Hasn't it been a good year for basil! I tried out a pretty weird sounding pesto at Christmas and it was delicious. However, it didn't call for...
If you can't get any locally, try mail order. The root bits I got from Greenpatch are of a good size. I paid $80 for 50 pieces, posted. He could...
Don't need to bother Neville, as Greenpatch is already sending up 50 root bits via a trader at the Sunday Market here. Works out much cheaper than...
Don't know what they used to do, but bare rooted was all I could find on their site. At $3.50 each, I hope it isn't for a bit of root only!...
Nah, I don't take it personally. It is just a bit frustrating since waiting for a response allowed the cut off date for Green Harvest to pass me...
Earlier in the year Borage offered me some comfrey roots. I have tried three times to send him a PM, but they just stack up in my outbox and...
re solar hot water and a plumbing question Sorry to be so long in replying, I have been away from the computer for a week. Hedwig, its not...
Hi Sweetpea, No, not cats in the house, in the garden. I have tried ringing freshly planted/seeded beds with citrus peel, but it hasn't worked...
Hi Sweetpea, How interesting! I'll have to tell my uncle in upstate NY, where the deer live in a park in town and raid the suburban gardens....
Floot, Did you read the article? The researchers at Curtin University are proposing synthesised dingo urine as a deterrent for a prey...
Hi Kyn, Have you tried the Sunday market at the PCYC on James St? Lots of plant sellers, including one dedicated herb stall. There is also a...
Do you know anyone with a pet dingo you could borrow? I read about this last year: https://www.sciencewa.net.au/science_arc ... 30&NID=759...
Yes, for most of us it probably is preaching to the choir, but the history in the article is fascinating. How we got to where we are, with most of...
Floot, this was all I found. Impact of Agricultural Inputs on Soil Organisms 11/1/2006 Australian Journal of Soil Research By L. Van Zwieten:...
Jez, thank you for the link. Even Googling AU sites only, they never came up, which is nteresting for what claims to be Australia's largest...
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