Category Archives: Wicking Beds

In My Kitchen – January 2016.

Posted on January 3, 2016 by

Welcome to 2016 where a very busy year is staring us straight in the smacker. To start the year, we have a grand baby due to arrive (literally any tick of the clock), a wedding in February, hopefully a working kitchen soon … Continue reading →

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Gardivalia 2015-We’re in!

Posted on August 16, 2015 by

October in West Gippsland is the month when gardeners, would be gardeners and just lovers of gardens have the opportunity to visit properties throughout the Baw Baw Shire. Gardens that are opened up for the public to visit and learn from. Food gardens, formal … Continue reading →

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Logs into firewood, flour into bread. A weekend of conversions.

Posted on June 14, 2015 by

A couple of months ago I mentioned the gum tree from our front nature strip was removed by VicRoads and I managed to have the wood and mulch from it left with us. The mulch was a drop in the ocean … Continue reading →

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Weekend wrap.

Posted on December 14, 2014 by

Christmas thoughts. I’m pleased to say that even though Christmas is about to hit us, all is calm, peaceful and smooth sailing  down here. I consider one of the best decisions we have ever made was to avoid the hype … Continue reading →

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Sunny Saturday.

Posted on November 29, 2014 by

What a bottler of a day! Not too hot, not too cold, not too windy, just right. The kind of day where you’d be nuts if you stayed inside. It was also our state election in Victoria today, which I … Continue reading →

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Weekend Round Up

Posted on August 24, 2014 by

What a cracker of a day it was yesterday! Promises of things to come in spring, blue sky, lightest of breezes, warm sun and no deadlines that had to be met. Pure and simply, a beautiful day that makes you … Continue reading →

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Garden Share Collective July 2014

Posted on July 6, 2014 by

Time to have a think about what’s been happening, being harvested and planned over the last month. We are halfway through a school term break here and I have been going ‘gangbusters’ trying to achieve as much as I can … Continue reading →

Posted in Broccoli, Compost, Flowers, Fruit, Home, In The Garden, Lemons, Mushrooms, Nature in the garden, Seed Raising & Propagation, Shiitake, Strawberries, Vegetables, Wicking Beds | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Red!

Posted on April 3, 2014 by

Finally after weeks of waiting, the first ripe Rocoto chillies can be seen in the lower part of the bush. These chillies are a perennial variety that can keep producing for years. I planted a cutting in early spring and … Continue reading →

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I’ve got good news & bad news. Which first?

Posted on March 23, 2014 by

Well the really good news is the floor sander turned up when he said he would! The interesting rather than good news, is that our original floorboards are apparently ‘rose’ Baltic pine which gives them a pinkish centre. This according … Continue reading →

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Know when to call it quits!

Posted on February 23, 2014 by

The corn I planted was doing very well, lovely thick stalks, extremely strong-looking plants and I was very excited that I would be able to fill the freezer with cobs this year. That was until we had the weather in … Continue reading →

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