Hi, Bryant. With the lomandra plant for fibres, so far I've tried: 1) Scraping fresh 2) Soaking 15 days then scraping 3) Soaking 26 days then...
With the worm farm, I freeze then thaw my food scraps, which I also find hugely increases the speed with which the worms eat them. Off on a small...
Thanks again for all the feedback. I've been cutting the roots length wise before dropping to try and reduce the chance of the plant rerooting,...
Thanks for the replies everyone. Bryant, can you tell me more about why drying them out first would be better? What I've done so far is pull...
Hi everyone, I've had my allotment at Northey Street for a couple of monthhs now, and things are going satisfactorily, especially the tomatoes....
Thanks for the ideas guys. My idea for now is to stick with alkaline-hardy plants, and mix in compost with every planting, and see what happens....
Hi everyone, I have a raised bed at Northey Street City Farm in Brisbane. I did a few tests of the pH today and found it between just over 7 in...
Would dry bamboo leaves be a suitable substitute for newspaper as bedding in a worm farm?
Hi guys, Thanks for the tips, I'll treat the carrots as a light feeder in my plans. (I put it in my plan here as I want a member of that family...
Thanks, Cornonthecob. I've just gone back to John Jeavons "How to Grow More Vegetables" and he suggests one option can be to divide a bed into a...
Hi everyone, It looks as though soon I'll be able to start a raised bed at Northey Street City Farm in Brisbane, Australia. I was hoping to get...
Thanks for the advice. In the end I mixed in some worm castings to the top layer, and then sowed the seeds - carrot and nettle. What kind of...
Pakanohida, Interesting, have you tried making cordage from the stems of the nettles? I've sown my nettle seeds and am looking forward to...
Hi everyone, I have a raised bed that I'm gonna plant some carrots and nettles in. The soil is already quite rich, and a fellow garden member...
Raymondo, Thanks for the reply. As it happens, I have ordered some jute seeds, and may give them a go, but I can't find much info about how to...
Hi everyone, Hopefully I'm gonna get a small alllotment in Brisbane (about 4.5 x 1.5m) and amongst other plants I'm quite keen to plant some...
Cheers for the replies. Also, I'm gonna put some netting around the top of the container to put the bush turkeys off!
Cheers SOP, I think they sell potash and seaweed fertilizer at the nursery, I'll pick some of that up too. I'll also start looking into how to...
Hi SOP, Thanks for reply. I went to Northey Street City Farm nursery today to have a chat, I think I'm gonna buy some of their good quality...
Hi everyone, I recently bought a brown turkey fig tree and potted it in a 50L capacity pot. I bought a bag of the cheapest potting mix with no...
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