Tag: summer

• Tall trees

  

  Things are always evolving at Ligaya Garden. When we started Ligaya Garden, we had no protection from the Sun on a Summer afternoon. To get relief from that, we planted our row of deciduous trees and let them grow really tall. We do lose some of the fruit every year to the birds but its…

  ligayagardener

  April 29, 2021

  Energy, Gardening, Heating/Cooling

  deciduous trees, fruit trees, mulch, Pruning, summer, trees, winter

• Happy Summer Chooks

  

  looking after your chickens in Summer isn’t hard if you follow these tips for chook health.

  ligayagardener

  November 23, 2020

  DIY, Family

  chickens, chook food, chook run, Chooks, health, hot weather, parasites, summer

• Heatproofing your garden

  

  I’ll be presenting an online workshop on getting your garden ready for Summer, this Thursday.

  ligayagardener

  September 21, 2020

  Activism, Community, Workshops

  cooling, gardening in the heat, Gawler Environment Centre, heat, mulching, shade, summer, Watering, webinar, Workshops

• Adapting to bushfire season

  

  I was worried about the permanent shade cloth catching embers so I’m replacing a lot of it with market-style umbrellas.

  ligayagardener

  January 14, 2020

  DIY, Gardening

  climate adaptation, climate change, Gardening, global heating, shade, shadecloth, summer

• Cool Gawler Cool Towns

  

  I’m wandering around looking for cool refuges for folks in this heat…

  ligayagardener

  December 17, 2019

  Community

  climate, cool towns, coolgawler, health, heat, heatwave, summer, weather