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• Veganuary

  Today will be my last day for a month eating foods which include; milk, eggs and meat. From tomorrow I shall be taking part in Veganuary - a month long soiree... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• 2014 in Review (Another One!)

  

  The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Look Back at My Year – 2014

  Can you believe Christmas is nearly here? I know I can't but then I think I live in some kind of time vortex that keeps sucking me in and chucking me out at... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Winter Solstice, Nature and Me

  December is always an awesome month for me and there are several reasons for that. Even though I'm getting older I still get pretty excited about my birthday... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Frost Protection for Garden Plants

  

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  Posted on 10 December 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Mental Health First Aid

  I've just completed a two day course. It was called Mental Health First Aid, and I'm so pumped up from it I just had to share my experience. Most courses are s... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Colour In Nature

  

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  Posted on 28 November 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• How to Build an Insect Hotel

  Following on from my post recently about getting your garden ready for winter, one of the areas I mentioned was around setting up an area (the more the merrier... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Becoming an Early Riser

  It’s official, I’m now an early riser. This is a personal development project I’ve been seriously working on for the last couple of months. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• 15 Ways to Get Your Garden Ready for Winter

  You might be thinking at this time of year, as the nights get longer and the days get colder, that your cultivation patch (whether that be a rooftop or an... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Happy 2nd Birthday Forget-me-Not Cultivation Blog

  Last Saturday became the 2nd birthday of the Forget-me-Not Cultivation blog. The first post being published on 24th October 2012. Two years! Can you believe... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilli-tastic – October

  

  A little chilli update for the month of October: I had no idea that it had been so long since my last update which was in August. How time flies! Well as my... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Why Hitting a Brick Wall Isn’t So Bad

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  Posted on 14 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Garlic Planting

  Now the nights are drawing in (boo), and the mornings have quite a chilly nip to them, it’s time to start thinking of getting the cultivation garden ready for... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Unconventional Guide to Spring Planting

  

  When I wrote that title I imagined being able to link to a menagerie of spring planting posts and articles but alas getting your garden reading for Spring is... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Suggestions on Dealing with Disappointment

  Sometimes life sucks. It really does. The plans you made don’t work out, the people you met let you down, or the direction you thought you were heading... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Connect – Conclusions

  

  As you know I’m part of a growing community called Garden Connect. The idea behind it being that if growers from all over the world grew the same types of... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following – Update

  

  Eucalyptus gunii, the most wonderful of trees, sat at the end of our garden with it’s long swaying branches and it’s attractive foliage. It’s a sight to behold... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• It’s Not a Sprint…

  …or so I keep telling myself! My apologies for not responding to comments as quickly as normal. I’d like to say it was because I’ve been away on holiday to som... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilli-tastic – August

  

  A little chilli update for the month of August: This whole post once a week blog idea of mine is really testing me. So many times in the past couple of weeks... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME