CAN WE GROW A BANANA TREE AND DON’T FORGET THE SHEEPS’ LIVER! Who would have thought. Gardening has made my family transform.  The other day I heard my 8 year old say to her friend who was over for a a play date “Come outside, I’ll take you on a tour of our veggie...

Project 5 - Growing a medicinal garden As many of us experienced, Adelaide had a doozy of a Flu year this year and unfortunately, my family was not spared. My 7 year old fell hard and fast, as it tore through her classroom like wildfire. As she lankly laid on the...

Fruit trees are in and snails are dead Project 4 - Fruit trees and the snail bait is working! (AKA We killed the snails and the Possum buffet is in) I didn't ever think I would be one of those people. Snail bait! I have been chucking the stuff around like it's...

Making soil blocks Project 3 — What to do in the garden when it's wet and the snails have eaten all your plants. Well. What can I say. SNAILS! Blasted things. They ate my Globe Artichoke, Bergamot, Lemon Verbena, Hyssop and Horseradish. Gone. The lot of them. The...

Insect attracting plants Project 2 — Perennial veg and insect attracting plants (aka can not plant chilies this time of year) This last month, I have spent admiring the veg that I have (seriously) fallen in love with. I go out in the backyard and just stand there...

Getting The Soil Right Project 1 — Operation Veggie Patch — Part 2 The seeds planted last month were growing nicely but it had definitely got to the point where they needed to be planted in the veggie patch before they outgrew their little eggshell pots. The raised...

Starting with seeds And so it begins. We're turning our Adelaide, suburban, nutrient deficient and pretty straggly back yard into what will hopefully be an edible wonderland. But we're not doing it alone. We have experts to assist in making this possible. Mark...