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Worm tower maintenance

Worm towers are an excellent way to keep up the nutrient levels in our wicking beds. They require little maintenance beyond a regular top up. I was wondering if they needed a periodic clean out, so pulled up one and had a look. I was interested in what was happening at the bottom of…

Winter 2018 garden walkthrough

It’s been a weird winter. Quite mild and relatively little rain. Times are a changing and we have to adapt. We’re past the Winter Solstice so warmth is on it’s way but, ironically, were seeing the coldest temperatures of the winter. Here’s a bit of a walk through of the Winter garden while all the…

Jess’s Intermediate Mushroom Growing Workshop

I’m a bit late in writing this post, the problem with the blog and some other stuff have taken a lot of my time but I’d like to talk about the Sunday before last when I attended the second of Jess Bamford’s series of workshops – ‘Intermediate Mushroom Growing’ at Joe’s Connected Gardens. Plus, I…

Name change

Please bear with us while we update a few things. We’ve recently changed our name to ‘ligaya garden’ and domain name to ‘www.ligayagarden.online’. There’s a few links and pics that need tweaking and Marlon is going to be fiddling with the overall design of the site.

Winter aquaponics update

A quick Winter update on the aquaponics system. It’s hanging in there over the cold weather with only natural daylight and no covering. The Winter has been pretty mild so far and only the Kangkong is suffering, but it’s doing better thsn expected when you consider it’s a tropical kind of plant. The basic…