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3 essential jobs to do in the winter garden

Mid winter is often a time that you want to hibernate, but if you resist the urge to slow down and rug up and grab your gardening gloves instead, then you’ll be richly rewarded by the time spring comes around. Here are three essential jobs for you to address in your...

What is a Green Manure Crop

Many old-time farmers and backyard gardeners have found the secret to growing produce successfully, year after year. But do you know how they do it? We, on the other hand, may have a bumper crop for one or two years in a row and then run into problems that produce...

Grow Garlic

Finding organic garlic can be difficult and expensive. But it doesn’t have to be. You can grow your own garlic easily with a bit of time and patience. Here’s how. Why grow garlic? Imported garlic bulbs (you know the ones, they’re bright white and sold for $2 kg)...

Backyard Beekeeping

Have you ever wondered if you could put a bee hive in your backyard but don’t know where to start or how to go about it? I wanted to put some bees in the garden for quite some time before I did. But look at me now. If you want to know how I did it … read...

Home Grown Tomatoes

Heirloom tomatoes are full of flavour Growing backyard tomatoes is one of the most rewarding things for the home gardener. The flavour just can’t be compared with any that you’ve bought at the shops. So much so, that you’ll never turn back to buying...