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  • Spring has sprung

    Spring has sprung

    Did the first day of spring put a spring in your step? What about Father’s Day? What about this beautiful weather we’ve been having? There’s an endless number of reasons to get out in the garden – it can be overwhelming but the most important thing is to start. Happy Father’s Day to all the Read more

  • Harvest time!

    Harvest time!

    Our first winter day in the garden proved fruitful, harvesting beetroot, carrots (Chantenay and Rainbow mix), eggplants, snow peas, sugar snap peas and what we think is the last of our apple cucumber, capsicums, chilli (we only got one) and capsicums. What have you got growing right now? One email – once a week Keep Read more

  • How to save sunflower seeds

    How to save sunflower seeds

    I thought I was pushing my luck last year when I put sunflower seeds in the ground in mid-January. But sure enough, come April 1, a flower had appeared. Despite planting them outside of their optimal window – usually spring to early summer – I saw the fruits of my labour when I got home Read more

  • GALLERY: Growing pumpkins, carrots and pak choi

    GALLERY: Growing pumpkins, carrots and pak choi

    Although spring is generally heralded as the time when everyone gets in the garden, autumn can be as equally productive because it means you’ll have crops throughout the cooler months. During autumn, we’ve planted seeds for carrots, pak choi, lettuce, spinach, rocket and snow peas. Check out how our garden is going (or should I Read more

  • Zucchini comes in at almost 2.4kg

    Zucchini comes in at almost 2.4kg

    That’s right… it’s a whopper! Five months after sowing the seeds, we harvested the largest zucchini to date. We left it for as long as we could attached to the plant, but once we believed it had reached its limit, it was time to get the secateurs out. We then got the scales out to Read more

  • Great capsicum debate

    Great capsicum debate

    I’ve failed countless times at growing capsicums from seed. But this season, I’ve successfully harvested the elusive vegie*! Here’s the secret… I went to the big green store and purchased seedlings. I’ve tried planting seeds here and there, in this patch and the other one, this season and that one, but I’ve never had any Read more