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New Year’s Eggplants
Jelina is justifiably proud of her first eggplants! Athena is too…
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Gary’s got a new home!
A couple of days ago we took out the backyard pond. It took lots of space and wasn’t very productive, so that space could be used for other things. While we were doing this, we needed to find a new home for the goldfish. That was easy, they went into the aquaponics (after a…
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…and the kitchen sink!
We’ve got water use, catchment and distribution in the garden under control, now it’s time to learn about recycling our greywater from the house. To that end, I’ve disconnected the drain from the sink and run it into buckets. A couple of days of measuring showed that we were throwing away around 21 litres a…
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The garden’s growing to live up to its name
Thanks to the extra rain and the overcast skies, Ligaya garden has become almost overgrown. Some readers may remember the fecundity and thickness of the greenery this time last year. A lot of that was to do with a surplus of Lab Lab beans that overgrew so much. This year, its just as thick and…
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Less waste by reusing zip ties
I use a lot of zip ties (or cable ties) around the house and garden. They are a quick and easy way to secure a lot of things temporarily or permanently. Often, I’ve wondered about reusing them to save money and the amount of plastic we are putting in the recycling. A quick search on…
Ligaya Garden
a little garden near Gawler
