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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...
    How to feed your herbs in pots
    Toni Kenyon
    • May 20
    • 2 min

    How to feed your herbs in pots

    Keeping anything alive in a pot has its issues. Fortunately, herbs are a hardy bunch and usually thrive in a pot. They're often described...
    How to prune & harvest your herbs
    Toni Kenyon
    • May 7
    • 3 min

    How to prune & harvest your herbs

    Today we're looking at the best ways to prune and harvest your herbs to keep them in tip-top-shape and keep them producing. We'll also...
    What's the difference between an Annual, Biennial or Perennial herb?
    Toni Kenyon
    • Apr 25
    • 2 min

    What's the difference between an Annual, Biennial or Perennial herb?

    It's my belief that a lot of people think that they're killing their herbs when, in actual fact, they don't understand the life cycle of...
    Best tips for watering your herb planter
    Toni Kenyon
    • Apr 11
    • 3 min

    Best tips for watering your herb planter

    How much water do my herbs need? It's a question that I get asked and one that can be answered in so many ways. Oftentimes we don't talk...
    6 Week Weed Wisdom Challenge
    Toni Kenyon
    • Mar 25
    • 1 min

    6 Week Weed Wisdom Challenge

    Have you joined our 6 week challenge yet? Herbs have been referred to as 'weeds' from the dawn of time. Why weeds? Well, because weeds...
    Plant your own Mini-Herb Garden
    Toni Kenyon
    • Mar 5
    • 3 min

    Plant your own Mini-Herb Garden

    There's nothing like having an abundance of fresh herbs that you've grown yourself to add to your cooking. Unfortunately, many people...
    Grape Leaves Packed with Vitamins C, E, A, K & B6
    Toni Kenyon
    • Dec 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Grape Leaves Packed with Vitamins C, E, A, K & B6

    It's the time of year when the grapes go bonkers growing. In this video I talk to you about why I have to prune them. We use our grape...
    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...
    How to make Lemon Balm Syrup
    Toni Kenyon
    • Nov 27, 2021
    • 3 min

    How to make Lemon Balm Syrup

    Join me as I wander the garden admiring its spring growth. We'll check in on the bees and the ever-present chickens always make...
    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...
    Basil - Medicinal Uses
    Toni Kenyon
    • Oct 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Basil - Medicinal Uses

    Most people know Basil for its culinary uses, or at most for putting pots of Basil on the kitchen window sill to repel flies. Where is...
    Growing, Drying & Processing Nasturtium from my Home Herb Garden
    Toni Kenyon
    • Sep 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Growing, Drying & Processing Nasturtium from my Home Herb Garden

    Welcome to my 518 sqm urban garden! I grow herbs, fruit and vegetables in a suburban backyard in New Zealand. The chickens and the bees...
    Late Winter 2021 Garden & Hoophouse Tour
    Toni Kenyon
    • Sep 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    Late Winter 2021 Garden & Hoophouse Tour

    It's very early spring as I post this on the blog. I like to take video of the garden to document it as much for myself as anyone else....
    Home Cures for the 'Common Cold'
    Toni Kenyon
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Home Cures for the 'Common Cold'

    The cold doesn't seem quite so 'common' any more--especially when we're living in a lockdown/pandemic world. The 'common cold' used to...
    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...
    Garden Seed Storage Solutions
    Toni Kenyon
    • Jul 25, 2021
    • 4 min

    Garden Seed Storage Solutions

    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...
    Herbal Tea - My Midday Meditation
    Toni Kenyon
    • Jul 18, 2021
    • 3 min

    Herbal Tea - My Midday Meditation

    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...
    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...
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