October 11, 2018October 20, 2020In the kitchen, What's New Making Country Wine (Sloe Berry) We made another country wine a couple of weeks ago in this season of plenty. This time it’s a sloe berry wine, […]
October 11, 2018October 11, 2018Videos, What's New Nursery Plants – Aftermath of severe DROUGHT We made a quick video update of the plant nursery and on how to reduce watering of potted plants in a drought. […]
September 30, 2018September 30, 2018In the kitchen, What's New Simple Autumn Fruit and Berry Cake Autumn is a season of plenty. We are always exploring new ways to utilize and preserve the gardens treasures. One quick and […]
September 16, 2018May 21, 2019Birdland Cottage, Mini Projects, What's New Elderberry / flower Cordial – Homemade! Making delicious cordial is easy and simple. Elderberries like many other berries make for a great cordial for the winter time when […]
September 16, 2018September 16, 2018What's New Rooster to go to a good home for FREE Hi All, We are giving away one of our roosters as he got excommunicated from the group recently and he lives on […]
September 6, 2018December 24, 2018Mini Projects, What's New Hardy Kiwi and Grape Vines Trellis Yet another quick afternoon project sorted. We repotted some hardy kiwis (Issai) and grape vines last year. Lots of compost and woodchip […]
August 30, 2018September 6, 2018Mini Projects, Videos, What's New Mini Garden Bed – No Dig – Rapid Growth – VIDEO We like to turn unused spaces into productive ones. It’s amazing how much can be grown in a 3 by 1 meter […]
August 19, 2018August 19, 2018Mini Projects, What's New Insect Hotel – Video We built the insect hotel to create more habitat for all those bugs and critters and hopefully allow them to overwinter in […]
August 17, 2018April 25, 2019Mini Projects, What's New Container Gardening Advantages Great for beginners – can be done any time and anywhere, even on a balcony or on a window sill. Plants […]
August 6, 2018September 28, 2019Videos, What's New Seed saving – Kale and Broccoli – Video Yesterday we harvested well over 100,000 (500 grams) red russian kale seeds without any effort or maintenance from about 10 plants! The […]