I’ve long had the feeling that more and more people are getting into things like growing their own food, keeping chickens, and living sustainably. But then my own interest in these areas has been growing over the past few years too, so I wasn’t sure if it was just that I was paying more attention [...]

Earlier this year, Megan and I worked with some other local families to start a gardening club called the Jamberoo Family Growers. Unlike traditional garden clubs, this group will have a focus on helping people to grow fruit and vegetables at home, using healthy natural methods and tapping into local knowledge and experience. It will [...]

Yesterday’s launch of the Jamberoo Community Growers was very successful. The guest speakers were great – both very knowledgeable, and both very interesting as well.

The kids had a great time too. We had planned some organised activities for the kids, but our kids leader was called away at the last minute and wasn’t able to [...]

Megan just got back tonight from the final planning meeting for the launch of the Jamberoo Community Growers gardening club. Everything is ready!

Here’s our handout:

Jamberoo Community Growers Launch Sunday September 20, 2009 2 pm at the Jamberoo Youth Hall Everyone welcome! Free entry Guest speakers [...]

If you’re in Australia, make sure you catch Costa’s Garden Odyssey on SBS tonight at 8:00 pm.

You can catch a preview at the show’s page on sbs.com.au.

Costa is a landscape architect with a passion for sustainable living. In SBS’s words:

Costa’s Garden Odyssey is a groundbreaking magazine style series that allows this unique Greek [...]

I was recently interviewed for another gardening article in the Illawarra Mercury. My last interview was back in March, on the subject of lunar planting. Unfortunately they don’t put these articles online, so you’ll have to make do with this dodgy scan – click on the image to make it bigger (be warned, it’s a [...]

The “Kev’s Patch” campaign is gaining momentum! I’ve teamed up with a couple of other bloggers (Gavin from The Greening of Gavin and Julie from Go Greener Australia) to set up a new site promoting the initiative – the Kev’s Patch blog.

I love that header image above that Julie did for us!

If you think it’s [...]

My article on hand pollinating zucchini flowers proved very popular, so I figured I’d post another on hand pollinating pumpkin and squash. It’s pretty much the same principle, but I had the photos so I thought it worth posting.

As for the zucchinis, if pumpkin and squash flowers don’t get pollinated they’ll just rot and drop [...]

Have you heard about the organic kitchen garden that the Obamas have set up on the White House lawn in the US?

Wouldn’t it be great if our Prime Minister did something similar?

Peter Cundall and Stephanie Alexander think so, and have both called for Mr Rudd to start a vegie patch. So far nothing is happening, [...]

My friend DiscoPig is getting a new vegetable garden started on the common area in the block of flats where he lives, along with a few of the other residents. He liked my DIY tumbling compost bin, so we set out to find some suitable plastic barrels.

This proved to be harder than I expected. Last [...]