We have had trouble the last few years with the local possums eating the veggies that we planted. And before this it was a bush turkey scratching everything up so he could build his lady love one fine nest. The bush turkey has finally gotten the hint that he is not welcome and moved on. …
Category: Garden
Growing food from kitchen scraps
I was browsing somewhere online recently where I came across an article that claimed that you could grow celery from using the bottom of a celery plant, even without roots. I've planted things before from the supermarket like spring onions that contained roots, and planted pineapple tops, but I was very sceptical that this would …
How to get children to eat vegetables
In our garden at the moment we have two main crops happening ("We're farmers!" but I think that's a bit of an ambitious claim) - snow peas and strawberries. We have a few carrots growing and pull up a few a week "to see how they're growing". The strawberries are growing well, better than last …
I hate weeds
I've been trying to work out what to do with all the weeds in my garden - I have them beat back to a minimum, but I am not sure on how to keep them down. Mulching doesn't seem to work, putting down weed mat would stop self sowing seeds, and there's only so much …