Our Off-Grid Life
I’ve never wanted to be off-grid. Until very recently. Despite not having any drive to be off-grid, we are, a ...
Mistakes We Made In The First Two Years On The Farm
This post is going to be very real, and it may draw some criticism, but this is our journey. We ...
10 Foods You Can Grow For Free!
Gardening is not an expensive hobby if you have time and patience, infact, many plants you can grow for free. ...
Can You Grow Basil in The Tropics?
Yes, you can grow many types of basil in a tropical climate, with great success. In cooler climates basil is ...
Can You Grow Lettuce In The Tropics?
Yes, you can grow lettuce in the tropics. Many varieties of lettuce or salad leaves do well in a tropical ...
Can I Grow Chillies From Supermarket Chillies
Yes, you can grow chillies from supermarket chillies, in fact, chillies are one of the best plants and food crops ...
Best Edible Plants To Grow Indoors
You can grow many of the best healthy edible plants indoors. Here on our list you can find plants that ...
Can You Grow Radishes in the Tropics?
Yes, you can grow many varieties of radishes in the tropics with great success. As radishes are a very fast ...
What Nuts Will Grow in The Tropics?
Many types of nuts will grow well in the tropics, including coconuts, cashew nuts, macadamia nuts peanuts and almonds. While ...
How To Grow Bananas
Growing bananas is relatively easy, but requires a warm, humid climate and well-draining soil. Bananas are generally grown in the ...
Does Growing Fruit and Vegetables Save You Money?
People say that gardening is when you spend $300 to grow $1 worth of tomatoes. This can be true for ...
Mulberry Tree Leaves (Using Mulberry Leaf)
Mulberries grow on trees, not bushes, so despite the popular song, it’s a tree, a deciduous tree that grows easily ...
Can You Grow Mulberries in The Tropics?
Yes, Mulberries do grow in the tropics. We are picking or harvesting ripe purple mulberries from our tropical garden right ...
Why Won’t My Plants Grow?
Why won’t my plants grow? I’ve been there too. Plants not growing, seedlings not germinating, small, weak plants much smaller ...
Can You Grow Cucumbers in a Pot?
Yes, you can grow cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) in a pot, container or raised bed so long as you provide them ...
Food Plants to Grow in the Shade
Full, deep shade isn’t the best choice, partial or dappled shade is more what we need for these shade-tolerant food ...
Bananas, Growing Bananas and Banana Plants
Growing bananas and banana plants is pretty easy if you have a warm-tropical environment, This post covers how to grow ...
How To Chicken Proof Your Garden. Protect Plants From Chickens
If you have chickens free-ranging in your garden, on your property, homestead or back yard, you’ll need to chicken proof ...
How To Grow Lemongrass?
How to grow lemongrass? Lemongrass is very easy to grow outdoors if you have the right growing conditions. You can ...
What Fruits Grow in Tropical Climates? Tropical Fruits
The list of fruits that grow in tropical climates is incredibly long. There are so many tropical and subtropical fruits ...
What Grows Well With Pumpkins?
Pumpkins are easy to grow and can give you a huge volume of food. But what grows well with pumpkins? ...
Growing Papayas in the Tropics
Growing papayas in the tropics is super easy. Or, at least, I’ve been able to grow them with no problems ...
10 Essential Tips For New Gardeners
Essential tips for new gardeners, a top 10 of things you need to know, before starting a garden or setting ...
Food Plants You Can Grow From Supermarket Scraps
There are many, many food plants that you can grow from supermarket scraps. Don’t believe anyone who says you can’t. ...
How Often to Water Basil Plants?
How often to water a basil plant depends on many factors. Is the plant small or large and bushy with ...
How Do Pineapples Grow?
Pineapples are sweet, delicious, golden yellow fruits from tropical regions. If you love to eat pineapple but have only seen ...
What To Do With Chillies Once Picked?
If you grow chillies you’ll know that each plant produces a lot of fruit! Whether you grow chillies indoors or ...
The Best Mulch is Chop and Drop
In the tropics we really need to mulch. Mulching keeps weeds down, retains moisture, adds nutrients and keeps harsh rain ...
Keeping Guppies Outside in a Pot or Pond in the Tropics
Guppies should do fine in outside pots, ponds, or other containers in a tropical climate. They are very easy to ...
Growing Herbs in a Tropical Climate | Tropical Herbs
You can grow a lot of herbs in the tropics, including those normally associated with cooler or Mediterranean climates. There ...
40 Great Benefits of Growing Your Own Food!
Growing your own food is not just a hobby, it’s an investment. You are investing in future food supplies, in ...
What are Pigeon Peas? Pigeon Pea Plant Uses & Growing
Pigeon peas are the seeds of the pigeon pea plant and they are edible. The Latin name for the species ...
How To Grow Green Chillies
It may surprise you to know that green chillies and red chillies come from the same plant, just one is ...
June in the Garden Harvesting and Planting
June is a great month in the garden, it’s winter in the southern hemisphere and a good time to plant ...
Grapefruit Tree (Growing, Caring For, Grapefruit Uses)
The grapefruit tree (citrus pandisi) in our garden must be ten years old now and it gives us prolific grapefruit ...
May in the Garden
What’s growing, fruiting, flowering, germinating, and cropping in our tropical food garden in May? May is the last month of ...
Growing Tomatoes in The Tropics
This post is about my experience and things I’ve learned growing tomatoes in the tropics. Yes, of course you can ...
What Food Can I Grow in The Wet Season?
The wet season of 2021 was our first wet season at home, in the tropics for 9 years. As such, ...
December in The Garden
What’s growing, fruiting, flowering, germinating, and cropping in our tropical food garden in December? December is the first month of ...
Growing Pumpkins in the Tropics?
Can you grow pumkins in the tropics? Yes you can grow pumpkins in the tropics and they grow very well ...