With the abundant supply of horse manure I have at my disposal there has been some creativity in alternative uses around the yard over the weekend. A trial of overseeding lawn and top dressing with horse manure in a slow growing area has began. The area is quite sandy and bare with only some boring [...]
Its been three weeks since the build stage of my potato tower! After removing a heap of weeds that popped their heads up early, the potatoes began to show through and have developed well. Keeping in line with the plan I’ve put down a layer of hay on top to cover them up so they [...]
Living in a tropical environment has its benefits such as lots of rain, plenty of warm weather and great lightning shows, the best of all is the great weather during the ‘Dry Season’ or winter as it is more commonly known in all other parts of Australia. Being a long weekend the garden has had [...]
It’s been 14 days since I filled my Tumbleweed Compost Tumbler with grass clippings and horse manure. With a tumble or two each day the contents became very hot (too hot to touch one day) and has turned to a nice earthy brown colour with a sweet smell. The heat generated in the bin will [...]
On Saturday morning I saw a Tumbleweed Compost Tumbler on special at the local garden center, over $50 off the original price so it came home with me. After opening the box and reading the instructions, the contstruction was simple. Only needed a 10mm spanner, a phillips head screw driver and a shifter to put [...]
After reading Lifehacker the other day, a little motivation crept in to build a new bin and grow my own potatoes again. This will be a multi post project that will document all the stages from planting to growing! Years ago I grew many kilograms of potatoes in a stack of old car tyres with [...]
After three weeks away getting married and on our honeymoon, my garden has survived an average top temperature of 35 degrees C. There have been a couple of casualties, but nothing that was not expected, and a couple of nice surprises. My Arrowroot plants have been belted around by the wind a fair bit and [...]
How many mealy bugs can you fit on a tomato stalk? I was not sure myself until I found this branch in my garden over the weekend!
My three week holiday is coming up very quickly, and since I won’t be around to water and tend for my garden I thought I would share with you a few of my plans to keep the garden alive in this warm weather we are experiencing. Mulch: Reducing the amount of water lost to the [...]
What a day! It all seemed better when I came home from work to find there were heaps of ripe tomatoes on my bushes. It has been a battle with the intense heat, lack of heat, lack of water (for a little bit), too much water, mealy bug attack, caterpillar attack… the list goes on, [...]
