The Rustic Gardener

Finished a little garden bed in my chook yard with stuff from round the property. Soil, compost, wood...wormwood and lemongrass. Both great for keeping the girls healthy (once they've established a bit, I'll let them into it!

It's been a while but life has been nuts. So, it's a new year, making time for the simple things....seed collecting and saving petals to make oils....makes me happy.

Little bit of my verge garden! The bees love it and so do the little birds!

A Single Dragonfly Can Eat Hundreds of Mosquitoes Per Day, Plant This to Attract Them to Your Yard Plant these aquatic plants in a barrel of water and never worry about mosquitoes, termites, deerflies, blackflies or horseflies again! Dragonflies are not only beautiful, they are some of the most efficient “bug” exterminators on Earth. A single dragonfly can eat hundreds of mosquitoes per day, ...