The Rustic Gardener

21/04/2025

Finished a little garden bed in my chook yard with stuff from round the property. Soil, compost, wood...wormwood and lemongrass. Both great for keeping the girls healthy (once they've established a bit, I'll let them into it!

06/01/2025

It's been a while but life has been nuts. So, it's a new year, making time for the simple things....seed collecting and saving petals to make oils....makes me happy.

26/07/2024

23/11/2022

Little bit of my verge garden! The bees love it and so do the little birds!

26/10/2022

Plant these aquatic plants in a barrel of water and never worry about mosquitoes, termites, deerflies, blackflies or horseflies again! Dragonflies are not only beautiful, they are some of the most efficient “bug” exterminators on Earth. A single dragonfly can eat hundreds of mosquitoes per day, ...