chinese cabbage Chinese cabbage has gone to flower, but you can eat them!
Chinese cabbage likes cooler weather. If you plant them at the wrong time or the weather unexpectedly becomes warm they ...
vegetables
chinese cabbage amaranth Young vegetable plants have been attacked by cutworms
It happened just after we planted salad amaranth seedlings in our vegetable garden. There are a wide variety of amaranth...
amaranth Transplanting salad amaranth
The seedlings of salad amaranth (these amaranth are for eating and not ornamental), which were raised from seeds, have g...
vegetables The lowest temperature will be 6 degrees Celsius tonight (June 16/17)
It was cold and rainy yesterday, but tonight it's going to be even cooler. The weather app predicts a minimum temperatur...
arugula On the road to self-sufficiency
This year we've been getting more and more involved in gardening. Apart from taking care of the vegetables and flowers, ...
chinese cabbage Thinning out the Chinese cabbage
We are learning to thin out this year. I don’t really like thinning out. I feel cruel when I am thinning things out. It’...
flowers The reason why I prefer sowing indoors
When and where to sow depends very much on the temperature and the space. I prefer sowing most vegetables indoors rather...
chilli pepper Mulching for the first time
A couple of days ago, we saw the weather forecast predicting a minimum temperature of 1 degree Celsius. Our worry was th...
compost Low Cost Gardening: Ideas for budget gardeners
Were you surprised that gardening could cost a lot of money when you first started gardening? Each flower and vegetable ...
arugula Potting up arugula for kitchen cultivation
We grow arugula every year. It's very easy to grow and once it's established you'll be able to continually harvest it. I...