Ligaya Garden

May 1, 2015

2 months in the straw.

My straw bale garden. It’s 2 months old today and rocking along. in it are 2 kinds of Chinese cabbage, silver beet, kale and a sweet potato for luck. Growth is OK and pests are minimal. The white plastic bag on a stick moves with the wind, creating movement and noise. It has successfully frightened…

April 30, 2015

Water kefir

Water kefir happily growing and multiplying. 3 tablespoons of grains have multiplied to 8 and a bit in about 2 weeks! I think I commented before that the milk kefir grains were doing better, but they have only bred up 3 tablespoons of grains from the original 2. All I’m doing is changing the water…

April 28, 2015

Some good news

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April 28, 2015

Mushrooms do grow on coffee.

Mushrooms are easy to grow on recycled materials. Here I have white button mushrooms growing on coffee grounds that were scavenged from a local coffee shop. I spread some innoculated grain over the surface, made sure all was moist, but not wet and covered them to keep them moist and warm. To house them I…

April 27, 2015

Worms.

Worms are an awesome and simple way to recycle household food scraps into valuable fertilizer and compost. These little fellows are working so hard converting ours that they are, literally, fogging up my camera lens! I had an old farm that I dug out of the shed and gave a good wash. I ‘sterilized’ it…