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Bird Watching in Bombay NSW There are not too many of us that have the patience of a saint. Patience can be an elusive virtue in the 21stcentury. To improve my patience, I find my garden is a great place to learn it. I haven’t always had it, and depends on who you speak with, […]
It started from our gardening ventures in share houses across Canberra, building a community of folks who wanted tucker from our own gardens. Saving and sharing our seed was the key.
Gardening is for Dreamers “To plant a garden is to dream of tomorrow”- Audrey Hepburn This is a very popular misquote, shared all over the internet. Audrey actually said, “believe in tomorrow”, but I prefer to dream. To Believe in tomorrow is to accept that it will be. To Dream of tomorrow is to create a new future. Being
Naysayers There are three kinds of people in this world. The ones who know. There are those of us who constantly learn and grow. Then there are Naysayers. When I first started my highland gardening journey, I was a novice to be sure. Moving from the coast I had some horticulture education, I was young,
They are adored by kids because they are so sweet and cute, but little lady beetles are really very, unladylike eating machines and play the role of teeny tiny superheroes in your garden.
Some old timey folks recommend 7-10 steps with additions of salts to keep their garden primed. Things like lime, sulphur and calcium. Never keen to punish my microbes, I have reduced my efforts,