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20 Jul 2022 4 minute read 4 comments bengy
Well... the front of our house (and the back) is looking a little bit denuded at the moment. So many small trees and shrubs needed to be removed to make a path for the trenches of the pipework. I had moved a couple of the bottle-brushes beforeha...
18 Jul 2022 5 minute read 0 comments bengy
... and we have come back from our holidays, and the big works to our garden area is mostly completed. The trenches were dug, the pipes for stormwater and sewer were laid, and a huge swathe of destruction carved its way through our block of land...
8 Jul 2022 6 minute read 1 comment SweptOverNiagara
It's been just over a month since my last post, 'Getting Ready For The Coming Food Shortage'. The last 2 months have been two of the busiest months I'v experienced. I've worked furiously to get my (several hundred) plants started while at the same ti...
7 Jul 2022 3 minute read 2 comments bengy
Hopefully, if all goes to plan... the trenches for the new drainage/sewer system around our house will be being dug early next week. Part of the deal was that we would remove all the small obstructions from the path of the digging. That means th...
3 Jul 2022 4 minute read 2 comments bengy
Our new place has is a pretty large block with lots of space for gardens and vegetable growing... now that we are in the Southern Hemisphere, this is currently the winter season. That means that it is the perfect time to start to get things plan...
22 Jun 2022 4 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68
I decided to do a little gardening experiment. In addition to the plants that I sow on the balcony every year, I decided to try greenhouse cultivation. It's just that I don't have a greenhouse and my bedroom was supposed to fulfill its function. Po...
14 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments valerianis
A honey bee flits about the garden, stopping eagerly to taste some nectar. As she moves from an arrowwood blossom to a bloom of the Leucanthemum flower, you can see pollen dusting her head and hind legs. She is taking in the nectar and, in the proce...
3 Jun 2022 4 minute read 3 comments SweptOverNiagara
You've already heard of shortages relating to baby formula, wheat and cooking oils along with the culling of millions of chickens in the USA because one or two tested positive for Bird or Avian Flu, leading to a shortage of eggs and poultry products....
1 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments valerianis
It is amazing to see how quickly the strawberry plant can grow. The plants are already starting to bloom. The flowers will soon turn into small strawberries. I have been growing strawberries for a few years now and I never get tired of admiring the...
25 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments valerianis
Growing your own food is not always easy, but it's a rewarding process. Plus by doing everything right, you get ecological production. We had cold May this year, so only sorrel is available to harvest. And as usual, the green onions is also unprete...
