December in our Subtropical Patch
What was growing Front yard mandala We missed the corn as the rain came right when it flowered so pollination was extremely poor, I planted …
My Garden Updates
November in our Subtropical Patch
What was growing With predictions of a wetter than normal spring that didn’t come to fruition we had a slow spring. Next year I will …
October in our Subtropical Patch
October is normally a dry month for us, the rains normally don’t appear until Mid November, so it was nice to see some rain to …
September in our Subtropical Patch
We’ve mostly spent this past month wrapping up those final cool season crops and preparing for the warm season. Here’s what we did. What was …
Subtropical Spring Garden Jobs
Spring is a lovely time of year for us, but it does get hot very quickly! I would liken our Spring to more like a …
August in our Subtropical Veggie Patch
August is always a super windy month here in South East Queensland, and usually dry. This August was no exception. What was growing Front yard …
July in our Subtropical Veggie Patch
What was growing Front yard – mandala I am so excited about my garlic, I can’t wait for harvest time. The glen large is doing …
June in our Subtropical Veggie Patch
June 2020, things are somewhat going back to normal as it finally cools down. Here’s a little garden tour I put together for our Winter …
May in our Subtropical Veggie Patch
May 2020. Still in isolation. What was growing Front yard mandala I’ve been pumping the water into the garlic and it seems to not really …
Our new Raised Garden Bed
We have a long term vision for our backyard and slowly, as we have time in between renovations (and things are ready to be harvested …
April in our Subtropical Veggie Patch
April 2020. Still in isolation. Thankfully the garden is keeping me sane. What was growing Front yard – Mandala Our Garlic is kicking along quite …
18 months after we first started our Edible Garden
Finally after years of procrastination we have got our gardening YouTube Channel up and running ‘officially’. Kicking off with the first episode (technically it started …
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March in our Subtropical Patch
March of 2020. Weird. Crazy. We’ve been in self isolation for most of the month, the idea of one of our young kids getting coronavirus …
February in our Subtropical Patch
February was pretty mild for us this year, but it didn’t come without its challenges. We’ve had plenty of rain which has been amazing, but …
January in our Subtropical Veggie Patch
I haven’t done an update post in a little while and I am hoping in the coming weeks (let’s be real, months) that I’ll convert …
New garden plans
If you have signed up to my mailing list you will have heard that we finally are no longer renting as we purchased a house …
How much I saved by growing my own – January 2018
Each month I report on how much money we’re saving by growing our own organic produce. You can read about our previous months here. Why am …
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Upgrading our Aquaponics System
With our Barramundi growing really well it has meant that the output (aka poo) has been quite high and our DIY chop and flip aquaponic system …
Summer Garden Update – December 2017
The first day of Summer we welcomed a new family member to the Love of Dirt family. Little Isaac was welcomed to the world on …
How much I saved by growing my own – December 2017
Each month I report on how much money we’re saving by growing our own organic produce. You can read about our previous months here. Why am …
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