Having your own little seed bank is solid. Be fussy about the seed you save, choosing tomatoes that are pest and disease resilient vigorous, unfussy growers delicious! Left to their own device, tomatoes eventually drop to the ground where they rot and ferment, cleaning up seed borne disease in the process. There are 3 main […]
A Planting Plan to Entice the Beneficial Insects
By | LastUpdated February 19, 2023
Prepare to be amazed at the amount of larvae gobbling, pest destroying action going on around you in the micro. Beneficial insects keep your garden sorted. There’s an army on your side: parasitic wasps, hoverflies, various bees and ladybirds, praying mantis, spiders, dragonflies, assassin bugs, lacewings, a variety of beetles, frogs, birds and earwigs (yes, […]
Help my tomato has wilted #2
By | LastUpdated February 10, 2016
In an ironic twist of fate I lost three of my outside tomatoes this week. Having just written about Verticulum Wilt in my last newsletter (this about my mums tomato), it seems I now have it myself. Symptoms: sudden wilt when laden with fruit and yellowing on the lower leaves along the edge. Autopsy (slicing […]
Help, My Tomato Has Wilted!
By | LastUpdated February 1, 2016
There’s nothing sadder than a crop gone awry, all that love and care down the tubes. In this case we have a wilted (past the point of recovery) tomato. When something goes awry in the vegie patch look to the obvious things first (I know how you love to declare phytophthora). Has your tomato dried […]
Fermented Carrots
By | LastUpdated February 1, 2016
This title may not grab your taste buds, but it should! I’ve been scouting around for something to do with all the carrots I’ve got, and bumped into this gem from the inspiring team at Cornersmith– a cafe and picklery in Sydney who barter fresh produce for pickles (how dreamy); and hold a tomato day, […]
A Bed Fit for Broccoli
By | LastUpdated March 30, 2023
For fabulous big broccoli heads, put a bit of effort into preparing your beds. They’re hungry and need a beautiful, humus rich soil. This bed was in Broadbeans – a nitrogen fixer before a brassica is always a smart move. I’ve chopped them off at soil level, leaving the roots behind for strength. Yes they’ll […]
