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Guides, recipes, garden tours, 1:1 advice and community chats
May 25, 2024
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Casey Lister
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Christmas Biscotti
The perfect biscuit for pretending you have your shit together
Dec 21, 2025
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Casey Lister
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Cinnamon Teacake
The only cake I've cooked in the last half-decade
Dec 19, 2025
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Casey Lister
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Most Popular
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'Scatter flowers' will transform your cottage garden!
Jun 7, 2024
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Casey Lister
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I'm back, and I have some *strong opinions*
Oct 14, 2024
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Grow this, not that: the cottage garden edition
Jul 4, 2024
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How to grow an English cottage garden
Mar 10, 2024
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Casey Lister
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A record drought & a yard full of trees
Apr 11, 2024
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Casey Lister
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How to grow a garden that flowers all year
Jun 3, 2024
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Casey Lister
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Garden design
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What's the point in gardening??
Confessions of a failing gardener.
May 11, 2025
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Casey Lister
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Don't let your garden go greyscale this winter
Six tricks to squeeze more colour into your winter garden
May 5, 2025
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Casey Lister
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The crushing boredom of a frictionless world
Sad, floppy pizzas, the death of the video store, and why we all need a pot of spring bulbs in our life...
Apr 16, 2025
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Casey Lister
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Nothing but flowers
My favourite blooms in the garden this autumn, and suggestions for adding winter colour to your yard
Apr 8, 2025
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Casey Lister
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Gardening made easy
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The internet is a cesspit...let's sow sweet peas!
Doom scrolling, a pleasure park for rats & one way to be happier in the digital age.
Mar 9, 2025
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Casey Lister
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Want to quit gardening? Try pottering.
The only horticultural approach that guarantees a good time
Mar 3, 2025
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Casey Lister
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In praise of thinking less, doing less, remembering less
(and still growing a bitchin' garden)
Feb 24, 2025
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Casey Lister
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Autumn is coming... It's time to sow seeds!
Part 4 of my four-part seed sowing series
Feb 16, 2025
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Edible gardening
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How to garden like you’ve got your life together
A capsule wardrobe for your veggie patch and 12(!) recipes to cook from your garden this summer
Oct 21, 2024
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The best (and worst) seeds to save from your garden
Part 2 of my four-part spring seed sowing series!
Sep 16, 2024
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13 edible crops that won't die in a Perth summer
Veggies, fruits & herbs that will *actually* thrive in our blistering heat
Sep 12, 2024
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Casey Lister
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All your garden needs this summer is a STICK BLENDER! Wait...what?
Three stupidly easy recipes to make from your garden
Aug 26, 2024
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Casey Lister
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Recipes from the garden
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Broad bean bruschetta w/ mint & peas
Accepting that I can't pronounce bruschetta, but I *can* cook it
May 15, 2024
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Casey Lister
Sweet potato patties w/ garlic, yoghurt & lime
Patties so good they don’t even need a bun!
Apr 24, 2024
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Casey Lister
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Buttery carrots w/ ginger & kale
A 'salad' full of contradictions ...and butter
Apr 15, 2024
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Casey Lister
Warm kale salad w/ shallots, beetroot & feta
A salad that gives kale the fanfare it deserves (plus a hefty accompaniment of cheese)
Mar 5, 2024
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Casey Lister
Gardening in Perth
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Why every gardener needs DUMB goals
They're not as stupid as you might think...
May 26, 2025
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Casey Lister
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How to garden when you don't feel like gardening
Three tips for the apathetic and uninspired
May 18, 2025
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Casey Lister
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What's the point in gardening??
Confessions of a failing gardener.
May 11, 2025
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Casey Lister
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5
Don't let your garden go greyscale this winter
Six tricks to squeeze more colour into your winter garden
May 5, 2025
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Casey Lister
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Growing flowers
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Bite sized: 11 flowers that won't die in a Perth summer
Heat tolerant flowers that won’t make you cry this February
Sep 4, 2024
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Casey Lister
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Poppies: the one spring fling you really need
It's time to start throwing seeds around with reckless abandon
Apr 18, 2024
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Casey Lister
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Spring bulbs part II: the good, the bad, the ugly
If you thought I was done talking about spring bulbs you were mistaken
Mar 13, 2024
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Casey Lister
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How to grow perfect sweet peas
Your comprehensive guide to WINNING AT SPRING (and life in general)
Mar 4, 2024
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Casey Lister
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Garden diaries
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The wild garden diaries | plants for autumn colour
An autumn tour of my garden
Mar 28, 2024
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Casey Lister
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The wild garden diaries | easy lazy edibles
A tour of my easiest, laziest edible plants
Feb 29, 2024
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Casey Lister
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An EASY video guide to soil improvement
This is for everyone whose garden is a sandbox
Feb 14, 2024
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Casey Lister
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The wild garden diaries | a tour of my toughest plants
What to grow when your garden is part-oven part-sandpit
Feb 1, 2024
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Casey Lister
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Get your garden started
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Get your garden started | part 8: common mistakes
Have you screwed up, or have you discovered an ~ opportunity for growth ~ ?
May 19, 2024
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Get your garden started | part 7: pots
No garden beds? No worries!
May 15, 2024
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Get your garden started | part 6: seeds
The triumphs and tribulations of growing from seed
May 13, 2024
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Get your garden started | part 5: seedlings
AKA how to take care of fussy little babies
May 9, 2024
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Seed sowing guides
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How to grow | lettuce
Fresh, crispy, buttery, good
Jun 20, 2024
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How to grow | broad beans
My favourite cool-weather legume
May 1, 2024
How to grow | radishes
The easiest, spiciest little root veggie
Mar 28, 2024
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Casey Lister
Grow, harvest & cook | artichokes
The Mediterranean vegetable every gardener needs
Mar 21, 2024
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