Organic Gardening Tips

DIY Moss Ball

How to make a Kokedama (aka Hanging Moss Ball)

Nicki Mckay

A Kokedama is a really cool Japanese garden method that uses moss as container for the plant and is bound by string. Traditionally used with bonsai, you can actually use...

How to make a Kokedama (aka Hanging Moss Ball)

Nicki Mckay

A Kokedama is a really cool Japanese garden method that uses moss as container for the plant and is bound by string. Traditionally used with bonsai, you can actually use...

Confessions of An indoor Plant Killer

Confessions of an Indoor Plant Killer

Nicki Mckay

OK time to come clean, I love love love having our home filled with indoor plants, but I truly do I suck at keeping them alive. I will usually buy...

Confessions of an Indoor Plant Killer

Nicki Mckay

OK time to come clean, I love love love having our home filled with indoor plants, but I truly do I suck at keeping them alive. I will usually buy...

Upcycled Coconuts

Upcycled Coconuts! Simple DIY Hanging Pots

Nicki Mckay

So I was emptying my compost bin into the garden and it turns out that coconuts for my green smoothies don't really break down very fast. I love a compost...

Upcycled Coconuts! Simple DIY Hanging Pots

Nicki Mckay

So I was emptying my compost bin into the garden and it turns out that coconuts for my green smoothies don't really break down very fast. I love a compost...

Lebanese Cucumbers

Growing Cucumbers!

Nicki Mckay

So my friend was asking me the other day about Cucumbers, so thought I'd write a quick post. Keeping in mind, my suggestions are for small gardens and saving space,...

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Growing Cucumbers!

Nicki Mckay

So my friend was asking me the other day about Cucumbers, so thought I'd write a quick post. Keeping in mind, my suggestions are for small gardens and saving space,...

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What to plant in september kitchen garden

What to Plant in the Veggie Patch in September

Nicki Mckay

I love Spring time, it's my favourite and most productive time of year in the garden. Everything just grows, it's not too hot, the bugs haven't arrived in hoards and...

What to Plant in the Veggie Patch in September

Nicki Mckay

I love Spring time, it's my favourite and most productive time of year in the garden. Everything just grows, it's not too hot, the bugs haven't arrived in hoards and...

Jade Perch - Aquaponics Fish

Vegetable Garden update : The last hurrah for s...

Nicki Mckay

So it kind of hit me for the last 6 weeks we're actually in Autumn! I've been posting under late summer, it still feels like summer (as I sit here...

Vegetable Garden update : The last hurrah for s...

Nicki Mckay

So it kind of hit me for the last 6 weeks we're actually in Autumn! I've been posting under late summer, it still feels like summer (as I sit here...

Organic Sebago Seed Potatoes

Failing at growing potatoes in QLD

Nicki Mckay

2020 UPDATE - After 6 years I AM TRYING AGAIN. Check out the updated post here. A little history on my failure of growing potatoes.. Last year I planted my...

Failing at growing potatoes in QLD

Nicki Mckay

2020 UPDATE - After 6 years I AM TRYING AGAIN. Check out the updated post here. A little history on my failure of growing potatoes.. Last year I planted my...

Week 7 Harvest Butter beans french beans cucumbers

Vegetable Garden Update: Late Summer - 8 weeks ...

Nicki Mckay

You can view all my previous entries for late summer here: Weeks 1-2 Weeks 3-4 Weeks 5-6 We now have an Aquaponics system! So we got to work setting up...

Vegetable Garden Update: Late Summer - 8 weeks ...

Nicki Mckay

You can view all my previous entries for late summer here: Weeks 1-2 Weeks 3-4 Weeks 5-6 We now have an Aquaponics system! So we got to work setting up...

Week 6 Garden update

Vegetable Patch Update: Late Summer - 6 Weeks o...

Nicki Mckay

If you want to see the progress of my previous weeks growth you can check out my first 2 weeks here and week 3-4 here. Week 5 Beans galore! And...

Vegetable Patch Update: Late Summer - 6 Weeks o...

Nicki Mckay

If you want to see the progress of my previous weeks growth you can check out my first 2 weeks here and week 3-4 here. Week 5 Beans galore! And...

Garden Update - week 3

Vegetable Patch Update : Late Summer - 4 weeks ...

Nicki Mckay

If you missed weeks 1 & 2 you can check it out over here. So here is a quick update on the progress of the patch. Week 3 I cannot...

Vegetable Patch Update : Late Summer - 4 weeks ...

Nicki Mckay

If you missed weeks 1 & 2 you can check it out over here. So here is a quick update on the progress of the patch. Week 3 I cannot...

Seedlings for a Late Summer Crop

Vegetable Patch Update : Late Summer - 2 weeks ...

Nicki Mckay

2 weeks ago I made Nathan move my garden beds from our previous rental property. I know I am crazy. I know he must loves me a lot to move...

Vegetable Patch Update : Late Summer - 2 weeks ...

Nicki Mckay

2 weeks ago I made Nathan move my garden beds from our previous rental property. I know I am crazy. I know he must loves me a lot to move...