gardening

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Last Minute Gardening!

28 Jul 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy $0.12

  Yesterday was supposed to be a day of getting stuff done... and I did manage a good deal, but it really got quite bogged down with administrative sorts of things which was a good deal less exciting than it sounds! However, at the end of the day....

Slow Progress, but Progress! (Rock Walls, New Plants, and Improving Soil Drainage)

25 Jul 2022 5 minute read 0 comments bengy $0.16

  Now that the garden area is a complete blank slate (and in some cases... really seriously blank...), it is time to start making it our own. Of course, these things will take years and seasons to finish... but the best way to get there, is to jus...

Trying to Resurrect Some Small Trees

20 Jul 2022 4 minute read 4 comments bengy $0.20

  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...

The Start of Our New Garden Era!

18 Jul 2022 5 minute read 0 comments bengy $0.17

  ... 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...

Update On My Backyard 'Victory Garden'

8 Jul 2022 6 minute read 1 comment SweptOverNiagara $0.05

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...

Prepping for the Drainage Work

7 Jul 2022 3 minute read 2 comments bengy $0.47

  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...

Getting the garden space ready...

3 Jul 2022 4 minute read 2 comments bengy $0.06

  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...

Growing greenhouse cucumbers in the bedroom? Why not!

22 Jun 2022 4 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68 $0.14

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...

🌼 Who Really Likes Flowers?

14 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments valerianis $0.09

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...

Getting Ready For The Coming Food Shortage

3 Jun 2022 4 minute read 3 comments SweptOverNiagara $0.20

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....