Lining our verge are three big olive trees. I’ve watched the small green fruit get bigger and darker, until the branches started drooping with the…
Tag: gardening
Harvest
This weekend’s harvest: Fourteen grape tomatoes, of various ripeness levels. I’ve found that they tend to split or get attacked by bugs if I let…
Feeling like Summer
After almost two months of ‘spring’ that feels like it keeps backsliding towards winter, this weekend it really feels like summer. Perfect blue skies, searing…
In the Garden
Spring has finally decided to show up here in Perth, and after a lot of rainy weekends conditions were right to do a bit of…
Indoor Plant Love
Two indoor plants, each purchased on a whim a few months apart. The first is a basil seedling which live in my kitchen – I…
Garden Reboot
I’ve been reading a lot about sustainable, local and healthy food lately, and The Omnivore’s Dilemma in particular has inspired me to really give producing…
Planting Day
Spent this morning with Skye at Perth’s Urban Orchard, a garden close to the city centre, harvesting the winter/spring crops and planting new ones for…
Little Garden
Things are settling back into a regular pace after moving back to Perth and turning our little apartment into a proper home. I’ll come back…