Buying second hand deep cycle batteries is pointless. All deep cycles have a limited # of cycles and once you start discharging them below 80% of...
I thought I should share how I plant my watermelons out if it helps at all. I plant seedlings into raised mounds that are rich in compost and...
As you know we had the eclipse up this way this morning. Instead of viewing it from the beaches I decided I would try and snap some shots from...
No problem growing melons up here north of Cairns in the wet tropics. Ive grown "star & moon" for about 3 years now in dry and through the wet...
I grow a fair bit of it each year with corn as a companion. Eat it all the time as a potato subsitute. I grew some i planted at the start of the...
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I watched that last night. I found the part about plankton eating plastic and getting into the food chain all the way up very disturbing.
Well it was a cold winter up here. Probably summer weather for you southerners but for me it was cold ;) Alot of the rainforest trees are going...
I can guarantee this device is like tits on a bull in the tropics. :) Re frogs. I have hundreds if not thousands of frogs on my property. To be...
Living in the tropics I usually just dig rhizome as i need it. Tumeric is great this way to. Not much waste this way. I like to grate some fresh...
Thanks for the replies everyone, The pho and south east asian stocks are right on the mark for what i was thinking. Asian stocks should provide a...
Anyone have any experience making vege stock from tropical veges?
Ive totally replaced sugar with our own stevia extract. I found it quite suprising the more u use it the less you want/crave any normal sugar....
que quirky music... "Like sands through the hourglass..." No offence but you need to get out in the garden more zvall.
That would be more like hot sugar and vegetable fat than anything else.
Well not much has been happening apart from the usual slave to the tropics labor. Its been unusually cold and dry for the last couple of months. I...
To be honest i prefer the tropical greens to the cold climate types. Easier to grow, Multipurpose and plenty of it.
I can send you some seedlings next time ive got some pods handy. Its been a very strange year up here weather wise so didnt harvest many this...
I forgot to add Aibika grows pretty well anywhere thats shady. Easy to propagate simply chop a woody stem and push it in the ground and a couple...
While the mortar and pestle was fun to use I must admit i got tired of so much grinding by hand. Whipped up a really good one in the blender last...
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