You’ve nurtured your mother kumara all spring long and now that the shoots are 20cm or so its time, for them to leave mum, and go make their own babies. Planting time is upon us! Prepare the bed The key to a boomer crop of kumara, is warmth. The soil must be atleast 18 and […]
Simple Solutions For Too Much Surface Water
By | LastUpdated April 29, 2025
For best all-round health we set our land up so that water soaks both into our soil, and/or moves across our landscape to a place of our choosing. We don’t want water to sit and puddle or pond anywhere near our food crops, so if after rain it does and takes a while to drain […]
Resist Rushing into Summer Crops! Sow a Living Mulch Instead
By | LastUpdated October 1, 2023
Game on! It’s the great summer-crop wait out! Has your garden hit the tomato, pumpkin, bean or corn planting sweet spot? If not, I’m sending you the strength to resist rushing in! The day is coming, my friend. As the air slowly warms, the soil soon follows. Be guided by temperatures and the state of […]
Be Kind to Your Broody Chooks
By | LastUpdated October 1, 2023
Springtime means babies, and heritage chooks hear natures call to nest and hatch. Sitting on eggs in hope, is called being broody and some varieties feel the urge stronger than others. Needless to say hylines and shavers have had motherhood bred out of them. The difference between sitting to lay the daily egg, and hoping […]
How to Grow Potatoes
By | LastUpdated October 1, 2023
Spuds are so easy that you can accidently leave a tuber in ground and grow a whole new crop. Rogue potato seedlings turn up all over the place – I leave these where they are by the way. Every extra kilo of delicious homegrown potatoes is most welcome in my house. This ease, makes them […]
Managing Weeds: Naturally + Easily
By | LastUpdated December 4, 2023
Weeds are on your side. They’ve come to heal the soil from its historical treatment. They do this in many ways – drawing minerals that are missing, soaking up toxins, moderating excessive minerals, adding organic matter, improving soil structure … they are nutrient dense, mineral rich powerhouses – and the fastest way to awesome soil, […]
