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Waste Not
Fergus with a Silver Grey Dorking Chook. One of the things I’m keen to do in my garden is close the loop. There’s a classic line John Seymour’s New Complete Book of Self Sufficiency, where he says...
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From time to time the world can seem like an utterly desperate place, ruled by corporate fat cats and lily-livered pollies. But we ought never forget that it’s actually full of ordinary, good hearted...
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Watermelons on a Frame
Check out Phil Dudman’s method for growing watermelons over at the Organic Gardener magazine website. Phil’s method makes great use of space, and has so far kept the vines free of fungal disease – a...
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The Craft of Watering
Considering we’re supposed to be under the influence of another La Nina (cool, wet weather), it’s been a very weird summer to date here at Hampton. It started hot and dry, got a bit cool and wet, and...
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What’s Green Manure?
I had a question the other day from Amber in Sydney who asked, “what is green manure”. It’s an excellent question, Amber, and even though I gave a quick response in the comments section of The...
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Drought Busting
It’s as dry as an overcooked chip here at Thistlebrook. We’re not at the same point as we were in 2009, when we last had to buy water to top up our rainwater tanks, but our garden has the kind of...
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Glyphosate Blues
I’ll bet that I could open the door to nearly every garden shed in Toowoomba, and find sitting on a shelf, the herbicide glyphosate (also known as roundup, zero). No chemical is as ubiquitous. In fact...
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New Plants From Old
My neighbours Jamie and Kate are among the most enthusiastic gardeners I’ve met. They moved from Brisbane to Hampton three years ago and have dived headlong into gardening with a passion, establishing...
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New plants from old, part 2
If you think propagation is difficult, you haven’t tried division. It’s such a complete doddle the only conceivable way you might stuff it up is by dividing something at the wrong time of the year, or...
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Char Char Char
For the last couple of years I’ve been improving the soil in my vegie garden with biochar. A neighbour gave two different types to try out, so every time I prepare a bed for a new crop, in goes a...
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