Sandgroper Gardening

OK, last post about our wonderful broccoli , I promise! Had to post this... Simon made a gorgeous dinner tonight with our freshly picked bro...

Well, it seems we can grow broccoli in Perth! At least in the winter months. I last tried around spring last year and the white cabbage moth...

Found this great post on Michelle Hamer's blog, From Seed to Table , on growing and propagating capers - great to have some firsthand e...

preserved lemons a photo by margoc on Flickr. We tried our preserved lemons last week on a couscous salad - delicious! Salty, tart, so...

My sister has just moved to a new house and although it only has a small courtyard (a triplex) it has two wonderful citrus trees that are do...

A constructive day in the garden today. . . Simon built a compost heap using reclaimed pallets. Good timing too as the mulberry tree is no...

Picked up some more compost and manure today and found a caper bush . Love capers but don't know much about them as a plant. I didn...

I made some plum and fig jam recently - both with beautiful fruit - figs supplied by our lovely neighbour and plums from the local markets. ...

Well, forget about a no-dig garden , we simply don't have a garden at the moment! Thus, it's been a loooong while since I've pos...

Ah-chooooo! Okay, it is most definitely spring! The bees are out in full force, flowers are everywhere, there's that familiar haze acros...

An entertaining talk by Pam Warhurst about growing vegies across our towns and cities where land is unused (even growing stuff in cemeterie...

So ends our beetroot and carrots! And a fine display they put on too and kept the kids interested and involved in garden adventures! G...

We planted some mini cauliflower seedlings yesterday. Clancy grew them from seed in a big pot. More potatoes are surfacing as well whi...

We did a quick whiz around the garden in between rain showers and picked some greens for dinner: beans, snow peas and parsley and thyme. The...

At last! The Big Bopper passionfruit vine , after much flowering and promise, has about half a dozen fruit hanging proudly! I wonder ...

Clancy decided our garden needed a scarecrow. And he couldn't be happy, he had to be an angry scarecrow to scare the birds away! The wea...

Clancy and I are looking at the Gardening Australia Vegie Guide to see what we can plant in our garden beds, now the Summer seems to be ove...

Our first Okra! a photo by margoc on Flickr. Aint it cute? :o) Here's hoping for more...! Happy gardeing!

Since moving back from Canberra we've managed to stay in touch with some of our great buddies there. I got an email from my mate Hele...

Zucchini problem a photo by margoc on Flickr. Our zucchini is suffering (poor thing!). Not sure why, so seeking ideas. It's watered...