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Winter garden walkthrough August 2019
It’s been nearly a whole season since our last walkthrough. That was early Autumn, 2019 and now, here it is, the end of August and nearly Spring if such a season still exists. There’s been a lot of planting going on, but we’re letting everything go to seed so there’ll be less to do next…
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Last week in Ligaya Garden #3
So much is happening, both here and out in the big world that we thought it worth doing a little catchup every Sunday and publish it on a Monday, Oz time. All of the posts will be listed here on this page for your elucidation and convenience. Last week in Ligaya Garden -A slow week…
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Helping hands around Gawler #3 Grow Free Carts
I definitely like free things, so, over the next couple of weeks, I’m going around investigating the free stuff around Gawler. These will be things that you don’t need to sign up for, just visit anonymously. Being typically me, my focus is on free food and information. I’ll steer away from money though. These posts…
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Gardens can be anywhere
Though we may struggle sometimes to get certain favourite plants to grow in our garden, I am always surprised (and sometimes frustrated) at the way some plants thrive in difficult locations outside of our carefully tended gardens. Take a look at the pic above. It’s one of our most useful seasonal plants, Chickweed (Stellaria media)…
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Surviving well
They’re usually finished in the garden at by this time of Winter but the Blackberry Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) just keeps on producing flowers and juicy black berries. They often survive in patches in the parks and by the creeks until now, being a short lived perennial. We usually take ours out when they slow right…
Ligaya Garden
a little garden near Gawler
