Gabrielle StannusApr 23, 20212 minI H(e)art This Conservatory!When seeking garden design inspiration, sometimes the best place to look is indoors. Heading into town the other weekend, we were driving...
Gabrielle StannusFeb 26, 20212 minThe cherry on top!Whilst the tomato season has been pretty 'lame', we made one surprise edible discovery this week that put a smile on our faces. Whilst...
Gabrielle StannusFeb 24, 20213 minLate bloomersIf you have been wondering what has happened to your tomato crop this year, you are not alone! I have heard many anecdotes that the...
Gabrielle StannusFeb 21, 20213 min'Currant' flavour of the monthSometimes the best plants are those that you do not have to grow yourself! Living on a bush block in northern Tasmanian, we are lucky to...
Gabrielle StannusJan 29, 20212 minLooking forward to 2021It would be an understatement to say that many people are glad to see the back of 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused so much...
Gabrielle StannusJul 5, 20202 minA woody meadow?I always listened to my teachers at school. However, I would be lying if I said that I followed their words exactly. Take for example,...
Gabrielle StannusMay 19, 20203 minGetting garlickyGarlic is one of our kitchen mainstays. Last year we grew eight varieties of garlic to see what suited the growing conditions here in...
Ludovic VilbertApr 21, 20202 minBush BlissWe recently completed the construction of two garden beds on a bush block surrounded by beautiful forest here in northern Tasmania. We...
-Apr 10, 20204 minDoes your room have a view?Firstly, we would like to apologise for our online absence in recent months. Such a busy time! Ludovic spent Christmas in France with his...
-Nov 29, 20192 minBreaking ground!This week, we finally broke ground on a project that we have been working on over the last couple of months! Excavation works started so...
-Nov 16, 20192 minGrowing garlic ... What to do, when?If you are anything like me, you may have been planning to get out into the garden this Saturday afternoon. However, all this wind is not...
-Sep 28, 20193 minProliferating plantsI have been stuck indoors for way too long over the Tasmanian winter. With writing and other deadlines keeping me tied to the computer, I...
-May 19, 20192 minHeading into the great outdoors for some indoor inspirationWhen looking for new plants to use indoors, why not investigate your own 'back yard' for inspiration? Australia is home to thousands of...
-Mar 2, 20192 minMarching into a busy month!2019 has started a little differently to what we expected! I have some new work and Ludo has been getting his creative juices flowing. We...
-Jan 17, 20192 minBonne année!Happy New Year everyone! You may be thinking we are a little slow off the mark in sending this message out. However, in France it is not...
-Nov 19, 20183 minA rose by any other nameSo no, this is not a blog about me and my personal attributes! Rather it is about the flowers, and other things, we saw at this weekend's...
-Nov 11, 20181 minGardenfest!Now I am not normally one for formal English gardens. However, today I was drawn away from our hillside retreat to Entally House, an...
-Nov 9, 20183 minSpring has sprung!Given our recent absence from the blogosphere, some of you are probably wondering if we had gone back into hibernation. We have been...
-Jul 17, 20182 minWhat's in a name?Fancy calling a plant "Super Bum" right?. Well that is what I thought when I first saw the botanical name of the Staghorn Fern in print....
-Jul 9, 20182 minAll hail 'l'ail'!Good news from our little 'prison farm'. The garlic has sprouted! We were a little delayed in actually planting our Allium sativum bulbs....