I love my comfrey... To get rid of it, when it comes up chop off the leaves at ground level and place a thick layer of mulch on top. In my...
The CD work against the magpies, against crows and particularly against currowongs. The *&^% parrots sit/hang on the CDs while they attack the...
This year the rosellas found my quince trees and have pretty well destroyed every bit of fruit. Luckily, I have access to a huge supply of quinces...
Hi Cathy, When I lived in Alice Springs, I just used to let them dry on the vines. Now I use a dehydrator. Be careful not to over dry them -...
I use manure from the saleyards, which is a mixture of cattle, sheep, pig and horse manure - straight on the ground. Within a couple of days the...
The trees are completely bare without a hint of leaves. There is usually snow on the ground, because Monique and her brothers used to pour some of...
My brother-in-law has transformed his dryland farm in the mallee country to an organic/biodynamic farm. He has just got his NASSA certification....
This is why we can't get maple syrup in Australia. "Sap does not flow from maple trees every day throughout the tapping season. It flows on...
Gees Richard, do you know how thick Monique's accent is!!! I get about every third word (if I'm lucky) then have to try to make sense of it when...
I remove the skins, render them down in a big stock-pot, then bottle them as per the old Fowlers book circa 1940s. Don't add anything to them,...
We par-boil them, then freeze them, and they are really good - not mushy, just like fresh beans. Boil them though - not microwave them.
Hi Serengeti, We have tried all kinds of sheet composting. We put down newspaper first and cardboard first, but found this made the stuff abouve...
I believe it is Shrove Tuesday next week - good excuse for making pancakes and having maple syrup. Apparently the trees have to freeze for at...
I have a French-Canadian friend whose family in Canada grow/make maple syrup. There really is no place in Australia where it gets cold enough to...
You can buy ginger root from the shop and use it to grow more ginger. The new plants come from the very tip of the ginger roots. I would buy...
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