Welcome to My Little Eden, a website about my gardening adventures in the Blue Mountains, NSW Australia. To find out a little more about my story visit here. To catch up on the latest blogs see below.
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The 12 Permaculture Design Principles
I was recently fortunate enough to complete a Permaculture Design Course at Pocket City Farms. Permaculture is an “ethical and environmental design framework for personal and household self-reliance” (Holgrem 2006). It has a range of features to help you design your garden and household to be more (or fully!) sustainable. Here I will take you…
Leafy greens! A gardener’s best friend
Being in a cooler climate, I have had to accept that there are things I just can’t grow. Or if I can grow it, it will be very slowly. I grow tomatoes but they will 4 or more months from planting to fruiting. I’ve never really had any luck with eggplants or capsicums. But I…
Managing chickens in hot weather
Chickens are pretty tough but very hot weather can be dangerous. Chickens can suffer heat exhaustion, dehydration and even die from a very hot day. Any days over 35 Celsius (95F) can put chickens at risk. Here are some tips on how to manage chickens in hot weather. 1. Shade and soil On hot days,…
Controlling slugs with beer traps
I have had a lot of success controlling slugs with beer traps. A beer trap is a dish of beer left in your garden overnight. The idea is the slugs are attracted to the sweet smell of the beer, get drunk and end up drowning in the dish. I have killed dozens of slugs a…
Hi, I’m Vanessa!
And I love gardening. I love plants, I love soil, I love growing my own food. I love being outside. This blog is about my garden adventures. What’s worked, what hasn’t. How I garden at my place, which will hopefully help you garden too. I live between cool and warm temperate climates so my blog…
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