Garden


Edible Auckland
Watch as I turn our Auckland garden into a productive, edible oasis.

Plans for my new garden (April 2016)

Our new outdoor dining suite (AKA Fairy Headquarters) (May 2016)

Raised garden beds are on their way (June 2016)

Lots of raised beds (June 2016)

Actual food growing at our place (July 2016)

Going on adventures to fill the garden (July 2016)

Blueberries, rosemary and flowers (July 2016)

Filling the citrus garden for free (July 2016)

Gardening addict (August 2016)

A messy corner transformed with fruit trees (August 2016)

Our citrus garden is finally planted (August 2016)

Updates from around our house and garden (August 2016)

Increasing efficiencies in the garden - Permaculture  (August 2016)

Early Spring happenings in my garden (September 2016)

The last of the fruit trees are in (September 2016)

A hot box and miracle ducks (October 2016)

All the free things (November 2016)

Summer garden photos (December 2016)

My winter garden - before and after (August 2017)

Our backyard gets a water blast (December 2017)

Wander around my summer garden (January 2018)

Eucalyptus mulch (May 2018)

Garden update (August 2018)

Panic gardening and building a compost bin (April 2020)

How to fill a raised garden with free materials (April 2020)

Snapshots of my almost-spring garden (August 2022)

Homegrown Wellington
Homegrown Wellington features a regular look at how I transformed our overgrown Wellington garden into an edible oasis.

Homegrown 1 - Planting has begun

Homegrown 2 - Our new raised garden

Homegrown 3 - Garden three is up and running

Homegrown 4 - Attracting bees

Homegrown 5 - Unexpected harvest

Homegrown 6 - The secret garden

Homegrown 7 - Our garden survived

Homegrown 8 - The little garden that could

Homegrown 9 - Easy street

Homegrown 10 - Herbs, bees and leafy greens

Homegrown 11 - Garden salad

Homegrown 12 - Who let the wetas out?

Homegrown 13 - My top 5 favourite plants to grow

Homegrown 14 - How I add lime to my worm farm

Homegrown 15 - Winter clear out

Homegrown 16 - Paying for poop seems so wrong

Homegrown 17 - Turning garden waste into a new garden space

Homegrown 18 - A native garden

Homegrown 19 - Growing vegetables at warp speed (A.K.A. sprouting)

Homegrown 20 - Companion planting guide

Homegrown 21 - Lemon tree loving

Homegrown 22 - Spring 2011 garden plan

Homegrown 23 - A raised garden bed, literally

Homegrown 24 - Hot potatoes, hot potatoes

Homegrown 25 - Spring photo gallery

Homegrown 26 - Coffee fertiliser

Homegrown 27 - Summer garden yumminess

Homegrown 28 - Autumn 2012 update

Homegrown 29 - Almost spring garden 2012


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