Archive for the 'book' Category

Dust and Creativity
March 3, 2007

Until today I had considered the Yates Garden Guide to be the New Zealand Amateur Home Gardener’s Bible.But I pondered the fact that a seed company is putting out a book that tells you how to use their hybridised seeds…and you have to go back year after year after year to buy *their* seeds. Of [...]

New Beginnings
February 28, 2007

It’s time to get serious about my garden (again).
I have gone from being a total novice to still-a-novice-but-with-wee-bit-of-experience-under-my-belt-and-dirt-under-my-fingernails.I’ve gone from total disinterest in anything that gives me hayfever to growing things not only because they feed me, but because they smell nice!I’ve grown capsicums on a balcony in Poland, I’ve raided the in-laws’ garden to [...]