May in the garden
Winter planting begins, and it’s time to start tidying up your patch from the summer months.
Winter planting begins, and it’s time to start tidying up your patch from the summer months.
Establishing winter brassica, securing seed garlic, tiding up strawberries, and harvesting pip fruit.
Planting begins for cooler months and harvest continues for summer crops. Time to prune the stone fruit too.
Summer crops come in thick and need storing. Seed saving for next year begins while your earlier plantings continue.
Heading into spring the garden jobs begin to build up. Find out what needs doing in September.
A deep dive into white butterfly—one of the most common and destructive pests in Kiwi gardens.
We’re at the tail-end of winter rolling towards spring, and things are heating back up.
It’s time to tidy the strawberries, plant garlic, and prepare for potatoes.
As we hurtle towards winter, I’m working away in my garden to get it ready for next summer.
Gaining a focus on turning around the garden for another season.
I spent my 40th birthday buying and planting trees. 16 year old me would be horrified.
I haven’t been very attentive to my garden lately, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be eating out of it in the coming months.
A seasonal tour of the garden: bed-by-bed.
A bed-by-bed tour of the winter vege garden.
This year my broccoli has really pumped. Here’s what I did, and what I learned along the way.