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This thread is extremely timely - as I will explain. Here in sub-tropical northern New South Wales we are moving into winter. The grass stays green here, but it stops growing and loses its...

We have a young pullet in our brood of 10 chooks. She has something wrong with her head or one eye, which is making her walk around with her head permanently twisted to one side. It seems to be...

I've tried the cow pooh solution, with dramatic results. I was somewhat unrestrained about it Brian, putting two small bucketfuls over the surface of my bathtub worm farm. Then I forked it in a bit,...

Great suggestions - thanks specially to SOP and Brian. I'm going to be away for a week but I'll get all this in action as soon as I get back - then I'll report back.

'supply myself more regularly with horse manure'

I wonder if cow manure would do as well? We have cows but no horses.

If their job is to colonise the world with pinto peanuts, I'd agree with you. I'm hoping to recruit the right plants for my job of growing veges for our table.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try mowing (actually brushcutting) two beds and covering them with black plastic. I'll leave one covered for 2 months and the other for 4 months, then see how they...

This is a slightly different issue, but since it's worms, I have a question. My worm farm is doing quite well without demanding too much messing round or adjustment, but there are millions of slater...

Pinto peanuts were recommended as great nitrogen fixers in my permaculture training, but nobody told me how invasive they are. They have taken over three whole raised beds in our vege garden. About a...

Thanks Barefootrim - that looks like a significant advance on the w'farm I've been running. I'll put it in place and let you know how it goes.
PS I'll use a spare bit of weed mat to separate the...

Our two orange trees are dying back, branch by branch. They are about 6 years old, and have so far been healthy and productive. The die-off is associated with serious peeling of the bark, in random...

Thanks for those suggestions, there are already some good ideas (such as adding a little lime), and as pebble suggests, more detail would make the situation clearer.

So ... The only recent change...

Hi all. I'm new on this forum, though not new to permaculture, having done a course at the PRI some years ago.

I've got a worm farm in an old bath tub, which has been fairly successful for about 6...