Improving soils organically
What is healthy soil? And what is organic matter? Learn the basics of soil and how to improve yours using the resources you have at hand.
What is healthy soil? And what is organic matter? Learn the basics of soil and how to improve yours using the resources you have at hand.
All you need to know about worm farming. From sourcing worms to harvesting vermicast. Works at any scale, including under your kitchen sink!
A collection of updates about eggs, chickens, worms, weather, and garlic.
Installing some new worm farms directly in the garden to continuously improve a poorly-performing garden bed.
Gaining a focus on turning around the garden for another season.
The worm farm is full and ready for a re-set! This week I emptied our worm farm all out, then filled it back up again.
We eat a lot of potatoes, so we grow a lot of potatoes. Here’s how we harvest and store them to feed us through winter.
Roxy catches her first pig and Hine makes her first photobomb in this continuing series about the animals in our lives.
Finding myself with many piles of rotting organic matter, I build my first hot compost pile.
A decade ago, I started on my gardening journey in a collection of pots on an inner-city balcony. Here are the things I wish I knew then.
How I turned a wodge of worms into 3 egg-laying machines and made my poultry economically sustainable.
What do the numbers on a soil test actually mean? How I interpreted mine, including macro and micro-nutrients, and what I’m doing about it.
A whole lot of updates on things I’ve blogged about before.
Our worms are probably the animal that pulls their weight best here at Orotere. They take my snotty tissues and coffee grounds, and turn them into black gold.
Ever wanted super-fresh peas? They take a bit of work, but nothing compares. Here’s everything you need to know!