Category: From the garden
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GALLERY: Raising seedlings, garlic and blueberries
Thanks to a bit of sunshine and lots of rain, the garden is full of tomato, leek, bean, rocket and lettuce seedlings, while the garlic plants are almost ready to be harvested and the blueberries will be coming through soon. One email – once a week Keep up-to-date with the…
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Delicious snow peas
Snow peas are easy to grow and very rewarding, but where do you start? First, you need to choose a variety. I use Oregon Sugar Pod seeds from The Seed Collection and I pay $1.25 for about 35 seeds. It costs on average less than 5 cents a seed. And…
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The dramatic Peace Lily
It’s been a busy few days but I wanted to briefly touch on the Peace Lily. It’s an indoor, dramatic plant which will suddenly significantly droop over two-to-three days. What does it mean? It wants water! So, I fill up the laundry trough up to about 1-2cm and put the…
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I harvested my onions too soon
Onions are certainly valuable for adding flavour to other foods. They’re a kitchen staple and are very versatile. Plus, they last for a good time – whether they’ve been harvested from your garden or purchased from the market. All onion varieties are easy to grow, most gardeners will tell you.…
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Rubber Fig: A great houseplant with intriguing origins
The Rubber Fig works well as an indoor plant, with its year-round greenery bringing life into dark corners – similar to a Monstera. Known botanically as Ficus elastica, it is native to tropical Asia where it can grow up to 30m in the wild. But keep it in a pot…
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What Spring looks like in my garden this year
When Spring rolled around on September 1, it really did feel like the seasons had changed, with Geraniums flowering, the California poppy turning out a stunning orange display and the symbolic Daffodil almost blooming. It all happened over the course of a week in the garden. I’m also looking forward…
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Geraniums: Growing the plant that never dies
Geraniums (or Pelargoniums) are possibly the easiest plant to propagate. I started off with a few cuttings from my grandparents’ garden and they’ve blossomed ever since. My grandfather cut a bunch of them out of his wide-ranging garden and handed them to me in a bucket with water. I potted…
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