It’s time for another The Garden Share Collective update. A monthly community of like minded garden bloggers who put pen to paper to share their vege patches with all those interested – the trials and tribulations of growing your own! Thanks Lizzie and congrats to you on the birth of Isla. This weekend has been another harvest …
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Loving summer
Welcome to our summer garden … controlled mayhem or something like that. The garden has gone berserk in the last month – loads of growth, lots to harvest and pests to share it with. I don’t think I have ever known a year with so many flies .. horrible! And while there may be a …
The Garden Share Collective – November
November already. Does anyone know where the year has gone? The good news is, it is time for another monthly update of The Garden Share Collective. A monthly community of like minded garden enthusiasts who put pen to paper to share their vege patches with all those interested – the trials and tribulations of growing your own! …
Loving organics ..
It’s Monday night and I’m cooking dinner. It just so happens I have a chicken, leek and mushy pie in the oven – recipe courtesy of Annabel Langbein. I feel a bit cheated too, as I have no idea where the weekend went to, all I know is that today is Monday and I have …
The garden is growing
I should go and stand in the naughty corner as I missed my blog post last week, but I have a good excuse .. I have a very good friend staying with me. There is so much happening in the garden – easy to see that spring is just around the corner. Some of our …
Seed saving
Wow yesterday was a stunner! A magic autumn day, clear crystal blue skies, no wind and warm. Really warm, ok hot in the car actually because I had my damned boots on but that’s fashion for you! Before I launch into my weekly post, I thought I should mention my chooks. I’m sure most people …
The star is back!
Guess who is back in town? Mr Dallas Nock … and yes I’m over the moon. More gorgeous pics and videos. Brilliant! And it is raining too, first time in about 3 weeks. Yay! The ground is bone dry mind you – worst I have ever seen it. NZ’s north island was declared drought this …
Pruning ..
At long last yesterday morning we finally got some rain. Not much mind you, but enough to get me wet while I was feeding the chooks! At last, fruit tree pruning is underway. I usually like to prune stone fruit at the end of summer or start of autumn, while pip fruit are given a …
So what is happening in my garden?
Wow, what a weekend. Yesterday was another gorgeous hot summers day, went to the beach in the morning and then came back home and got straight into it. So what is happening in the Bonner’s vege garden? Thought you might like to know what is literally happening in each bed … RB1 – Kumara seems …
At last .. hot compost making
Well at long last we put together another hot compost about time too! Before I launch into the details you do need to consider a few things about the site … sounds an odd thing to say, but your ‘post’ needs to be in a sunny position, ideally out of the wind and have good …