Just a quick correction. I'm looking at growing "lucerne hay" rather than legumes. For some reason I keep getting them confused. Also I found a...
I recently went to the produce store to find out that the price of straw had gone up again. They said it drops in October/November when they get...
This is true, but does it have to be? Can't we adopt renewable alternatives to meed the needs? Food: Growing locally, and distributing locally....
Thanks for that dgriffith and floot. Interesting that according to BOM Melbourne receives about 25% of rainfall than what is evaporated. Do we...
Thanks Sweetpea and GardenLen! I'll hopefully do a bit of reading, and some more numbercrunching and get a more definite figure. Looking for...
Hey Car2522, Interesting point about dams only storing water, not creating it. Obviously anywhere in Melbourne to be damed would be in low...
Thanks Kathleen. According to our last water bill we have used an average of 400 litres per day for each of the last 4 quarters. This means...
At the moment I am attempting to do all the calculations in regards to purchase and installation of a Water Tank. I was hoping to get a bit of...
Floot, Another site which you may be interested as far as Lentil seeds is https://www.sprout.net.au/prd_sprouting_seeds.htm It appears that...
Thanks Floot, that certainly furthered me along my search. The story in question can be found at...
Recently in my reading I have encountered the idea of plating inside 6 - 8 weeks prior to the last frost is due in the area. I am unsure when this...
What is poultry straw? Chicken manure and straw? Pea Straw?
Obviouslly there is a great deal of variety of opinion when it comes to rotational planting. I still want to have a go at it though. I want to...
My friend and I are attempting to set up no dig vegetable gadens. We calculated that we would both need a great deal of hay for the endeavour. Due...
Recently my friend and I were talking as to what we could be putting in our gardens. I explained about my dillemma about using a whole bed...
From what I saw of my own, you should appear at the top of the list. Initially I didn't have a picture. Added one in, so now my photo is at the...
Thank you all for your replies. They're certainly helpful. Reading the GA factsheet on it, you use a series of plants in a series to have the...
Jodi, If your talking about the frappr map on Monty's website you're already registered. Not sure about the PRI forum page. It was fine when...
I currently have a four bed system which is currently undergoing development through a no-dig setup. As I have a couple of months to spare until...
Recently, thanks to this forum and its members, I was reading the 1981 PDC manual. In the introduction to book I it talks about the destruction of...
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