Tag: permaculture

• This mite do the job!

  

  Spider Mites do a lot of damage and sometimes, the cavalry arrive too late or in too few numbers. Here’s my trick to keeping them under control.

  ligayagardener

  January 30, 2025

  Gardening, insects, pests, predators

  garden, Gardening, ladybirds, ladybugs, no poisons, permaculture, pest contol, pest control, pests, plants, red spider mites, spider mites, stethorus beetles, Sustainability

• Why I’ve moved to a locally sourced, (mostly) plant based diet

  

  I sometmes get asked why I live on plants (mostly). Heres why.

  ligayagardener

  March 11, 2023

  Activism, Community, Family, Gardening, thoughts

  food resilience, health, lifestyle, permaculture, resilience, resources, simple life

• Yours truly is at it again!

  

  I’m giving a presentation on the 15th of March at the Adelaide Plains library, Wasleys

  ligayagardener

  February 12, 2022

  Activism, Community, Events, Gardening

  Community, Gardening, permaculture, presentations, talks, Workshops

• Thinking in Ligaya Garden #3

  

  The Hops bine is trying its best to shade us this Summer.

  ligayagardener

  December 28, 2021

  Gardening

  garden philosophy, Gardening, hops, Nature, passive cooling, permaculture, thinking, vines

• A sacrificial christmas in extreme closeup

  

  Actually, they’re Spider Mites filmed with my new digital microscope. As I learn more about microscopy, the videos and pics will improve, so bear with me! The new microscope has added so much more depth to my understanding of the dance of predator and prey in our garden ecosystem.

  ligayagardener

  December 26, 2021

  Gardening

  garden predators, Gardening, microscopy, organic gardening, permaculture, pest control, pests, predators