Last winter our veggie garden became rather wet and claggy so this year I decided to spread a layer of mulch over it to help free up the soil and make it easier to maintain. I should have done this several months ago to give it more time to break down over the winter but [...]
Every year about this time people ask these questions of me, “Rodney why do you grow so many tomatoes and how do you achieve such great results … what are you going to do with them all ?” I must admit that sometimes I ask myself the same questions especially when its time to stake, [...]
Over the last year as I blogged about birds, worms and bees I often imagined how much easier it would be if I had a good video camera. No longer would I need to take 30 or 40 still shots to get the images I needed for my next post. After frustrating almost every camera [...]
Upon passing out my card I’m often greeted with the comment “I had some worms once but they all died”. “Was it something I fed them?” There may have been other reasons why the worms died but my intention here is to summarise their dietary likes and dislikes. Tiger worms (Eisenia fetida) also known as [...]
Back in September of 2009 I made two bathtub worm farms as I needed to increase my stock of tiger worms. Sales of my worms farms via the “Garden Shop” and Trade Me were going extremely well, however the demand had created a major problem. Simply put, not enough worms. Most folk don’t want to [...]
Just over a week has passed since I fed my tiger worms so today it was time to see how they were faring. Wow haven’t we been busy, the approximate 700gsm of food added last week has been consumed so it’s just a matter of adding a similar amount again. Each week the feeding area [...]
Now that “I have worms” each weekend I have one more chore on my list of things to do. To some it may appear a “little yucky” but for me its a nice relaxing diversion and I find it fascinating to see these amazing creatures going about their business. Up until about a month ago [...]
Step One: Get your hands on an old bathtub. Shouldn’t be too difficult as there seems to be plenty of them for sale. Now that house prices are high many people are choosing to renovate rather than building new. I bought this one on Trade Me for $11.50. Step Two: Make up a frame to [...]
What a good idea”. That’s been the response from two customers who have called in recently to purchase nesting boxes or bird feeders. Both made this comment when they saw all the empty 3 litre fruit juice bottles that occupy my garden. I loathe all forms of plastic and reminisce often about the good old [...]
Rose says I spend so much time in the vegetable garden that next I’ ll be taking the kitchen sink out there. Well guess what, that’s just what I’ve done! When I spotted this sink on Trade Me a few weeks back I immediately began to visualize it on a stand in a corner of [...]
