On the first day of Level 2, I made a trip to the one place I missed most: the garden center.

The garden has started going bonkers. I’ve currently got an avalanche of tomatoes going on – in May.

Lately I’ve been thinking about what a real house at The Outpost might look like.

Some observations and musings on a long, mostly-up hill walk.

The story of my failure to grow very many luffas.

A simple garlic and herb bread recipe that can be frozen to save future-you some time.

A whole lot of updates on things I’ve blogged about before.

So you want to learn to grow stuff? Here are my favourite gardening resources to follow and learn from.

During the second week of lockdown, I’m feeling my anxiety creep back up. But I know being in my garden helps.

A reflection on what I’m grateful for at the start of an unprecidented 4+ week nationwide lockdown.

Slugs in the seedlings, caterpillars in the kale? How to spot the usual garden pest suspects and deal with them naturally.

In the middle of a pandemic, what can you grow to keep you and your family fed and healthy this winter?

When should you use seeds, and when are seedlings a better bet? Some crops have a preference.

Need to get some seeds growing indoors in trays? Here’s some tips from my garden.

Between sowing seeds in trays, and transplanting them outdoors, they need pricking out. Find out what that means and how to do it.

Direct sowing is spreading seed in the place you want to grow it. This is the best way of getting good results for some crops. Find out which ones!

Life really gave us pineapples this week.

Our lifestyle block is officially in the middle of a drought. So, how are we doing?

The garden is finally turning into something I’m happy with!

When you own the equivalent of 5 city blocks, sometimes you can’t see what’s going on at the other end.

Leaving a farm is really hard, but we managed to get away for a couple of days this weekend, and I’m happy we did.