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 in the temporary spaces) we’ve been rolling out the new beds. In this video we share our
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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 well. Aside from the disturbance of cane toads which comes with the location they seem
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 with pineapples and a sleeping baby 2 years ago) I thought it would be a
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 and being taken away without us was reason enough to just limit our outside contact.
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 I am glad to see the seasons changing and we’re moving out of summer and
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 these to YouTube Videos. So here is a little round up of what has been
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 – hooray! Things have been a little quiet as I’ve been wrangling a toddler and
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 I doing this? Well as a young family currently on a single income we are
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 was not keeping up with the nutrients. This meant the poor fish were not getting
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 the 1st of December. So as you can probably assume, not much really got done
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 I doing this? Well as a young family currently on a single income we are
How much I saved by growing my own – November 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 I doing this? Well as a young family currently on a single income we
Spring Garden Update – November 17
Even though it’s still spring here, summer has well and truly arrived. We’re already seeing the bugs and the damage from the heat if you’re keeping on top of watering. This month I am also heavily pregnant with our little
How much I saved by growing my own – October 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 I doing this? Well as a young family currently on a single income we
Spring Garden Update – October 17
Finally we’ve seen some rain this month (I think we’ve caught up for the entire year). Everything is thriving since the rain and finally our dust bowl backyard has grass again. In the Aquaponics We’ve harvested the last of our
Spring Garden Update : September 17
Well Spring has arrived in our Sub-tropical Garden, but some days it really feels like summer though! The weather is so messed up right now. In the Aquaponics We got an infestation of black aphids in our aquaponics on our
Winter Garden Update: August 17
I am starting up a monthly post about the progress of our gardens so I can look back and see how far we’ve come. I haven’t done this since we’ve moved to our new house but you can check out
April in my sub-tropical City Farm
March was not overly kind, we’ve still experienced cracker 30+ days and drenching rain (5 inches over night in one instance), but the slightly cooler nights has definitely meant a big change in the amount of bugs we’ve been experiencing.
March in my City Farm
This blog is part of the Garden Share Collective. The Garden Share Collective is a group of bloggers who share their vegetable patches, container gardens and the herbs they grow on their window sills. Creating a monthly community to navigate
Vegetable Garden update : The last hurrah for summer
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 one month from winter in a singlet and shorts). An