garden

I have WORMS!

October 17, 2008 Ben Garden

No need for a dose of conbantrum here. I have worms in my garden. Living in a semi-arid/tropical region with ancient soil containing -50% organic matter I never thought earth worms could survive, let alone find their way into my garden! I was digging around today where my tomato plants were yesterday (I pulled them [...]

4 earth worms, earthworms, garden, worms

Lettuce experiment

August 12, 2008 Ben Garden

I planted out a tray of Green Mignonette lettuce about 2 weeks ago, I tried to do the right thing and separate them all out and plant them in rows. Having run out of room to spread them out, with the left over plants I simply slid them out of their tray into a spot [...]

0 garden, grow your own, growing, lettuce, Vegetable

Veggie Garden Update

August 12, 2008 Ben Garden

I’m not sure if I’ve spoken about my veggie patch before? If not, then here is a quick rundown for you all. It’s about 3m x 10m and is fenced off from the rest of the yard by a 4ft fence. When we moved in it was overgrown with weeds (thistles in particular), so after [...]

0 garden, home grown, organic, self sufficent, Vegetable

Garden Blogger Sessions – This Garden is Illegal

July 7, 2008 Ben Garden Blog Sessions

We all love our gardens and love to share what we grow within them. The Garden Blogger Sessions is something I’ve come up with to draw people who blog about gardening together so we can gain some insight into what makes them tick… Hanna from This Garden is Illegal was kind enough to donate her [...]

1 blog, garden, gardening, interview

Mosquitos in my Pond – Mosquito Control

July 5, 2008 Ben Garden

Yesterday I went out to a granite outcrop near my house to collect some rocks to decorate around the pond that I installed a couple of months back. I managed to collect about 50 nice sized pieces and one very large feature rock. Anyway, on returning I found there to be a swarm of mosquito [...]

2 fish, garden, mosquitocontrol, pond