Category: Gardening

• Why I’ve moved to a locally sourced, (mostly) plant based diet

  

  I sometmes get asked why I live on plants (mostly). Heres why.

  ligayagardener

  March 11, 2023

  Activism, Community, Family, Gardening, thoughts

  food resilience, health, lifestyle, permaculture, resilience, resources, simple life

• Worm havens

  

  Worms need a place to hide in Summer. Building a worm haven can help them out.

  ligayagardener

  March 1, 2023

  Composting, Gardening, worms

  compost worms, dog poo, earthworms, summer, vermiculite

• Saving our eggplants (and Tomatoes and Pepino)

  

  Nature knows what it is doing and sometimes, it’s best to sit back and watch.

  ligayagardener

  February 27, 2023

  Gardening, Nature, pests, troubleshooting

  garden pests, ladybird beetles, natural pest control, spider mites, stethorus

• Worm castings tea

  

  Worm castings tea is the most effective way to use those beautiful castings that your hard working worms make for you.

  ligayagardener

  February 23, 2023

  aerobic composting, fertilizer, Gardening

  aerobic composting, liquid fertilizer, worm castings, worm castings tea, worm farm, worm leachate, worm tea, worm wee

• Bokashi soil maker – the results.

  

  Heres the results from the Bokashi soil improving experiment.

  ligayagardener

  February 6, 2023

  bokashi, Composting, Gardening

  bokashi, compost, experiments, potting mix, reduce reuse recycle