Gardening
Whether you’re cultivating a flower garden to brighten your property, or simply want to try growing your own food, Our monthly column is a great place to start. Establishing a vegetable garden may seem a bit overwhelming to most people, but it’s actually very straight forward. All you need is a few square meters in your garden, some water, seeds or seedlings to get you started and a little time and patience.
Summer gardening and Christmas! by Andrew Trott
Woohoo..!! Summer is finally here. It is hard to believe that we had so much rain over spring this year….
Plan your Spring garden now by Andrew Trott
The garden has provided nice healthy vegetables over the winter months, and we are still picking Savoy cabbages, swedes, carrots…
Plan your Spring garden now
At last, spring has sprung. The spring blossoms and spring bulbs are making a good showing. The vegetable garden beds…
Healthy Soil = Healthy Vegetables by Andrew Trott
These four words should be the most important for the keen vegetable gardener. A healthy soil contains all of the…
Plants and birds feel the effects of frost too by Andrew Trott
There is not much to do in the gardens at this time of the year so preparing the fruit trees…
New is not always better by Andrew Trott
In the mid 1800’s a London chemist, Henry Bollman Condy, patented a new purple crystalline substance that he had developed,…
More TLC for your garden by Andrew Trott
Onions are a versatile vegetable and easy enough to grow. Growing onions requires some patience as they can take 5…
Nothing beats home grown by Andrew Trott
There can be many rewards in producing your own fruit and vegetables. One of the biggest rewards in growing, eating,…