Overfeeding is easily done. Surrounded as we are, by seductive marketing and miracle soil food, home gardeners fertilise wildly. Less really is more. All you need provide is just enough. Today I hope to bring you clarity and ease, as I explain why you feed + what to use + how much your soil needs, […]
Soil Preps for Heavy Feeder Crops
By | LastUpdated April 2, 2024
Heavy feeders are called heavy feeders because they are hungrier than light feeders. It’s not that they need piles of fertiliser, what they need, is just enough… steady, not boom and bust. Overfeeding is, long term, perhaps worse than under feeding. Today is all about how much, is enough. Check your soil first Always start […]
Garden Coach: How it Works + Why 20mins is Perfect!
By | LastUpdated October 1, 2024
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 […]
What is humus
By | LastUpdated March 29, 2024
Humus is the end result of fully decomposed organic matter (which I like to call OM to save typing.) Humus is Humus is the perfect environment for biology to thrive in. Ergo it’s the perfect environment for plants to thrive in because where biology thrives, our plants do too. Humus is the springboard of your […]
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 […]
