Cucumbers: from the heart of a summer salad, pickled or just freshly sliced, why wouldn’t you grow want to grow your own fresh cucumbers? Cucumbers can be a little fussy to grow but if you follow our recommendations below you will have great success as we do! Choose your … [Read more...] about How to Grow Cucumber in Western Australia
How to Deal with Garden Overwhelm and Disappointment
Gardening can sometimes be overwhelming and disappointing because all the effort that has been put in has failed to produce what you wanted. It might be the seeds you have sowed didn’t sprout, the seedling you transplanted all died, your plants grew well but never produce or on … [Read more...] about How to Deal with Garden Overwhelm and Disappointment
Easy Refrigerator Pickled Beetroot Recipe
On a burger, in a salad or just on the side, you can’t get much more Aussie than slices of pickled beetroot and you can’t beat homemade. Summer in our house meant mum’s homemade pickled beetroot and now I make it to feed it to my family. It’s easy, simple, and ready in the fridge … [Read more...] about Easy Refrigerator Pickled Beetroot Recipe
Mangel Wurzel Cheesy Bake Recipe
This year we have grown mangel wurzel for the first time and is known as a potato substitute, so we decided to try it as a mangel wurzel cheesy bake. We love our spuds but were thrilled with how this bake turned out. It was warm and comforting, had the familiar potato bake … [Read more...] about Mangel Wurzel Cheesy Bake Recipe
How to Grow Zucchini in Western Australia
Over the warmer months zucchini become one of our staples and can be used widely from raw in salad to chips or roasted. We generally grow enough to freeze some for meals during the winter. Zucchini is very easy and hardy crop to grow and also gives you bountiful … [Read more...] about How to Grow Zucchini in Western Australia