Re: Complete Diet Garden Of course it is possible to grow all your own food but is it really desireable? I enjoy trading home grown produce...
Hi all, I'v got a tricky dam/groundwater question. I got a large dam made about 10 years ago. Our place is on a slight slope with forest at the...
Re: Growing citrus inside + nitrogen fixing plant Hi Hozzy, I'd say the liquid feed option would be better. I'm also growing citrus in pots...
Re: Natural Pesticides When i was just learning how to grow food i grew some very healthy and productive sprouting broccoli in spring. When the...
Re: Clover as groundcover between beds? Lucern is better for the garden, and produces A grade mulch. I grow it under my raspberries and in beds...
Re: Clover as groundcover between beds? Hi, I'v encouraged clover in the paths between my beds after trying many different solutions. I have 3...
Re: Soil structure Hi zzsstt, A good question, i can see why your confused. I'l try to answer as best i can. I run a small market garden using...
Re: cows on dried out pasture Well, I managed to swap one cow for a signifigant amount of hay with a local farmer. Sad to see her go but...
Re: Soil For Broccoli Broccoil, Cauli and most vegies require a fairly neutral soil, probably slightly alkaline is better for these vegies but...
Re: Tagasaste -- toxic to chickens or not? Hi Sue, Both leaves and seeds are edible for chickens. By chooks and cows do get sick of it though....
Re: horse manure Hi, I'v used horse manure (partly decomposed) to grow amazingly good tomato crops. I'v also put it in many a compost heap with...
Re: cows on dried out pasture Hi Len, Thanks for the advise. Unfortunately (for my cows and pasture) most of the adjistable land around here is...
Hi all, I'v been trying to think of ways to minimize the damage to my pasture by grazing cows. The pasture is about 10 acres divided into 6 equal...
Re: When to harvest potatos when plants are burnt i would harvest them. Spuds do keep better in the soil over winter. At the moment though...
Re: summer veggies in hot melbourne?? Hi jan. just keep at it. I know this kind of weather is not great for growing anything but there are...
Re: What can I grow next? Yeah, thats about right, although you can get away with planting some things later. The risk is that they don't get...
Re: What can I grow next? Hi, I suspect you have the same growing season as me, perhaps a slightly longer frost free period. Vegies which will...
Re: sick blueberries Hi Trish, It is very unlikely that the blueberry is sick because of excess acidity, and equally unlikely that the Ph. is...
Re: who is self-sufficient in vegetables? I consider myself more or less self sufficient in vegies. I grow all our vegetable needs all year...
Re: Green manure as perennial lawn Hi there, Clover is your best bet. It sounds like you used a variety of clover which was either an anual, or...
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