When the aim is to be as self sufficient as possible this time of year is really busy. There’s the usual tomato, cucumber and zucchini...

I had a great start to the morning. Awoke early, way before the sun, which I love as I get to enjoy breakfast and my coffee before...

Although summer has decided not to turn up this year, my garden, with the exception of the tomatoes, has defiantly decided to grow...

I’ve never really grown a winter vegetable garden before, well not with success anyway. Last year I put seedlings in my beds when they...

I’m finding that my vegetable garden is a really beautiful place to be, especially now with everything in full production and the flowers...

My zucchini plants are going crazy!! I have three plants that are getting huge and the Lebanese variety has multiple arms, going in all...

Zucchini in Oil is a recipe I discovered last year with I think my last harvest of the year. I’d made zucchini bread, zucchini soups,...

It’s nearly the end of summer and my tomatoes have yet to kick in. I picked one tigerella yesterday from the greenhouse but still nothing...

On this rainy Sunday morning I allowed myself a slow start. The heavy wood moving from the last couple of days has certainly impacted on...

A great way to preserve the harvest and have a ready supply of fast food is to use fermentation to preserve. Not only does this extend...

Harvesting is one of my favourite things to do. It’s like the reward for all the hard work and effort you’ve put into a garden. I tend...

One of the driving forces for my move from suburbia to where I am now was that I wanted to increase production of my homegrown. Good,...