This is my very 1st post so here goes ….

Welcome to my new website where I would love to help people on their journey to create their own little (or not so little) vegetable garden. I hope you enjoy this with me and come back for more every few days.

On the 18th of October, I transplanted my tomato plants from the mini greenhouse and planted them straight into the soil next to the fence to protect them from the wind. After one week, they looked very sad and scrawny. I gave them a bit of encouragement, water, and Seasol. They looked even sadder a few days later. I decided to purchase some garden pots with legs to save my back and stop bending over. I transplanted these tomato plants, and now they have exploded.

They are very healthy and a vibrant green. I placed some bamboo stakes at 50 cm intervals and crisscrossed other stakes, tying them at the connections and placing some diagonally for added support for the growing tomato plants to grab onto.

I also decided to add some slow-release fertiliser and some dried-out coffee bean powder. I do love my short blacks, and slowly sipping them with my wonderful better half is one of the small things I look forward to every day. Is there anything coffee is not good for? The elixir of being Italian—it’s in our genes.