Have you noticed that whenever you think you’ve finished weeding the garden, you look around and see more weeds coming up behind you? Don’t they ever stop growing? It’s a never ending battle, especially if you don’t want to use pesticides, or weedkillers, which I don’t. Having pets, and wanting wild birds to visit my [...]

If you have aphids, then you’ll probably use white oil spray, which is quite good at deterring them, along with a variety of other pests. My poor apricot tree suffers badly every Spring and summer from aphid, and it’s been quite difficult controlling them. Recently I’ve had some success using home made white oil. Here’s [...]

It’s been quite a while since our hens have laid, because they moulted this winter, and it took them months to start laying again! A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that their crops had turned bright red again, which usually means that they are about to start laying. No eggs appeared in the chicken [...]

I’m feeling pretty happy with the garden today, and with all my work in the veggie patch. This morning I harvested some asparagus, a lettuce, silverbeet,peas and a leek. Not bad for a garden in drought, but we have had a little rain this winter.