What does a sustainable garden mean? A simple definition could be a garden where our needs are met today without jeopardising the future generations ability to look after their needs. Another definition could be a garden where the energy needed to maintain it is able to be consistently given without burning ourselves out. Who wants to […]

Having two in-ground worm farms has seen my veggie patch improve in leaps and bounds. Because of this looking after my worms is a priority. They don’t ask for too much really – providing them with food is all the maintenance I need to do. When I first got my worm farms, my idea of how much […]

Worm Farms always have appealed to me. I would read about worm farms and the beneficial effect that they could have on your garden. I had purchased ‘worm juice’ from local markets and used it on my veggie patch. But it wasn’t until 18 months ago that I finally got myself my own worm farm. In-Ground […]

Weeds. Who doesn’t have these sometimes friends, sometimes foes, in their garden? My kids and I had spent an afternoon weeding. Instead of throwing these into the compost, I decided to give making weed tea a go. The reason why I decided to make weed tea is that there were a lot of weeds. Normally, I […]

A few months ago I visited Jerry Coleby-Williams garden, Bellis. There were loads of pigeon pea plants growing in his garden. This got me thinking about the pigeon peas that was planted in our garden years ago.     Why We Started Growing Pigeon Pea The reason that we grew Pigeon Pea in our garden […]