Miss Soft Crab

Early last spring I pulled out the last of our winter crops (a few bitter beetroot and some gone-to-seed rainbow chard) filled the beds ...

I've always had black thumbs that have meant death for plants. I had a thriving cactus and succulent collection as a child. If no...

Ahhhhh nuts you guys. This morning I wrote a whole post about my thumbs, black as the night they are. And then that dang post didn't sav...

I completely agree about bed. That's going to be a favourite of mine until they put me in a bed in the ground. Also Pinkman and getting...

If I was a bumblebee I I would shove my face In every last rose I saw. I would love the spring.  II I would take sh...

The plants in springtime are so goddamn pretty that yesterday, when I had to drive to Moe for work, the abundance of blossoms on the tr...

Hey, guess who's hands those are in that picture of Barbie Edward Cullen? Mine. I really should have exited the frame but I couldn'...

Who here has eaten a persimmon before?  If you answered yes, great! You guys are totally on to it.     If you answered no, I say: don'...

Mate, I can't help but feel like you are not being entirely honest with the people. For example, you left out the bit about how despite ...

Each year around this time I get excited about the Melbourne International Flower and Garden show, mentally commit to going, but then don...

You know mate, I didn’t have that good a weekend and getting up for work this morning was no picnic. At least the cool change had come. But...

This post was going to be about gardening - how much I love growing things and how much I love my little collection of plants, especially m...