Garden Coaching is a 20minute chat with me, over zoom, to resolve your edible garden woes – fruit trees, vegies, chooks, compost – whatever has you confused or stuck. 20 mins may sound short, but in my many years of guiding gardeners, I’ve figured out that little bites of the apple, work the very best. […]
April in the Vegie Patch + Step by step to perfectly fed soil
By | LastUpdated April 1, 2024
In this months newsletter, I’m pretty excited to share with you “Step by step to a perfectly fed soil.” Perfect in this case, means just right – not too much, not too little. The goldilocks point. And when you find it, everything comes into line, hence my excitement! Overfeeding, you see, is the cause of […]
An Easy, Nourishing Winter Food Garden
By | LastUpdated March 1, 2024
Today is especially for those of you who dream of eating a fresh picked bowl of goodness, like this one – every day, but dont have much time to garden. You can do it, if you focus on the most efficient crops – one’s that are highest nutrition for the least effort. Here’s my nourishing […]
Project 4: Tree Research
By | LastUpdated April 25, 2024
This is Project 4 in my Start a Garden Guide, and is the perfect autumn mission for anyone planning on planting fruit/ shelter/ shade trees this winter. Rule number 1 for an easy garden life, is be sure the trees you plant are well matched to you + your garden. Take a little time + […]
2 Ways to Transition from Greencrop to Crop
By | LastUpdated October 28, 2024
Greencrops are such good soil builders, that you don’t need to use as much compost when you regularly incorporate them into your crop rotation. A big win if you’re aiming for most of your compost to be homemade. Here are three ways to get good at incorporating greencrops into your garden life. . 1. From […]
How To Store Apples
By | LastUpdated March 1, 2024
A store of eating apples to draw on through Autumn and Winter is deeply satisfying, and the best kai of all – an apple as nature intended! Storing is, however, really tricky for home gardeners. The perfect long term storage (consistently cool, 90% humidity, off grid and rodent proof) is still lurking on my to […]
