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Organic gardening

An important part of living off the land is growing your own vegetables and berries.


Aphids
Aphids
Aphids attack plants and are small greenish creatures that live on fleshy plants and leaves. Find out how to control them.
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Dealing with aphids
Plastic house
Plastic house
I recently inherited this kit-set plastic house from my sister (designed by my father).
Assembly was relatively simple and I am now looking forward to allocating a piece of ground to it.
10 Nov 2009
A bigger tunnel house
olmec
A bigger tunnel house
With winter here again I am reminded of the need to provide optimum growing conditions.

There was considerable plastic left over from our other 'glass' house so decided to put it to good use.
30 Jun 2010
Construction
Chooks for weeding and soil enhancement
olmec
Chooks for weeding and soil enhancement
I have been developing a process that directs the energy (and manure) of the chicken into a specific piece of soil.
Rather than unleash the chickens in the garden I decided to take the garden (at least bits of it) to them.
31 Jan 2010
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Building a Tunnel House
Building a Tunnel House

Keen to get my garden off to an early start I decided to build a tunnel house to help protect the vulnerable transplanted cabbages. We get common but light frosts.


20 Jul 2009
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My Frost Tent
My Frost Tent
30 Jul 2009
Easy to construct, mobile frost tent that can easily be managed by one person and then put away during summer.
Flavour of the day - Raspberry
olmec
Flavour of the day - Raspberry
Over the past few weeks we've been getting the odd handful of berries off our small patch of raspberry canes.
Today I noticed they were dripping with fruit. Some so ripe they fell off as I brushed past the plant.
It's going to be raspberries and ice-cream for desert.
08 Mar 2010
Rejuvenating a garden fork
Rejuvenating a garden fork
I recently uncovered the head off an old garden fork. It was badly rusted but was a nice size so I decided to make a handle and put it to work in the garden.
10 Sep 2009
Step by step
The cube
olmec
The cube
My micro glasshouse constructed out of 5 windows.
With an opening front and lid it provides an ideal (small) space protected from wind and extreme cold.
01 Jan 2010
Summer Flavors
olmec
Summer Flavors
Now is the time of year when the hard work in the garden is recovered. All the planting, weeding and watering has been converted into tasty veges.
30 Dec 2009
Bull shit - Garden gold
olmec
Bull shit - Garden gold
It's not everyday that you get offered a trailer load of bull shit and hay.

Friends of ours had access to a supply of the rich smelling garden additive just over their fence and I couldn't pass it up.

Our new, extended garden area is now fully mulched and the worms are doing their bit to transform it into the ideal growing medium.
29 Aug 2010
Garden expansion
olmec
Garden expansion
We discovered we need more garden area if we wish to grow sufficient volumes of potatoes to see us through the year. As a result I have spent a number of evenings out in the paddock with a shovel, turning over earth and laying compost and mulch.
I have tried a variety of soil amendments including growing lupins, sheep manure from the neighbors shed and cleanings from the chook house.
03 Jun 2010
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Organic seeds
Organic seeds
We have a selection of vegetable seeds available for trade and sale. Click through to view our current selection and place an order.
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