The Mad Gnomes Strike Again!

... little Lily Kate! :) The newest gnome. Hello, Great Aunt Flower Gnome!

Our new tank arrived this morning! (~~Little happy dance~~) We had put up the earth ring on the weekend. Filled it with 3 tons of dolomite s...

We met up with some fellow gardeners and seed savers on Sunday. We have been meeting fairly regularly - every 3-4 months - for the last 3 ye...

Another experiment. There were 3 very healthy, self-sown tomato seedlings in a big pot with an orange tree. I decided that the orange tree (...

This is a little experiment. Growing garlic in a stryofoam box. (And some other veggies, but more about that later. Maybe.) The box of garli...

This is a plant that just look stunning in a herb garden. It is easy to maintain - give it a good haircut after flowering - and that's a...

Did you miss us? We had a fantastic time on our holiday! We were able to catch up with a lot of wonderful people. We enjoyed lots of great f...

I may have gone overboard with my garlic planting this year. However, we use a lot of it in our cooking so it will not be wasted. There are ...

We kept thinking how small that manhole in our tank was. I mean 'manhole' would suggest that it would fit a man. Yes? Well, look at ...

The bees absolutely love our neighbours' flowering gum. They were busily buzzing about while I was taking pictures.

...with masses of magnificent pink flowers. This beauty is at our neighbours' place. It's only a little tree. Take off your hats! Va...

We have had lovely rainy days! Everything is wet and thriving. The ground goes, 'squish, squish, squish' when you walk on it. What a...

A good handful of chillies, several varieties of zucchini and squash, a few tomatoes, 2 Golden Nugget and the few figs that actually made it...

This rose was inhabited by a green guardian for a few days. Is this a mantis by any chance?

Wash and quarter beetroot, if the beetroot is bigger than a golf ball, or if you don't want to wait that long till it's done. Wash s...