Seed Saving Made Easy

Sowing seeds collected from your own food garden can be fun and successful if you stick to a few basic rules. Taking control of the whole cycle from seed to crop and back to seed is very satisfying and it saves money! This blog post shows how it can be done for a range of vegetables.

Small but Tasty Pumpkin Trial

Each summer one Queensland Blue pumpkin plant used to conquer and dominate a complete garden bed in my average-size suburban garden.  This year I decided I was not going to let this happen.  I experimented with other pumpkin varieties that promised to use less space.  Here are the results of my Summer 2014 pumpkin trial.

Better Pollination, Bigger Crops

Knowledge of how pollination works can make the difference between getting a crop or no crop at all. It can also help you achieve a bigger crop than you otherwise would have.  So let's have a look at some of the theory behind pollination and then at how this can assist you in your food garden.