Permaculture Design and Garden Design Tips and Tricks
From Victoria HolderSouth East Queensland is still seeing some gorgeous days of warmth this early autumn. The last of these little pocket rocket chillies are in and ready to be fermented.The flavour now develops intrigue, highlighting acidity with depth of heat...
What is No-Dig or Lasagna Gardening?As the name implies, no-dig gardening is all about building above ground, rather than digging down. The no-dig gardening concept was popularized by Sydney gardener Esther Dean in the 1970s as a way of minimizing gardening effort...
"We're heading for 1.5 C (2.7 F) of global warming by 2030, due to burning fossil fuels, deforestation and agriculture. The result is more droughts, floods, wildfires, heatwaves and hurricanes. This prompts the question 'What can I actually do?'. The answer is...
Rooted in observation, cooperation, and diversity, permaculture aims to create resilient ecosystems that meet human needs while promoting environmental harmony. At the heart of this innovative practice lies the ingenious use of pioneer species—a powerful tool in...
While it may seem evident on how to plant a tree, it can make a huge difference long term subject to the way you plant it in the first place - The difference between a tree that lives for 15 years, to a tree that lives to potentially over 200 years (depending on...
All I can say is where did 2022 go. This year has gone so fast I can hardly believe that it is almost 2023. It seems only yesterday that it was 1st January and the massive upheaval that brought. 2022 has been huge with consults for both private clients and...
This is just one part of an overall strategy in the Garden – Organic Health Management Maintaining a vibrant and pest-free garden has always been a constant challenge in the timeless dance between humans and nature. In more recent times, gardeners have...
I have had a lot of questions about the things we do month by month to help not only maintain but add to our system. While the best time to have ‘planted a tree’ was 20 years ago, the next best time to start is now.Each little thing we do can and will help increase...
Description:A delicate annual herb, with small, paired, egg shaped, pointed-tip leaves on long, round, weak stems that have a line of hairs between the nodes. It has small white flowers with 5 deeply notched petals that are shorter than the sepalsAs A Soil...
Description:Scotch thistle is an erect annual or biennial herb to 2 m high, commonly 1 to 1.2 m. Generally one main stem with numerous branches, covered with dense, appressed, woolly hairs giving it a whitish-grey appearance. It has broad spiny wings along the...
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