The Productive Garden

The Productive Garden Showing you how we grow our own food. Encouraging others to grow theirs. You will enjoy the process when you eat the result of your efforts.

Through growing your own food not only can you save money but you can improve your health. Eat freshly grown food without chemicals, get outside and forget about everyday stresses for a while. See us on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/TheProductiveGarden

I am having a go at sauerkraut with cabbage from our garden. We will set what it is like in about 2 weeks.
22/09/2020

I am having a go at sauerkraut with cabbage from our garden. We will set what it is like in about 2 weeks.

Look after your friends in the garden. Here we have some cocoons from a parasitic wasp that lays its eggs in caterpillar...
09/07/2020

Look after your friends in the garden. Here we have some cocoons from a parasitic wasp that lays its eggs in caterpillars. The eggs hatch and eat the caterpillar while it is still alive. Pretty gruesome stuff but it helps keep these cabbage moth caterpillars under control. Don’t squash these yellow cocoons, they are the pupae of the wasp and they are your friends. I also picked some caterpillars off the broccoli and cabbages for the chickens to enjoy.

After quite a while since I have posted anything here I have had a bit of extra time to do some gardening during these t...
06/04/2020

After quite a while since I have posted anything here I have had a bit of extra time to do some gardening during these times of social distancing and staying at home due to covid19. I had resurrected the vege gardens with sugar snap peas and silverbeet being the first plants to promise a bit of a harvest very soon.

I haven't done much in the garden for a while and things are a bit over grown. What a great surprise it was to find thes...
10/05/2017

I haven't done much in the garden for a while and things are a bit over grown. What a great surprise it was to find these kiwi fruit in the vine. My first home grown kiwi fruit ever.

27/10/2016

The hover flys are busy in the avocado tree today. While honey bees are a major pollinator there are many other insects that do a good job as well.

You don't realise how pretty it looks under this wisteria until you are under it doing a bit of weeding. The bees sure d...
25/10/2016

You don't realise how pretty it looks under this wisteria until you are under it doing a bit of weeding. The bees sure do know how pick a nice place to collect nectar.

During the bad weather we have had recently one of my hives fell over. Luckily it wasn't too hard to put it right again.
07/06/2016

During the bad weather we have had recently one of my hives fell over. Luckily it wasn't too hard to put it right again.

An awesome little jumping spider soaking up some sun on my car. The photo does not do it justice.
23/03/2016

An awesome little jumping spider soaking up some sun on my car. The photo does not do it justice.

Stage one of Project Eliminate Grass is complete. I am in a mission to eliminate grass in our front yard and turn it int...
15/02/2016

Stage one of Project Eliminate Grass is complete. I am in a mission to eliminate grass in our front yard and turn it into an edible garden with companion and bee friendly plants. earlydayssofar

A new crop of hazelnuts is on its way :)
23/11/2015

A new crop of hazelnuts is on its way :)

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