Category: Gardening

• A post from 2020…A forgotten bin

  ligayagardener

  September 9, 2026

  archives, bokashi, Gardening, memories

  archives, bokashi, composting, forgetting, memories, microbes, Nature

• Food Underfoot 2026 is on! Does your verge look like this?

  

  Food Underfoot is on again! Our fun feral foraging foray in Gawler is happening in the 27th of this month. Here’s all of the details…

  ligayagardener

  September 8, 2026

  Activism, Community, food underfoot, Foraging, Gardening, Herbs, verge gardening, weeds

  colonialism, Community, ecology, edible weeds, Food Underfoot, Foraging, Gardening, gawler, gawler community house, health, henry chenoweth park, Herbs, medicinal weeds, Nature, Sustainability, weed walk, weeds, wild edibles, wild medicinals

• Late Spring is here and there and everywhere!

  

  Spring is here and things are popping up everywhere. Here’s a brief update on what we have planned, plus some good news on the education front!

  ligayagardener

  September 5, 2026

  food underfoot, Gardening, Nature, Spring Garden Festival, summer

  Community, el nino, food security, gardening, heat, herbalism, hot weather gardening, summer, water security, weather

• Nutmeg glycerite…yummy!

  

  Nutmeg has a wonderful flavour and some great medicinal properties but needs fats to extract. That’s no good for my water-based chai tea! So, heres my compromise -glycerine!

  ligayagardener

  August 27, 2026

  Chai, Gardening, glycerites, Herbs, Kitchen, remedies

  chai, glycerine, glycerite, herbal remedies, herbalism, Herbs, myristica fragrans, nutmeg, solubility, spices

• Warning: Chemistry! Turmeric use and curcumin absorption deep dive.

  

  Turmeric is a true wonder herb but takes a little work to use it effectively. Join us here in our deep dive in our first ‘Warning: Chemistry! post.

  ligayagardener

  August 25, 2026

  Chai, chemistry, Deep Dives, Gardening, remedies

  biochemistry, black pepper, chemistry, constituents, cooking, curcumin, decoction, extraction, formulations, ginger, health, herbalism, Herbs, kitchen herbalism, make your own remedies, recipes, synergy, warning: Chemistry!