What’s New – Page 39 – Gardens for Life

Next season at Birdland Cottage

One more month and the gardening season is starting up again at Birdland cottage. First jobs here – tidy nursery and build […]

This giant potato plant started life as a tiny volunteer. It happened to be in one of the plant pots we transplanted […]

What are your top 3 favorite fruits / berries from the garden? 🍒🥝🍍🍇🍅🍏 🤔 Hard to choose, there’s so many! Be in […]

We made another country wine a couple of weeks ago in this season of plenty. This time it’s a sloe berry wine, […]

We made a quick video update of the plant nursery and on how to reduce watering of potted plants in a drought. […]

Autumn is a season of plenty. We are always exploring new ways to utilize and preserve the gardens treasures. One quick and […]

Making delicious cordial is easy and simple. Elderberries like many other berries make for a great cordial for the winter time when […]

Hi All, We are giving away one of our roosters as he got excommunicated from the group recently and he lives on […]

Yet another quick afternoon project sorted. We repotted some hardy kiwis (Issai) and grape vines last year. Lots of compost and woodchip […]

We like to turn unused spaces into productive ones. It’s amazing how much can be grown in a 3 by 1 meter […]