sacs (OS) " into a plastic container, and leave for several days until...
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