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Stunning (Malabar) Spinach

“I don’t like spinach, and I’m glad I don’t, because if I liked it I’d eat it, and I just hate it.” ~ Clarence Darrow

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Waste? Not! Compost…

“My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.” ~ Claude Monet

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The Veggie Bed of Doom

  There is no gardening without humility.  Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.  ~ Alfred Austin

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Milk Bottle Garden Tools

I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing things away we could use. ~ Mother Theresa The school holidays are upon us and so far, it has been mainly  lovely clear sunny weather, despite a bit of a chill about. But, two days into our break, my youngest little bloke [...]

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Pea-Tee-Pee

“To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.” ~ Helen Keller One of the fantastic things about having little kids is the opportunity to indulge in a bit of whimsy and revisit your own childhood fantasies. I remember when I was a little [...]

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Saving Tracey’s Luscious Melons

“Watermelon — it’s a good fruit. You eat, you drink, you wash your face.” ~ Enrico Caruso At our local playgroup, we each bring a piece of fruit on a Wednesday mornings for a snack.  The curious thing is, even kids that generally turn their nose up to fruit, will jump onto a fruit platter with all [...]

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Stark Raving Potty…

They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers.  ~James G. Watt For my birthday, the kids (Husband) chose for me an awesome piece of potty kit. I had seen them before, a little wooden thingy that makes newspaper into seedling pots.  The one I have makes pots in three different sizes. It’s a fantastic little piece of [...]

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