Category: Gardening
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Mulch

Mulch is one of the keys to a successful garden. Now is the time to get some onto your garden for Spring
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Pretty soon – seaweed!

Over the last year, I’ve been interested in adding seaweed to our diet. This Winter, we’ve started to add foraged pieces of these edible algae to to to meals and nibbled on them raw as tasty snacks (there’s little more refreshing than nibbling in some Sea Lettuce while strolling on the beach). In our area…
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IGTV aquaponics video

We’ve been playing with IGTV lately as a way to make and distribute videos easily. Here’s one I did today about the aquaponics system. It’s a work in progress but it’s my best one so far! If you’ve got Instagram just click on the image below. If you’re not on Instagram, here’s the YouTube link.
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It’s nice to come home

Winter’s almost over and things are starting to burst and bloom in the garden. The Calendulas always brighten up the place (did you know that their name comes from the same origin as our word ‘calendar’ and pertains to the fact that they’re around all year). Jelina’s been a planting flowers around the place so…
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Spirulina: update

The Spirulina culture is coming along nicely. It’s been moved to its final position in the laundry, next to the apple cider vinegar. We got some nice little indoor grow lamps from Bunnings for the plants in the lounge and I just had to have one for the Spirulina. Now the little algae population has…

