Bringing home the goodness
Some folks get rid of weeds. We don't we bring a selected few home to make beautiful liquid compost teas as fertilizer for Ligaya Garden.
Ligaya Gardening Tips #9 Changing tactics for watering
As the climate warms, rain patterns are changing. That means more opportunities for gardeners to adapt their watering tactics.
Australasian Poultry
We've a little article in the current Australasian Poultry magazine. It's about our chickens, how we keep them healthy and how they're integrated into so many aspects of Ligaya Garden.
Gardening ›
Ligaya Gardening Tips #8 Be diverse in your garden.
DIversity makes the world go around and it can do so for your garden too.
Ligaya Gardening Tips #7 Encourage fungi
Some of our best garden helpers work unseen. Fungi are at the interface of the organic and inorganic and do so much for our gardens, even those varieties that we can't eat
Ligaya Gardening Tips #6 the joy of perennials
Having plants that don't need to be replanted every year can really take the effort out of many aspects of gardening.
Ligaya Gardening tips #5 Blackbirds
Learning to love a garden pest.
DIY ›
The big cover-up
Too much rain has been overflowing the aquaponics and starving plants of nutrients. It's been flooding the backyard too. A big cover-up is in order.
Ligaya Gardening Tips #6 the joy of perennials
Having plants that don't need to be replanted every year can really take the effort out of many aspects of gardening.
Our first ‘how to’ video!
Big things are afoot at Ligaya Garden, especially in how we share our information with you.
Bioponics changeover
A moderate shift in perspective and technique will improve the efficiency of the garden, especially the aquaponics, enormously. Follow us a swe make the shift to bioponics!
Community ›
Fund raising
We'd like to complete a major rainwater harvesting and irrigation project before Summer comes, so we're reaching out for donations to help us get it all done. Here's how you can help -
Our first ‘how to’ video!
Big things are afoot at Ligaya Garden, especially in how we share our information with you.
Stories of Urban Food
Marlon and I presented a little talk about Ligaya Garden in an evening of getting together with other folks involved in the urban food scene
Food for the girls
Help feed the chickens!
Egg laying is hungry work - a small donation from you can help keep the girls fed and happy.
A$2.00
Our second podcast is up on Anchor!
Our second podcast is here!
Bioponics changeover
A moderate shift in perspective and technique will improve the efficiency of the garden, especially the aquaponics, enormously. Follow us a swe make the shift to bioponics!
Gardening Australia visited us
A visit from Gardening Australia was definitely the highlight of this year so far.
Ligaya Gardening tips #5 Blackbirds
Learning to love a garden pest.
Ligaya Gardening Tips #7 Encourage fungi
Some of our best garden helpers work unseen. Fungi are at the interface of the organic and inorganic and do so much for our gardens, even those varieties that we can't eat
Ligaya gardening tips #3 The weeds are in hot water
Most houses have a method of weed control on tap.
Ligaya Gardening Tips #6 the joy of perennials
Having plants that don't need to be replanted every year can really take the effort out of many aspects of gardening.
Ligaya gardening tips #2 Make friends with annual grasses
Learning to see annual grasses as friends can take a lot of the work out of gardening and actually have some benefits.
Ligaya Gardening Tips #4 Grow Azolla
Azolla is an amazing plant. It only needs a little water, it's a nutritious fodder plant for the chickens. We use it as a mulch for the big plant pots