Get your school involved
http://www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/index.shtml
Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners
Page 5 of 14
Oh and for parents with school trolls... I mean kids,
Get your school involved
http://www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/index.shtml
Get your school involved
http://www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/index.shtml
This is excellent! Thank you Fu
This is a quote from the following webpage
http://www.soilfoodweb.com.au/
This explains your soil very well
http://www.soilfoodweb.com.au/index.php ... &Itemid=55
The rest is a good read
http://www.soilfoodweb.com.au/index.php ... &Itemid=55
Get this stuff right (and it isn't hard if you visit Homeone and check up on the Landscape posts) and your landscape will evolve into a garden that you get nothing but success with
http://www.soilfoodweb.com.au/
This explains your soil very well
http://www.soilfoodweb.com.au/index.php ... &Itemid=55
The soil food web is a group of organisms ranging in size from bacteria, to fungi (the largest organisms on the planet), and including protozoa, nematodes, micro arthropods, worms and beetles. The food web improves soil structure by binding pieces of soil (clay, sand, silt, organic matter, roots) together and by building airways and passageways through the soil. Unrestrained movement of air and water are vital to maintain a healthy plant and the soil food web itself. While it seems contradictory, good soil structure allows water to drain from too wet soil and aids soil to hold water when it starts to dry out...
The rest is a good read
http://www.soilfoodweb.com.au/index.php ... &Itemid=55
Get this stuff right (and it isn't hard if you visit Homeone and check up on the Landscape posts) and your landscape will evolve into a garden that you get nothing but success with
Here is a good link
http://www.greatgardens.info/video/grea ... videos.php
click the top right link, the one says "growing veggies in perth" yeah your not in Perth you say but just watch it anyway, some good pointers
http://www.greatgardens.info/video/grea ... videos.php
click the top right link, the one says "growing veggies in perth" yeah your not in Perth you say but just watch it anyway, some good pointers
I love John's face at the end of that clip when he eats the chilli straight of the plant
This is excellent stuff. I know a bloke here in Perth that is right into this stuff.
Edible street plantings and verges
http://www.growingfree.com.au/
Ben specialises his landscapes in this area
It is something is very hard to find both photos on and reliable qualified advice on.
If you want more info I'm sure he would have old newsletters he can email you
This is also a related thread to growing your own food
Edible street plantings
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=25773
Because this is on topic I'll post what Ben has written this month...
Maybe I should have posted this earlier
Feel free to get in touch with Ben as he is a leading authority in this area
Edible street plantings and verges
http://www.growingfree.com.au/
Ben specialises his landscapes in this area
It is something is very hard to find both photos on and reliable qualified advice on.
If you want more info I'm sure he would have old newsletters he can email you
This is also a related thread to growing your own food
Edible street plantings
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=25773
Because this is on topic I'll post what Ben has written this month...
This week is the introduction to my 12 part series on verge gardens and also a warm welcome for our new writer Peter Coppin, look forward to his article next week. Regards Ben.
The Expanding Garden
I haven’t met a gardener yet who doesn’t wish that they had more space to put that great new plant. It’s that irresistible urge you get when you’re at a plant sale and just have to buy that rare species you have to have followed by the justification “I’ve got the perfect spot for this”.
Unfortunately as blocks get smaller and houses get bigger then what happens to us gardeners and our gardens?
For many of us the answer is to expand outwards around the corner, down the street (in my case I live on a corner block) and onto that sacred part of the Aussie garden the verge.
This newsletter is the start of an ongoing series about gardening on your verge, the tips, the tricks, the rules and a heap of feature articles about great verge gardens in Western Australia .
Each garden featured has been chosen as a representation of what can be done to indulge your gardening passions. Some of the feature gardens include;
Sue Hartley’s organic veggie verge patch.
Sabrina Hahn’s native and edible verge garden as also featured on Gardening Australia.
Theresa Rochii’s prize winning verge. Winner of Fremantle’s most sustainable garden.
And of course my very own native verge garden.
I will also be running a series of workshops as practical demonstrations on how to get your verge garden started. Email me growingfree@iinet.net.au if you would be interested in a verge garden workshop on your verge.
I also welcome Peter Coppin as a new writer for The Antidote. Peter will be writing a monthly article starting next week. Peter has over 30 years of horticultural experience. This includes being part of the Pink Lady apple breeding program, setting up and running the home pest and garden advisory service for the agriculture department and now working as a consultant horticulturist.
Have a great week in your garden
The Expanding Garden
I haven’t met a gardener yet who doesn’t wish that they had more space to put that great new plant. It’s that irresistible urge you get when you’re at a plant sale and just have to buy that rare species you have to have followed by the justification “I’ve got the perfect spot for this”.
Unfortunately as blocks get smaller and houses get bigger then what happens to us gardeners and our gardens?
For many of us the answer is to expand outwards around the corner, down the street (in my case I live on a corner block) and onto that sacred part of the Aussie garden the verge.
This newsletter is the start of an ongoing series about gardening on your verge, the tips, the tricks, the rules and a heap of feature articles about great verge gardens in Western Australia .
Each garden featured has been chosen as a representation of what can be done to indulge your gardening passions. Some of the feature gardens include;
Sue Hartley’s organic veggie verge patch.
Sabrina Hahn’s native and edible verge garden as also featured on Gardening Australia.
Theresa Rochii’s prize winning verge. Winner of Fremantle’s most sustainable garden.
And of course my very own native verge garden.
I will also be running a series of workshops as practical demonstrations on how to get your verge garden started. Email me growingfree@iinet.net.au if you would be interested in a verge garden workshop on your verge.
I also welcome Peter Coppin as a new writer for The Antidote. Peter will be writing a monthly article starting next week. Peter has over 30 years of horticultural experience. This includes being part of the Pink Lady apple breeding program, setting up and running the home pest and garden advisory service for the agriculture department and now working as a consultant horticulturist.
Have a great week in your garden
Maybe I should have posted this earlier
Feel free to get in touch with Ben as he is a leading authority in this area
Thank you Fu for an awesome thread!
An upadate on Tomatoes and a very topical one.
viewtopic.php?p=406810#p406810
viewtopic.php?p=406810#p406810
This is a bit of a link to a sample from that book just mentioned. Gardening down under It has almost the full book.
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NFdY04HS9oEC&dq=Gardening+Down-Under&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=rO5tS_68BMGHkQWcp9XUBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false
and a 2nd sample from the CSRIO site
http://www.publish.csiro.au/samples/GDU.pdf Opens a pdf
Also this looks interesting for those in southern Queensland trying for organic gardens
http://members.iinet.net.au/~msheaton/Organic%20Gardening%20Down%20Under/site%20index.htm
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NFdY04HS9oEC&dq=Gardening+Down-Under&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=rO5tS_68BMGHkQWcp9XUBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false
and a 2nd sample from the CSRIO site
http://www.publish.csiro.au/samples/GDU.pdf Opens a pdf
Also this looks interesting for those in southern Queensland trying for organic gardens
http://members.iinet.net.au/~msheaton/Organic%20Gardening%20Down%20Under/site%20index.htm
For those in Melbourne have a look at this thread relating to a fruit and veggie exchange
viewforum.php?f=19
Oh and in regard to the above post, Kevin Handrek wrote that book and is considered to be an exceptional authority on soils. He used to work for the CSIRO.
viewforum.php?f=19
Oh and in regard to the above post, Kevin Handrek wrote that book and is considered to be an exceptional authority on soils. He used to work for the CSIRO.
Just to add... planting of root crops during the 2,3,4,5,6,7 of march NOW
is too good a time to plant ... so chuck in some beetroots, carrots, ginger, garlic, spuds etc
Oh if you have chooks turnip sweed etc have good tops that chooks love.
just a sq mtr can be enough for fun
is too good a time to plant ... so chuck in some beetroots, carrots, ginger, garlic, spuds etc
Oh if you have chooks turnip sweed etc have good tops that chooks love.
just a sq mtr can be enough for fun
This is a fantastic talk by someone who is a worldwide authority and champion on the very things I tell you folks about all the time like a broken record.
45mins but an excellent listen
http://92.52.112.178/web/sa/saweb.nsf/a ... enDocument
45mins but an excellent listen
Monty Don, our new President, delivered our lecture this year at Central Hall, Westminster on the role we should and can play towards safeguarding our food security and health, in response to the impact of climate change, including rising food prices, increasing energy costs and an economic downturn.
http://92.52.112.178/web/sa/saweb.nsf/a ... enDocument
I went to the Great Food Gardens talk - it was FANTASTIC!!!!! I recommend it to anyone
Folks have a browse or even a good read on this.
The following is an excerpt from here...
Discovery in Legumes Could Reduce Fertilizer Use, Aid Environment (legumes being peas and beans etc)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 091552.htm
The following is an excerpt from here...
Discovery in Legumes Could Reduce Fertilizer Use, Aid Environment (legumes being peas and beans etc)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 091552.htm
Quote:
Excess nitrogen from fertilizer runoff into rivers and lakes causes algal blooms that create oxygen-depleted dead zones, such as the 6,000 to 7,000 square mile zone in the Gulf of Mexico, and nitrogen in the form of nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas.
But new findings by Stanford researchers that reveal the inner workings of nitrogen-producing bacteria living inside legumes such as soybeans could enable researchers to blunt those negative effects and aid efforts to make agriculture more sustainable.
But new findings by Stanford researchers that reveal the inner workings of nitrogen-producing bacteria living inside legumes such as soybeans could enable researchers to blunt those negative effects and aid efforts to make agriculture more sustainable.
Hi, i'm just wondering what kind of products you have all used for your Vegie gardens? I have been thinking about using either Redgum sleepers or colourbond raised garden bed kits. The big green shed has second sleeprs on sale for $9.50 each so all up would be much cheaper than the colourbond ones. Not sure which one is the best option. I don't want to ise any treated timber.
Might be best to continue this in a new thread. Provide the link instead
Here is one on the very topic right now
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=31134
Lets go with that one
Here is one on the very topic right now
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=31134
Lets go with that one
Righto folks, I posted him a few pages back but the new series starts tomorrow night.
Get watching and see how it's done
and view more about Costa at
http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/costa/episo ... /Episodes/
He reminds me of the old cartoon character Captain Cave man
Just love his ethos.
Get watching and see how it's done
and view more about Costa at
http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/costa/episo ... /Episodes/
He reminds me of the old cartoon character Captain Cave man
Just love his ethos.
Oh for those sandgropers among us have a look at attending this work shop through UWA.
CREATING AN EDIBLE LANDSCAPE
Josh Byrne, ABC Presenter
Join ABC TV’s Gardening Australia presenter Josh Byrne as
he demonstrates innovative ways to incorporate organic
food production into your garden. This practical and highly
informative course runs over two sessions, including a visit
to Josh’s private garden to see his ideas in action. Josh will
focus on seasonal activities for autumn and winter, including
what veggies to sow, how to propagate your own herbs and
how to prune fruit trees. He’ll also provide expert advice on
soil building and organic fertilisers, organic pest control and
irrigation. A comprehensive course handbook is provided.
10263173 Wednesday 5 May 7-9pm and
Saturday 8 May 10-11am or 11-12noon $149
Full details are found with this pdf.
http://www.extension.uwa.edu.au/downloa ... 10comp.pdf
Phone: 6488 2433 for enrolling
CREATING AN EDIBLE LANDSCAPE
Josh Byrne, ABC Presenter
Join ABC TV’s Gardening Australia presenter Josh Byrne as
he demonstrates innovative ways to incorporate organic
food production into your garden. This practical and highly
informative course runs over two sessions, including a visit
to Josh’s private garden to see his ideas in action. Josh will
focus on seasonal activities for autumn and winter, including
what veggies to sow, how to propagate your own herbs and
how to prune fruit trees. He’ll also provide expert advice on
soil building and organic fertilisers, organic pest control and
irrigation. A comprehensive course handbook is provided.
10263173 Wednesday 5 May 7-9pm and
Saturday 8 May 10-11am or 11-12noon $149
Full details are found with this pdf.
http://www.extension.uwa.edu.au/downloa ... 10comp.pdf
Phone: 6488 2433 for enrolling
Planting according to the moon is something discussed here already in this thread so with that in mind...
Today(2nd) and tomorrow plants spuds and garlic and any other 'root' crops
and perennials.
20 & 21st for leafy veg...
and perennials.
20 & 21st for leafy veg...
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