A glossy, colourful seed catalogue found its way to my mail box the other day. This is a dangerous time of the year for me. Soon my inbox...

Someone asked me recently what I put in my herbal tea and I thought it was an interesting question, because I don't really think about...

What comes first, the chicken or the egg? In my situation, it was definitely the chicken. On the anniversary of ‘the gals’ (as they have...

An open letter from an Alcoholic. I haven't spoken a lot recently about my gratitude for my life and how I got here. In this middle of...

I promised you a blog about micro greens. Immediate disclaimer—I don’t grow micro greens in containers—but I do grow lots of cut and come...

I spend a lot of time standing on my ‘seed box’ telling you why you should be growing greens—even if you have little or no space to...

Glass House vs Hoop House We deliberated for such a long time, but in the end we decided to go with a Hoop House for our Auckland urban...

A friend said to me recently, "I read all your posts and I love the photographs of your garden, but I could never do what you're doing...

How can I compost in a small garden? Contrary to what a lot of you may believe from looking at the photographs of my garden, I don't...

It's the time of the year when I turn my mind to what I need to be 'brewing' to keep me well over the coming cooler months. There are so...

There's no doubt that an affordable, easy and great way to enhance the flavour of your foods is to have your own herb garden at your...

Welcome to my hoop house! Come and take a walk with me through my backyard hoop house. I'll show you what I'm growing and talk about what...

Like most of us, Herbs like to hang out in groups. You'll have better results in your Herb garden if you group your herb plants based on...

Growing from seed As much as I love growing herbs from seed, sometimes they don't love me. Starting any kind of plant in the garden from...

You all know that I believe the best place to grow herbs is out in the garden but if that's not an option for you, we've also covered off...

You all know that my preference for growing herbs is outside in my kitchen garden. But if you haven't got the space, or the climate is...

One of the things I was determined I was going to have when we built our new home (nearly 7 years ago now) was a kitchen herb garden....

Welcome to my garden! Lots of people have asked me to share what we're doing on our small 518sqm urban garden--so here you go. The garden...

I've banged on a length about how easy herbs are to grow and how forgiving they are, but they still need a few vital things to keep them...

Growing your own herbs and starting your own herb patch is a fantastic addition to any garden, balcony or deck. If you're new to growing...