I've written before about composting in small spaces, but my bucket compost method is one that I come back to often. I love it because...

Is it worm tea or leachate? Frankly, I don't care and the debate can rage around me. I've been putting the liquid that comes out of my...

This video was filmed in November in my 518 sqm suburban forest garden! The herbs were sprouting again from their winter sleep and...

A glossy, colourful seed catalogue found its way to my mail box the other day. This is a dangerous time of the year for me. Soon my inbox...

What comes first, the chicken or the egg? In my situation, it was definitely the chicken. On the anniversary of ‘the gals’ (as they have...

Glass House vs Hoop House We deliberated for such a long time, but in the end we decided to go with a Hoop House for our Auckland urban...

How can I compost in a small garden? Contrary to what a lot of you may believe from looking at the photographs of my garden, I don't...

Like most of us, Herbs like to hang out in groups. You'll have better results in your Herb garden if you group your herb plants based on...

Compost is the main-stay of the no-dig garden. I could have headlined this post "All the dirt on the dirt!" Without a good layer of...

Why did I choose no-dig gardening for my small urban plot? Mainly because we had no top soil and a scraped bare patch of land to begin...

How many of these amazing people do you know? These are the people who have influenced the way that I garden, they have changed my life...

Do you want to eat healthy, home grown food, but you just don't think it's as easy as everyone says it is? I got tired of looking around...

My blog exists to help people who live on a small piece of land grow plenty of healthy food right in their own back yard. 1. Empower you...

We've been harvesting peaches like mad people over the last week. Over 12 kg stewed and now in the freezer! We stewed 4kgs of plums as...

I’m a great believer in growing food, not lawns. It’s incredible the amount of resources that go into keeping a blanket of green growing...