Category Archives: GardenDesign

30 September 2018 11:43am – Tips for Drought-proofing Your Garden

Posted on September 30, 2018 by kim

Here’s some tips from Costa on how to drought-proof your garden. Gardening Australia’s Costa Georgiadis offers advice on how to drought-proof your garden

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26 September 2018 5:00am – Gardens in Patagonia

Posted on September 29, 2018 by kim

I love reading about what others are doing! The Garden at the End of the World

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19 September 2018 7:31pm – Bee-friendly Gardens

Posted on September 22, 2018 by kim

How to make your garden native bee friendly. I would also highly recommend Doug Purdie’s books, The Bee Friendly Garden, and Backyard Bees. Although these are more Honey-bee focused, they will give you a great insight into how bees and … Continue reading →

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9 August 2018 11:00am – Flowers For The Vegie Patch

Posted on September 22, 2018 by kim

Planting flowers amongst your vegies doesn’t just look nice, it has a host of other benefits. Wise Pairings: Best Flowers to Plant with Vegetables

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27 May 2018 8:14am – Chook Tunnels

Posted on August 15, 2018 by kim

Make chooks work for you! :) Clever Tunnel System Makes Chickens Do The Gardening…

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8 May 2018 10:10am – Compost!

Posted on August 15, 2018 by kim

With the advent of Compost Awareness Week starting yesterday, I thought it was high time that I update you all on our composting system. As most processes tend to do, this one has changed and been adapted over the years: … Continue reading →

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21 April 2018 6:13pm – Dynamic Accumulators

Posted on August 15, 2018 by kim

Wow! What a great summary! Keeping this for later (and I need to plant more). Bamboo leaves should be on the list under silicon (Si) too :) great for the soil, great for the compost, but also great for your chooks! As … Continue reading →

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28 March 2018 5:16pm – Limestone Permaculture

Posted on April 1, 2018 by kim

Great video by Brett, down at Limestone Permaculture. This is permaculture :) One-Acre Permaculture Garden Feeds 50 Families

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11 March 2018 6:08am – City Farming

Posted on March 25, 2018 by kim

Live in a city but want a country lifestyle and connection to your food? No worries! :) Suburban farming: The Australians with country lifestyles, but city lives

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13 December 2017 1:34pm – Bio-intensive Beds at Melliodora

Posted on March 21, 2018 by kim

The bio-intensive vegie patch at Melliodora … Wow!

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