Last year I started planting a small herb garden. I've no plans to have an elaborate herb garden, but as someone who enjoys cooking I want to have a reasonable selection of commonly used herbs that I can pick (or cut) fresh. I started out last year with some of the more commonly used ones, including thyme, bay leaves and mint. Now, around a year later, I'm adding to that with … [Read more...] about Improving the Herb Garden
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Attempting to Grow Some Fruit in the Garden
When a good opportunity presents itself you need to take advantage of it. After doing a bit of research I realised two things: Aldi's prices on fruit plants was significantly lower than anywhere else Aldi was only going to offer the fruit plant range for a few weeks So if I wanted to get any fruit plants at the aggressive price point that Aldi was offering I had to … [Read more...] about Attempting to Grow Some Fruit in the Garden
Growing Herbs and Maybe Some Fruit
As I mentioned a while ago I've now got the beginnings of a herb garden. It's not fancy or complicated, but I intend to expand it over time. It's not like I don't have the space! I've also recently put myself on a low carb diet, so my eating habits have changed quite a bit. Which brings me to the subject of fruit. I can't really eat most fruits, as their sugar levels are … [Read more...] about Growing Herbs and Maybe Some Fruit
Making Some Choices About the Garden
I've got plenty of space in the back garden to do a lot of things. Putting it simply, I have options. For now, however, I really don't know what I want to do. I know that at some point I will need to get a garden shed of some kind, but for now I've no idea how big a shed I want, so I've parked the idea. There are some really interesting solutions on the market, like this … [Read more...] about Making Some Choices About the Garden