Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 91Mar 03, 2010 12:33 am 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 Go for non hibrid and only traditional seeds. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 93Mar 08, 2010 12:44 am 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 Soil Association 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 Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 95Mar 16, 2010 11:04 am 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 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. Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 96Mar 16, 2010 3:32 pm 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. Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 97Mar 16, 2010 9:57 pm 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 Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 98Mar 17, 2010 9:29 pm Righto folks, I posted him a few pages back but the new series starts tomorrow night. Get watching and see how it's done Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 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 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Just love his ethos. Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 99Mar 18, 2010 12:42 am 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 Ani and I would highly recommend it Re: Vegetable Growing: A guide for home gardeners 100Apr 02, 2010 1:17 pm Planting according to the moon is something discussed here already in this thread so with that in mind... onc_artisan Today(2nd) and tomorrow plants spuds and garlic and any other 'root' crops and perennials. 20 & 21st for leafy veg... We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 18237 10 13142 Hi, you've probably already resolved this, however, Commbank will probably pay the funds to you after you send evidence the work is done regardless the change in the quotes. 1 36478 |