A Repurposed Christmas

A post to (hopefully) inspire you to look at old things in a new way. This post should have been up long before now, but time has just gotten away from me, so there may not be any time to make them this year, but that gives you a whole year to decide which ones will feature...

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The Garden In November

By November the pickings in the vegetable garden were pretty lean, the broccoli and cauliflower were long gone, and there were only a few peas left on the vine,  the only other things left of the winter plantings were the broad beans and the garlic.  It was my...

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Broad Beans

I had never grown broad beans before this year, I had tried them once many years ago and didn't like them so I never bothered with them.   Since becoming a vegetarian earlier this year I found I needed to expand the variety of vegetables I eat so I decided to give them...

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October, Where Did You Go?

Well, that was the shortest month ever! I know this year is flying by, but October seemed to be over in the blink of an eye. It's been a while since I did a garden update and it's time I rectified that. October, and September for that matter have been strange month's weather...

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Veggie Garden Inspiration

We all love our vegetable garden to be productive that goes without saying, but is it possible to have a vegetable that is not only productive, but beautiful as well. Below are some ideas that just might help to achieve that. First Impressions Create a beautiful entrance...

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What's My Gardening Philosophy?

Welcome to this months Garden Share Collective, hosted by Kate from Rosehips and Rhubarb and Krystie from A Fresh Legacy. This months theme is PHILOSOPHY. My gardening philosophy is to keep things as simple and easy as possible by cutting down on the amount of work...

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