August in the Vegie Patch
August Garden Tasks Your Pre-Spring Seed Sowing Check List Ain’t it great when seeds and seedlings are back! Clean your seedtrays. Just use water and a stiff scrubbing brush, then leave them out in the...
View ArticleGet The Chooks On The Job!
Every autumn I sow a mustard greencrop in the greenhouse beneath the tomatoes and peppers. Mustard for soil is like lemon juice for livers – a deep cleanse, (or biofumigant if you want the techy term)....
View ArticleAugust In The Orchard
If you blink you’ll miss it! The early plums are on the move, brewing up another batch of beautiful blossom. For those of you pondering copper sprays – this is your sign to get ready, the moment is...
View ArticleEasy Peasy Crop Rotation
One of my favourite winter jobs is planning my crop rotation (garden nerd alert!) Working out how much of each crop we need, and when and where it all gets planted to ensure a daily harvest year round...
View ArticleYou’ll Find My Book In These Wonderful Bookshops
Unity Books, Wellington Marsden Books, Karori Paper Plus, Coastlands Kapiti Edible Garden, Ashhurst Bruce McKenzie Books, Palmerston North Paige’s Book Gallery, Whanganui Wardini Books, Napier Almo’s...
View ArticleJuly In The Vegie Patch
You could be forgiven for thinking that the vegie patch has had its day by frosty, cold July. I wanna show you otherwise – come take a look round my July garden. The greenhouse is giving us sweet...
View ArticleApple Pudding Pots
A quick winters pudding – hot, apple-y goodness. From Caralee Caldwell’s “Real Food Everyday” recipe book. 2 small red apples 1/2c coconut milk 1/4c coconut flour 2 eggs 4 Tblspns maple syrup or rice...
View ArticleHow To Prune An Avocado
If there is one thing I’ve learnt over the years teaching pruning, it’s that when I start to talk about old wood, new wood, two year old wood – your mind squeezes shut with fear. So I’m hoping that...
View ArticleJune In The Vegie Patch, Perennial Leeks + Yam Patience
Hurrah for winter! It took a while, but we got there. Hurrah for a natural end to pests, to the slowing down of weed growth and a break from the intensity of the autumn vegie patch. Hurrah to...
View ArticlePruning Cuts Explained + How To Prune Feijoas
Before you prune anything, I want you to understand two types of pruning cuts. What a difference to your fruit trees when you give up heading and get thinning! Excerpt from ” Pruning Fruit Trees: A...
View ArticlePre-order Pruning Fruit Trees: A Beginners Guide
Oh brave and happy day! Edits finished, copy checked – my book went to the printer today. All that work – and now she’s gone. My baby has flown the nest. June 14th is our launch date. Next stop, you! A...
View ArticleMy Pruning Book + Kim Hill +Tony Murrell
Here it is – my labour of love, “Pruning Fruit Trees: A Beginners Guide.” And we’re giving you, my wonderful readers, the opportunity to pre-order – first option as it were, in appreciation of all your...
View ArticleMay In The Vegie Patch + Strawberries + Asparagus
Things To Do In The Vegie Patch This Month Leave nothing bare! Soil prefers to be growing stuff – a crop or greencrop preferably. If weeds is what you’ve got and you’re just too busy – then let it be...
View ArticleA Heap Of Bright Ideas, My Pruning Book + A New Fertiliser
Dear Gardeners, For many years it was my wish to grow a vegetable garden with no bought fertiliser. But I was never successful. I now know that my goals of abundant crops and a minimum of pest and...
View ArticleBright Ideas For Tree Planting
Winter is on it’s way. I may be a small minority here, but I’m cool with winter, look forward to it even. My love for our coldest season has a bit to do with the fact that it’s tree planting time. How...
View ArticlePruning Fruit Trees: A Beginners Guide
Here she is – the cover of my book. I feel a little proud. Fingers crossed we’ll be finished for you next month, so you can use it this winter to unbundle pruning. This is the grown up version of the...
View ArticleMinestrone Soup + Delicious Dairy Free Pesto
There is no doubt about it – today is a soup kind of day. What better cheer than a bowl of nourishing, hearty Minestrone soup. Such an adaptable whatever’s-in-your-garden-or-cupboard kind of meal. Top...
View ArticleIntroducing Guilds
Mutually beneficial relationships bring out the best in us. We are better, stronger when we team up. Same goes for plants. Fruit trees team up with pollinator seducers and dynamic accumulator herbs for...
View ArticleThank You!
Thanks guys! We did it! Your cups of coffee paid for last months newsletter send out. All those $5 added up. Paypal put many of you off – and I understand. The thing is, paypal is super easy my end and...
View ArticleFabulous Fruit Trees!
Fabulous Fruit Trees April 7 @ 9:30 am – 2:30 pm $150.00 Join Sarah Frater from Edible Garden (our local fruit tree specialist); and myself for the ultimate fruit tree workshop! We’ll be talking smart...
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