We used to have a patch of cosmos flowers. I loved those flowers. Their cheery yellow colour could be seen from quite a distance when the plants were in bloom. What’s more, they were self-seeding plants – they had lots … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2015
It’s time to turn the spotlight back on the peanut butter fruit plant. I guess it has reached a point where it is done with “test runs”, and is finally ready to bear fruits, because there are several bunches of … Continue reading
There are so many approaches to making compost – tumbling or big bins, heaps that you may or may not turn, composting worms, hugelkultur, etc. I had thought of trying the Geoff Lawton method of making compost in 18 days, … Continue reading
It’s that time again, that horrible time, when I keep finding freshly hatched caterpillar hordes on my plants. And not just those caterpillars where one egg is laid here, and another there. No, those horrible hairy caterpillars whose eggs are … Continue reading