vegetable gardening courses and workshops, edible gardening tips and seasonal recipes for home-grown produce..
On the warm days it seems as if I'll never be ready for spring and on the cold days it seems as if spring will never be here. I started sowing some seeds outside in August but they'll germinate more quickly now. Here are some tips for sowing seeds outside. Or you can sow seeds indoors in pots. You'll get plenty more help with seed sowing from … [Read more...]
The transformation of a seed to a plant is a true wonder of nature. The fresh food garden course includes more information about sowing seeds or you could try a Spring seed sowing session. Here are some tips if you want to start some seeds of your own in pots. Sowing in pots enables you to sow earlier in the season than outside. Some plants … [Read more...]
You'll see most of these winter salad crops in the demonstration raised bed we'll have set up at the Festival of Flowers and Music 'market day' in Thorndon, Wellington on Saturday. Endive, red mustard, mizuna, mibuna, claytonia (miners' lettuce), misome, red chicory, turnips, radishes. … [Read more...]
Momma duck knows it's spring - here she is out yesterday with her eight new ducklings (one of whom was camera shy). She's a beautiful Cayuga. Dad is, well, who knows? We had a beautiful afternoon on Sunday for the fresh food garden course and a fabulous group of people sharing ideas in the sunshine. If you feel a bit overwhelmed or underinspired … [Read more...]
Get your winter fix of Kitchen Garden workshops at HANDMADE 2013
Plan your summer edible garden
Totally Totes
Spring workshops will start in October 2013 and will all be held at The Kitchen Garden in Ohariu Valley Wellington from 6-7.30pm. $29 per person. Get a group of six together and I'll tailor a workshop on a date and topic to suit you.
Planning your summer edible garden develop a plan to make the most of your garden time, space and energy.
Herbalicious growing and enjoying edible herbs for flavour and freshness from your garden to your plate.
Sow your winter edible garden to get your edible garden seeds sown for winter.
Composting for beginners
or for you if your composting isn't working well.
Soil Magic learn techniques to improve your soil and make your gardening easier - mulching, green manure, compost, aeration, double digging, soil testing and much, much more.
