Homely CapersDIY
Potato Tower: Harvest
After watching the tops go yellow for a week, today was the day to do the big harvest. Who would have thought that four months had passed since the build stage of the potato tower? Above you can see the yellowing stalks and leaves, a sure sign that things are coming to an end inside [...]
Aquaponics
What do you get when you cross a tank full of fish and a vegetable garden? You get a very productive food producing system called Aquaponics! Over the weekend I ducked down to my local nursery and ordered a Balcony Kit aquaponics setup. I wish I had the balcony to put it on, but the [...]
Potato Tower: Update
Its been three weeks since the build stage of my potato tower! After removing a heap of weeds that popped their heads up early, the potatoes began to show through and have developed well. Keeping in line with the plan I’ve put down a layer of hay on top to cover them up so they [...]
Compost Tumbler Update
It’s been 14 days since I filled my Tumbleweed Compost Tumbler with grass clippings and horse manure. With a tumble or two each day the contents became very hot (too hot to touch one day) and has turned to a nice earthy brown colour with a sweet smell. The heat generated in the bin will [...]
How to Compost – Videos
Sitting in the airport yesterday while being delayed, there happened to be a free wifi connection available (thanks Qantas Club!). 7 hours of delay gave me plenty of time to browse through some great YouTube videos on my iPod Touch. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video This one armed [...]
10 free garden boosting activites
While sitting on an aeroplane a couple of days ago, I came up with a list of things that I could do when I got home that will not cost much to do, and will boost my garden. Collect horse manure – My friend owns two horses, I regularly go and ‘clean up’ her paddock [...]
Vegetable Garden Sunshade
Following on from the post ‘Summer Australian Garden’, my vegetable garden has been taking a beating from the sun. The tomato leaves are a bit frazzled and the beans are getting crispy. I’ve just finished the construction of my new shade tunnel; garden cover. Using three lengths of poly (polyethylene) pipe around 4m long, six [...]
Recycle old socks and Soft drink bottles
Instructables.com would have to be one of my favorite websites, as it encourages people to get out and create things from stuff that is laying around. I would love to be a teenager again having plenty of spare time and all of my fathers tools to get stuck into a couple of projects each week. [...]
DIY water saving drip irrigation system
Water and lack thereof is a huge talking point in this day and age of “Climate Change”. By changing your watering technique you can improve your watering effectiveness, save you time and save some money in water bills. Over the past couple of months we’ve been adding to our new large garden bed. We’ve put [...]
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My name is Ben, and I'm a self confessed gardenoholic. My other interests include growing plants, looking at plants, drinking coffee and taking the odd photo. My wife thinks I'm mad, but is getting into the whole garden thing, possibly going mad as well. In my spare time I'm a geologist (must be something about dirt and rocks...)- Get me on Twitter
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