Densley planted perennials make the easiest care, best looking gardens of all. Herbs, picking flowers, nectar/ pollen rich flowers for bees and beneficials, fruit, natives – you name it!, jam them all in together for a garden that beats out weeds, flowers year round and provides food and medicine. Beautiful and useful – my kinda […]
3 Ways To A Living Mulch
By | LastUpdated October 29, 2024
Living mulch (covering the soil with plants), is the most nourishing mulch of all. A soil covered with plants is alive! Living on and in and around plant roots is a diversity of soil life forms – fungi, nematodes, protozoa, bacteria, arthropods and of course worms, these team up with plants and are the ultimate […]
An annual DIY Soil Test
By | LastUpdated April 30, 2025
Your soil is unique. It’s history and geography make it so. And because it’s unique, and because understanding your soil is at the heart of your garden’s health – you do well to get to know it. The best way to know it, is to test it. Yourself! With your very own eyes and hands […]
Make a Basemap + a Wishlist
By | LastUpdated November 17, 2023
My wish for you is an abundant, easy to work vegie patch! Creating this relies entirely on you getting to know your land first. Push pause on the planning + building + planting, and take the time! Understanding your land and your climate first is key to you making sound placement choices. Bill Mollison (co […]
