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    Worm Tea for your Herbs & Garden
    Toni Kenyon
    • May 30
    • 1 min

    Worm Tea for your Herbs & Garden

    Is it worm tea or leachate? Frankly, I don't care and the debate can rage around me. I've been putting the liquid that comes out of my...
    The Urban Forest Garden - November 2021
    Toni Kenyon
    • Dec 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Urban Forest Garden - November 2021

    This video was filmed in November in my 518 sqm suburban forest garden! The herbs were sprouting again from their winter sleep and...
    A Wet Day in our Urban Food Garden
    Toni Kenyon
    • Oct 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    A Wet Day in our Urban Food Garden

    I guess I should be grateful for the rain, at least it means that the bees won't swarm! It's Labour Weekend here in New Zealand. It...
    Garden Herbs for Health: Rosemary
    Toni Kenyon
    • Aug 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    Garden Herbs for Health: Rosemary

    While most people associate Rosemary with a good Sunday night roast dinner, I like to think about how this aromatic plant to help me with...
    Making Your Own Seasoning Combinations from Herbs
    Toni Kenyon
    • Aug 1, 2021
    • 5 min

    Making Your Own Seasoning Combinations from Herbs

    There's nothing I love more than throwing a handful of fresh herbs into my cooking. It's almost an evening meditation for me, pottering...
    Why you should have backyard chickens
    Toni Kenyon
    • Jul 11, 2021
    • 7 min

    Why you should have backyard chickens

    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...
    Micro Greens 101
    Toni Kenyon
    • Jun 27, 2021
    • 4 min

    Micro Greens 101

    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...
    Why We Chose Our Hoop House
    Toni Kenyon
    • Jun 13, 2021
    • 7 min

    Why We Chose Our Hoop House

    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...
    Vegetable Gardening in a Small Space
    Toni Kenyon
    • Jun 6, 2021
    • 5 min

    Vegetable Gardening in a Small Space

    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...
    Composting Solutions for Small Gardens
    Toni Kenyon
    • May 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    Composting Solutions for Small Gardens

    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...
    Herb Garden Maintenance for Autumn
    Toni Kenyon
    • May 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Herb Garden Maintenance for Autumn

    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...
    April Tour of the Hoop House
    Toni Kenyon
    • May 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    April Tour of the Hoop House

    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...
    5 Mistakes Beginners make when Growing Herbs
    Toni Kenyon
    • Apr 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    5 Mistakes Beginners make when Growing Herbs

    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...
    How to start a Kitchen Herb Garden
    Toni Kenyon
    • Mar 27, 2021
    • 6 min

    How to start a Kitchen Herb Garden

    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....
    February in our Urban Garden / Food Forest
    Toni Kenyon
    • Mar 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    February in our Urban Garden / Food Forest

    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...
    Herb Garden Care & Maintenance
    Toni Kenyon
    • Mar 20, 2021
    • 4 min

    Herb Garden Care & Maintenance

    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...
    DIY Containers for your Herbs
    Toni Kenyon
    • Mar 18, 2021
    • 4 min

    DIY Containers for your Herbs

    Growing herbs is a great way to begin your gardening journey. Herbs are easy to grow and you don't even need a garden! As long as they...
    Eight Reasons You Should Be Growing Your Own Herbs
    Toni Kenyon
    • Mar 16, 2021
    • 4 min

    Eight Reasons You Should Be Growing Your Own Herbs

    My love affair with herbs began many years ago--more than I care to remember. Many people think of herbs as plants simply used to enhance...
    Why morning is the best time in the garden
    Toni Kenyon
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 4 min

    Why morning is the best time in the garden

    I walked out of the living room and slipped my feet into my low cut ‘gumboots’. Gumboots are ‘Wellington boots’ if you’re in the United...
    9 Best Tips for Easy Compost
    Toni Kenyon
    • Feb 21, 2021
    • 4 min

    9 Best Tips for Easy Compost

    Compost is the main-stay of the no-dig garden. I could have headlined this post "All the dirt on the dirt!" Without a good layer of...
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