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Bubblewrapping the tropicals
A couple of our heat loving plants are suffering a bit in the cold. I was thinking about what to do about it, having moved them several times into warmer microclimates to no avail. I thought about buying some greenhouse plastic, then remembered that I had a heap of bubblewrap salvaged from an art gallery…
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A tale of roadside lust…
Can you feel the love in this picture? The couple in the photo were just ‘getting it on’ regardless of the hundreds of passers-by. I often say that ‘gardening is all about sex’. That’s not just true about gardening but the whole of nature and this couple definitely agree! What am I talking about? Not…
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King Stropharia workshop at Slape’s Mushroom House
Had a great day on Saturday. I attended a workshop about growing King Stropharia mushrooms in the garden at Slape’s Mushroom House It was a hell of a wet day and the hour or so drive to Warradale was pretty scary… I realized I hadn’t been to that part of town for about 30 years!…
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Watering in Winter?
It might seem counterintuitive but late Winter and early Spring are excellent times to start your watering regime for the warm weather. Unless you garden in wicking beds, this is the time to check down into the soil to see how much moisture is held in the ground. The preoccupation with mulch that some gardeners…
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Worm breeding and aquaponics combined
I’ve been wanting to add a worm farm to the aquaponics for a while so that we can get a constant drip of that wormy goodness into the water but we only just had enough scraps for the 2 farms we already had. On the weekend, at the mushroom workshop at Slapes Mushroom House, I…
Ligaya Garden
a little garden near Gawler
