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If there's one image, one dream , of this happy home vegie gardener, it's a profusion of ripe, homegrown tomatoes. This year has del...

They do indeed. Here are busy bees in summer, tackling a couple of their favourites - borage (for nectar?) and artichoke flowers for pollen...

After a wet summer, changes are evident all over the place. Some bring challenges, some pleasure, some simply a happy reminder of the interc...

Can't believe it's been two months since even the most basic post. Which leads me to two observations ... 1. the beauty of gardeni...

Have finally gathered some photos of the 2011 flooding. Will let the pictures tell the story. Starting with a little dog who has had to get ...

Prompted by an excess of cabbages, and following Claudia's great example, have been exploring homemade kim chi. Now onto my second batch...

From the nature strip - cherry plums. No idea how old these two trees, one of them now died back completely, but Katie tells me they'll ...

Broad beans - the gift that keeps giving! After a good crop last year, saved seed was used to start a new crop. Both a veg bed crop and some...

While spring saw a veg patch enlivened by the purple flowers of chives and sage, and there's still traces of purple in the artichokes an...

Okay, so lots of people cook with stuff from their garden. Me included. But this one felt special - it's rare, here, to be able to rely ...

Arrived home after a spell away to discover a milk crate of irises, which had to be from Barb next door. On a tour of her garden last month ...

Shallots now in full flower, leaves starting to shrivel, and close to harvesting. Bobbing about at hand height, perfectly proportioned to f...

Nasty slimy black slugs have appeared on pear and apple tree leaves. Turns out they're 'cherry tree slugs', the larvae of the bl...

If this thing can actually grow, I will be stunned. But thrilled. One of two figs (my favourite fruit tree of all) planted into pots last ye...

Almost the best bit of having a productive garden - giving it away! Couldn't resist taking and posting this: a collection of herbs (mint...