It’s all go now that the Spring weather has arrived – even with the few colder days and frosty mornings – and while the soil isn’t quite warm enough to plant out the sumemr seedlings, it’s been a great opportunity to raise more seedlings, and move the first round of

I’m going to call it – my pea climbing frame was a fail, it’s collapsed twice and the wind from last week means its now on a permanent lean – and there’s not much I can do about it. Next peas will need to be climbing on something more sturdy!

July is the quietest month on the gardening calendar with the garden cold and largely on pause, but from August onwards it starts to waken as the warmer weather starts to creep in and we get ready for Spring and Summer plantings. Nothing new was planted, but we did get

June was a quiet month in the 10 in 10 patch. With the basil removed and the weeding done, the shady patch is looking a little empty. It does already have potatoes planted there from last season, with plans to plant more in August – but until then, it’s a

Winter and the colder weather makes it more difficult to be motivated to get out into the garden, but there are some jobs that are best done in Winter while growing slows or stops. Pruning apple & pear trees, removing weeds and feeding the soil. In the 10 by 10

April is finished and it feels like Autumn has left already and Winter is here. So. much. rain. We are still on a waitlist for new chooks, but we are hopeful we can get them sometime in May. It would be lovely to have chooks as part of our household

What a difference a month makes. As March ends and we are largely in a phase of isolation, spending more time at home and more time in the garden. Given the surge of people purchasing seeds and seedlings, it seems that lots of people are doing the same – it’s

February weather has been all over the place! The weather has been warm, cold, hot, humid, rainy and stormy – and while the summer crops are nearing the end, my mind is already focused on Autumn crops. This February my ’10 in 10′ garden beds didn’t have a huge production

So with January coming to an end, it’s time to take a look at what’s growing in my 10m2 patch and the plans for February. The patch isn’t looking great after the hail damage a few weeks back which sheared branches off the tomatoes and stems from the the zucchinis,

So what’s the 10 in 10 Challenge? In simple terms, it’s growing 10 crops in 10 metres squared. I have marked out my 10m2 in the garden so it’s easier to get a sense of the space, you can also take a look at the My Home Harvest garden map to