When you’re at your local supermarket, do you ever look at the vegetables and think to yourself – “they’re just too perfect to be natural’? The truth is, most vegetables are sprayed during grown, and if they’ve been hydroponically grown, they’ve been artificially fed nutrient to make the look full and perky. The chemicals use [...]
The taste of your own honey and gentle buzz of bees in the far corner of the backyard – there’s nothing more rewarding. You can almost small the freshly toasted bread with your own homegrown honey dripped on top while you sip on freshly brewed coffee, reading the morning paper. Enough dreaming, before you can taste your [...]
With the recent increase in prices of fruit and veg in Australia, you might be thinking about starting your own vegetable garden. Apart from the savings at the cash register, there’s also a wonderful sense of achievement growing and eating your own produce. Growing enough produce in a small area to feed a family is challenging. Small [...]
In Australia, as much as 25% of household water use takes the garden. So, it’s in our best interests to do more to save water here. There are lots of changes that can be made in your garden to help save water such as planting natives, using water crystals or even letting your lawn go [...]
Everything you need to know to grow healthy, fresh organic food, without all the problems. This easy to follow organic vegetable gardening guide with show you how to grow your own organic vegetables. Jonathan White, Environmental Scientist and Horticulturalist wrote Food4Wealth to help people grow their own organic fruit and vegetables. This book will show [...]
Have you mulched your garden recently? Mulching your garden with your own compost or with mulch purchased from your local nursery or garden supplier helps prevent evaporation and improves the quality of your soil. There are three kinds of mulch that can can be used effectively on the garden to save water: Coarse Mulch – [...]
Gardening Australia has a great fact sheet on drought tolerant plants for the Australian garden environment. Some of the plants they recommend include: A wattle Acacia cognata. A native grass called Lomandra ‘Seascape’. Coastal Rosemary, Westringia fruticosa. Dwarf Sacred Japanese Bamboo Pelargonium peltatum, the ivy leafed pelargonium. For the full fact sheet, see Gardening Australia’s [...]
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