Feeling a little depressed and upset today.    When I got up, as usual I went down the back to the chicken pen, to let them out into the garden and feed them.   Surprisingly, there were no happy chickens at the gate. It took me a few seconds to realise that there were feathers everywhere, and [...]

Although we’ve had some rain in the last couple of months, we’ve also had some very hot weather, and while wandering around the garden, I discovered some very stressed plants. There is a very new acacia, which has lost about 50% of its leaves to sunburn, and now looks a little tattered.     Just about all [...]

Spring and early Summer are ideal times to plant sweet corn,
zucchini, and pumpkin,