Category: Food
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10 Easy-Grow Veggies That Pack A Nutritional Punch
The supermarket shelves are bare and the price of food has shot up due to supply chain disruptions, weather events and, of all unpredictable things, the rising cost of fertiliser. Add to that the effects of climate change, and many people who have never gardened before might seriously be considering growing their own food. Whether…
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7 Reasons To Love Pigeon Peas
In a world where changing climate is bringing hotter, drier summers with increasing challenges to gardeners,the pigeon pea has a huge range of benefits for gardeners. Native to India, the pigeon pea is edible and used as a staple food across Asia, Africa and South America. But it has so many other uses it is…
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Perennials: Food For No Work
Finally I am starting to produce food in my garden with absolutely no labour required – thanks to the beauty of perennials. Perennials are the staples of the food forest: you plant them once, then harvest them year after year with a minimal of effort required. As long as the soil is healthy, full of…
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Rejuvenating a Raised Bed
This morning it was cloudy and cool – we don’t get many of those so today was the day for some hard physical labour clearing out one of the water tank beds. I had left it to go its own way, having more pressing things to take care of, but now I needed somewhere to…
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Pruning, Orange Gluts & Spiders
Spring is bearing down on us much earlier than it should be – it is almost 30 degrees today and it is mid August. I’m rushing around trying to do all the winter jobs I thought I still had time to do before it starts warming up – after a winter that didn’t really get…
The Suburban Food Forest 