ligayagardener

The garden’s growing to live up to its name

Thanks to the extra rain and the overcast skies, Ligaya garden has become almost overgrown. Some readers may remember the fecundity and thickness of the greenery this time last year. A lot of that was to do with a surplus of Lab Lab beans that overgrew so much. This year, its just as thick and…

Less waste by reusing zip ties

I use a lot of zip ties (or cable ties) around the house and garden. They are a quick and easy way to secure a lot of things temporarily or permanently. Often, I’ve wondered about reusing them to save money and the amount of plastic we are putting in the recycling. A quick search on…

The last fiddly bit

Jelina has been asking for a water feature out in the aquaponics area for a while. We’ve finished all the big work now on the system (until the big fish tank goes in next year), so I used a couple of builder’s tubs and some polypipe off-cuts that were laying around to make her this…

Gary’s Christmas message

I found Gary the Yabby waving his claws around from a little space in between some big pots. He’d climbed out of his pond to say ‘Merry Christmas’! to everyone and a Happy New Year.

Cool it! (with herbs)

It’s bloody hot here today! 40 degrees before 11.30, but thanks to a cool change, we’re no longer baking in the full sun. Last year, we discussed the cooling properties of Borage (Borago officinalis) and how it was, what is called in herbalism, an ‘refrigerant;. That means that it can cool us from the…