Tag: DIY

• New recipe healing salve

  

  I’ve written about my favourite healing salves before but this new post updates you with some of the things that I’ve learned about over the last 12 months.

  ligayagardener

  October 16, 2026

  Herbs, remedies, salves

  calendula, DIY, english daisy, garden herbs, Gardening, herbal medicines, Herbs, kitchen herbalism, make your own remedies, nettles, plantain, st. john’s wort, wild herbs, yarrow

• New workshop – Foundations of Fermentation

  

  Our ACV and Ginger Bug workshop at HEC is on this Saturday! Come along, bookings are via the link in this post!

  ligayagardener

  March 4, 2026

  Activism, Community, ferment, fermentation, food, Hills Environment Centre, Kitchen

  ACV, ACV mother, apple cider vinegar, DIY, fermentation, food, ginger beer, ginger bug, growyourfood, kitchen herbalism, Nature

• System collapse

  

  An issue with one of the ‘ponics beds lead to a big rebuild in the heat but Jelina is happy!

  ligayagardener

  January 25, 2026

  Aquaponics, Gardening, summer

  Aquaponics, bioponics, DIY, Family, Gardening, growyourfood, hard work, life, rebuild, suburban resilience, summer

• 2026

  

  A little looking forward to a relaxingly busy 2026. I hope you stay along for the ride. Let me know if you read this in the fediverse. It’s new to me, so I’m exploring as I go!

  ligayagardener

  January 2, 2026

  Activism, Community, Family, Gardening, Nature, Projects, summer, Workshops

  2026, Activism, celebrations, DIY, Family, Gardening, growyourfood, health, life, new years, plans, study, suburban resilience, Sustainability, work, Writing

• Making a cheap (?) percolation cone

  Making your own percolation cone for tinctures is pretty straight forward. Heres how I made mine.

  ligayagardener

  January 18, 2025

  DIY, Herbs

  DIY, herbal remedies, herbalism, remedy making, tincture, tincturing