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Households can produce large amounts of organic waste. Composting can be a great way to reduce your household contribution to landfill and create a useful product for your garden. The way to improve most soils, regardless of whether they are sandy, heavy clay or somewhere in between, is to add […]

What is the best compost method?

This entry was posted in How to Grow How to make on September 17, 2020 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Rain Guage for measuring rain fall Melbourne — Rainfall, without it, we’d have no plants, and therefore, no life on earth. Yet, somehow we often take it for granted, or even curse its inconvenience. With today’s busy, scheduled to the minute, lives we’re losing connection with the earth and the seasons. What better way to reconnect, than by […]

Measuring rainfall: Why you should be doing it.

This entry was posted in How to make on April 26, 2015 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

White oil is among the safest and most effective organic ways of controlling many sap sucking and leaf chewing pests in the garden. Gardeners have been using white oils for centuries, so they’ve been thoroughly tested. The best thing about white oil is that you can make it yourself! White […]

How to Make White Oil

This entry was posted in How to make on September 4, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Originally designed for use in Ethiopia, wicking beds aim to increase food production, while using approximately 50% less water. Think of them as a giant self-watering plant pot. Water is drawn up into the soil via capillary action from a reservoir in the bottom of the wicking bed. Crates, tanks, […]

Make Your Own Self-Watering Wicking Bed

This entry was posted in How to Grow How to make on August 2, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Curly leaf Peach Almond Nectarine Tree — Do you have stone fruit trees, such as peaches, nectarines or apricots? If so, give them some TLC now with Bordeaux spray to minimize leaf curl and other fungal diseases this summer. Leaf curl is a fungus that loves cold and wet conditions and infects peach, almond, apricot and nectarine […]

Making Bordeaux Spray to Prevent Leaf Curl

This entry was posted in How to make on July 24, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

These newspaper pots are so easy to make. There’s no messing around with staples or sticky tape. They’re great for the environment because you’re re-using old newspaper. Best of all though, you’re not using pots made out of plastic. Once your seedlings are ready for transplanting, you can plant the […]

Making newspaper pots

This entry was posted in How to make on July 10, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit