Back in May, I promised you an update on how my trials with bokashi were working out. Bokashi is a Japanese composting method that sort of pickles your food scraps (see my earlier post: Bokashi – A Japanese Health Spa for Plants) Well, the results are in and … THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER!!!

Hello gardening friends! I have returned from a short hiatus while I’ve been traveling overseas and have been eager to tell you all about the wonderful gardens that I visited while I was there. However I have been thwarted when on my return I promptly lost my camera and all of the photos from my [...]

We who choose to live in cold climates sometimes despair and wonder if its worth the trouble – keeping our houses, loved ones and selves warm as the temperatures drop, protecting the plants that we *needed* to buy but don’t really appreciate the chill, trying to get out of bed on a morning where your [...]

A miraculous thing happened a few weeks ago. We were on holiday in Tasmania when it happened, travelling around the countryside on Karly’s-Food-&-Booze-Tour-2010 (which I’ll tell you all about another time). Its something we’ve been waiting many months for and it happened again this past weekend.

I’m officially a horticulturist in training. I’ve just finished week two (of around a million before I’ll actually get a diploma) and have discovered that … I COMPLETELY LOVE IT!!! In typical style, I am overdoing it. I received some recognition for prior study I did with the Royal Horticultural Society in the UK (well, [...]