The greenhouse is my saviour! A toasty warm environment that extends the season an extra 3 months either side, allowing me to easily provide homegrown vegetables for the family year round. It is a tricky beast though - sucking insects flourish, soil looses its omph easily and disease explodes in the moist, warm air. This […]
This workshop is for those of you (like me) who live outside of the easy loam zone on sand or heavy clay ... the enemies of Avocado and Citrus. You can still do it! Today I'm sharing all my tricks. Mid to late spring is the very best time to plant so lets grab the […]
Come along and check out my spring vegie patch, see my summer garden preps and all the things I'm doing to keep a steady flow of kai to our table. I'll be sharing my tips for growing kumara, yams, shelloutbeans and tomatoes. Intercropping is a groovy way to jam more crops in and encourage a […]
In order to carry abundant crops, fruit trees must be healthy and strong... today is your fruit tree's lucky day! Deciduous trees eg: apples, peaches, plums, apricots, pears, persimmon, are our focus here. How to thin fruit. What a difference thinning makes! Thinning keeps the pressure off your trees and creates steady cropping year after […]
The greenhouse is my saviour! A toasty warm environment that extends the season an extra 3 months either side, allowing me to easily provide homegrown vegetables for the family year round. It is a tricky beast though – sucking insects flourish, soil looses its omph easily and disease explodes in the moist, warm air. This […]
In order to grow a year round supply of vegetables - food gardeners need to think ahead. So here we are at the end of summer planning ahead to Autumn with an eye on Winter as well. Come along and see my Autumn garden preps and all the things I'm doing to keep a steady […]
This workshop is especially for those of you dipping your toes into vegetable gardening for the first time. Also for those of you who aren't having a good time in the vegie patch - perhaps the harvests are poor or the workload too high - come along and be inspired! Whether your garden is big […]
Good pruning = good fruiting and easy to reach trees. Lets get you pruning with confidence! We’ll begin the day with all the basics: Tools, when to prune, choosing a shape and the power of training (not cutting). Then we'll go out into the orchard and have a go on a mixture of deciduous fruit […]
Good pruning = good fruiting and easy to reach trees. Lets get you pruning with confidence! We’ll begin the day with all the basics: Tools, when to prune, choosing a shape and the power of training (not cutting). Then we'll go out into the orchard and have a go on a mixture of deciduous fruit […]
A 3 day getaway to slow down and deepen your relationship to your food garden, your body and yourself.
Edible Backyard is Kath Irvine’s permaculture home garden. Created to support you on your journey to becoming a food gardener, Kath teaches you how to design and run your own low work + low input yet highly productive Edible Backyard.
