Category Archives: Spring

Planting a new raised bed vegetable garden

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Welcome to my new vegetable garden.  Over the coming season I will update this blog and explain what I’m doing, why, and tell you about the successes and problems I encounter. I have never had a garden of this size before, … Continue reading →

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Grow and eat your own vegetables

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

VEGETABLE GARDENS & STRAWBERRIES (photo credit by Jennifer Walker ) Do you want to grow your own vegetables this year but your garden is damaged with silt or you will have to move sometime to a new property? Use a … Continue reading →

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You can’t beat the taste of a fresh apricot

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

The flavour to start drooling about in September is Apricot- a flavour to savour because harvest is not til February. An easy to grow blossom tree that rewards you with yummy fruit that you can make into jam and desserts, … Continue reading →

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The Daphne

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

DAPHNE odora leucanthe is the popular pink flowering daphne that most people know. But did you know there are over 50 types of daphne?Here are some that we have in store now… The Daphne odora varieties are the very sweetly … Continue reading →

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