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Organic Vegetable Gardening Guide

Posted 27 January 2010 | By Luke | Categories: gardening | No Comments

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 [...]

Mulch the garden to save water

Posted 22 November 2007 | By Luke | Categories: gardening | 5 Comments

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 – [...]

Drought Tolerant Plant list

Posted 21 October 2007 | By Luke | Categories: gardening | 1 Comment

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 [...]