Grafted Veggies and Why It Matters Grafting vegetables sounds like a modern horticultural technique, but it is an ancient art. The earliest written records of vegetable grafting date back to 1st century BC China, and the technique spre... gardening organic 17 Oct 2026 0 39
The Humble Zucchini Is Back Here's a bit of useless information. Botanically, zucchini is not a vegetable, but a fruit thatbelongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, the same family aswatermelon! Most of us use it as a vegetable. We g... gardening organic 17 Oct 2026 0 32
Lettuce Coming Out Our Ears The last couple of months we have been adding compost to all of our beds as we “turn them over” - remove a finished crop and prepare the bed for the next one. And the benefits are there for everyone t... gardening organic 17 Oct 2026 0 35
Lebo Cucumbers: Growing Tips It's cool in your hand even on a hot day. It smells like a garden should. And if one of your kids is alongside you, watch their face as they crunch into it! That moment of “We grew this Mum!” is more ... cucumbers gardening grow your own 17 Oct 2026 0 97
Where There's a Will, There's a Way Our daughter Katie was so excited a couple of years ago that her new home had a space out the back where she could grow a veggie garden. She soon discovered that it was so shaded that most of her plan... gardening grow your own 6 Sept 2026 0 78
The Case of the Missing Bees Our honey bee population has collapsed. The grass paths between our garden blocks are chock-a-block with clover flowers, and we're lucky to see a honey bee anywhere all day. And certainly none buzzing... gardening 6 Sept 2026 0 103
The Russians Are Back: Why White Russian Cucumbers Are Worth Growing Our favourite cucumbers - the White Russian - have finally started producing. Yay! We first started growing these on the recommendation of a friend, as the most resilient variety to grow during the ho... cucumbers gardening 6 Sept 2026 0 115
Living With Nature: Protecting Your Garden From Wildlife Each month Rod does an interview on FaithFM radio's Breakfast Show where he talks about all things country living. This past week the topic was the blessings and cursings of having wildlife in our liv... gardening grow your own 6 Sept 2026 0 85
Rain & Soil: Why We Won't Work Our Garden When It's Wet Some rain is good, but when we experience protracted rain, we quickly get behind in our work program. The major tasks that are affected (other than our attitudes) are: preparing beds for new crops to ... gardening grow your own 6 Sept 2026 0 110
Mustard Greens, Stage 2: Grafted Tomatoes and Biofumigation Progress Back in May we wrote about the soil-borne pathogens that devastated our precious tomato crop last summer, and how we were taking steps to avoid repeating that again: 1) grow varieties with resistance ... gardening grow your own 6 Sept 2026 0 89
Biofumigant Update: Mustard Greens Progress Report Back in May, we wrote about the soil-borne pathogens that devastated our tomato and eggplant crops last summer, most likely Fusarium - a fungal disease that affects the plant's vascular tissues so the... gardening grow your own 6 Sept 2026 0 69
Biofumigation: Using Mustard Greens to Fight Soil-Borne Disease Last summer held its own horrors in our garden's polyhouses as over a thousand of our precious tomato plants wilted and died. They would grow beautifully to flowering, even setting fruit, and then ove... gardening grow your own 6 Sept 2026 0 104
