Soil Searching Diaries
Plants, recipes, ideas, thoughts, musings, questions

I spent a lovely couple of hours on two occasions visiting the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden, AKA City Farmer, exploring this...

After reading about Battery Park City Authority's dog waste composting program, I was very interested to find out more. It was amazing to...

Autumn is my favourite season in Brisbane. Long sunny days, mild nights and good rainfall keep everything from drying out and becoming...

Chooks are a joy to live with. Their unique personalities are wonderful to get to know and their antics are really entertaining....

Suzanne Cox, 2018 This painting came after looking at a yellow rose and seeing the swirl of the petals and how they looked like the...

Easy to grow, tasty and healthy these flat leaved chives keep giving. Garlic chives and society garlic are very similar in appearance -...

Teas can be made from leaves, roots, flowers, fruits, stem or seeds. Whether they are iced or hot, relaxing, refreshing or medical they...

Flowers can be used to decorate cakes, pancakes, drinks, breads and almost anything. Although it generally makes sense to match flavours...

Grow your own flowers to add to salads, cakes, teas or simply as a garnish for colour and beauty. Commercially grown flowers are usually...

Salads are a great opportunity to explore a variety of raw green leaves to add flavour, nutrition, colour and texture. Look for the young...

There are many different types of radish The root is eaten raw in salads or as a garnish but can also be pickled or added to soups and...

Nasturtium is an easy to grow flowering ground cover. Both its leaves and flowers make a spicy addition to salads, used as a garnish,...