Homegrown organic

Buying organic has been one of the things that I've given up in my new life. My new suburban mum version? Grow your own!

The biggest advantage of moving to the suburbs is that I finally have my own garden. Hurrah!

Thanks to my partner's fab mum, I was able to get a bit of garden going while heavily pregnant and then in the early days of having a baby. It's a bit weedy and chaotic, but I've kept it going by pulling out a few weeds here and splashing a bit of water around there in between feeds and nappy changes.

There's a bunch of herbs outside the back door:

A patch of Jerusalem artichokes that are looking good:

There's spring broccoli - we've had some already, and now the side shoots are regrowing:

And there's organic cherry tomatoes a-coming:

Now that I'm home with the baby, it's perfect having a hobby right here. I love that I can just step out into the garden for a few minutes while the baby's napping. And I love that I can still manage to get some organic food.

I'm already plotting what to put in for the winter season.