Overcome the High cost of feeding yourself and your family
gosportgal Summer Bounty Goodness gracious, a few days of rain and my container garden has gone crazy! I have already harvested several tomatoes and two courgettes. have discovered a baby aubergine (eggplant), plus baby fruit on. my capsicum. The courgette plant is huge, – photo – with more babies ripening. The rock melon is taking over … Read more
This post is a little different from my usual offerings. I wanted to just talk a bit about how quickly accidents can happen. And that so often it was nothing you had done yourself. Which is why it’s called an accident of course. This was a huge shock to my system, but I promise that … Read more
SInce my encounter with depression lasy year, I have become pretty focused on better looking after my health. Catching a fairly minor, but very irritating disease, twice in a few months, sent me to Mr Google, among other places, Government advisery sites as well. One of the findings was that it could possibly be connected … Read more
My goodness, it’s the second week in January 2024 – already!!! Christmas spent with the family, daughter Christmas Eve/morning, Christmas Day/Boxing Day at my son’s. Even with the rain interfering with the Summer sunshine it was a wonderful time. I am so blessed with my family 🙂 My daughter and I, Nicola, had a great … Read more
Checked on my veggie beds today, after three days away cat/house sitting. A lovely, peaceful break for me as they live on a 15ha block, ten minutes walk from their local beach, and my home is on a main road. Traffic from 4.30am till 11pm. I don’t really mind that as I live alone, so … Read more
This morning I checked on my new veggie plants – Oops! Well, the warm. often humid conditions we’re experiencing here have resulted in my quickly realising that eighteen Bok Choy plants in various colours and varieties, was way too much to plant for just one person. So I laughed to myself and pulled most of … Read more
Progress!!! Goodness me! – Couch grass has such determined roots, But I have even more determination, and so, finally, this morning I pulled out that stubborn flipping bunch. Potted flowers are now sitting on the weed free raised bed, waiting for the removal of all the remaining roots and the new soil which will give … Read more
Planning beds for my veggies I remember a few years ago, watching a TV programme about the prospects for space tourism. Need to be pretty darn wealthy AND young to enjoy one of those trips, I thought. Then about half way through, what should pop up, but a segment on the need to eat while … Read more
Beginning again, starting with raised veggie beds while I work to acquire the hydroponic equipment Found my first notes on growing hydroponically this week and realised how much I have learned in the years since I wrote them and bought my first kit, – a large rectangular dish with a four hole cover, from a … Read more