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Waterwise DroughtShield
I was out shopping in the supermarket the other day and saw this new product called Waterwise DroughtShield from Yates. From the packaging it says it protects plants from heat, water loss, drying winds, sunburn, droughts, frost and transplant shock by ‘sealing’ the leaves to reduce the amount of transpiration from the leaves of the [...]
Three Sisters Garden
My neighbor was showing me through his vegetable garden yesterday and his prized area was what he called his Three Sisters Garden. Originally developed by Native Americans many centuries ago, the Three Sisters Garden has three main elements *duh…*. Sown together in a mound are corn (in this case sweet corn), climbing beans and squash. [...]
Banana Box Salad
I’ve just been reading the Plannet Veggie Garden Blog and found a great post about growing Salads in a Banana box. The cost of this little beauty really puts my Herb Garden for under $40 to shame… a whole $8 they say will set you up for a heap of fresh lettuce. I especially like [...]
Moon Planting Experiment
Having a Degree in Applied Science, you can understand that I am quite interested in experimenting with different ideas and seeing what results they yield. After reading What to plant in September on Aussie Organic Gardening I’ve decided to experiment with Moon Gardening. Hypothesis: To test if Dwarf Beans planted in the Last Quarter phase [...]
Growing Mother Of Herbs – Five Spice
I’ve just bought a Mother of Herbs plant, Coleus Amboinicus. It was just sitting in the nursery, looking different (almost like a Pelargonium) and smelling so sweet. Mother of Herbs, Coleus Amboinicus is a prolific spreading plant with large soft fleshy aromatic leaves. Used to flavour soups, salads, casseroles and many other dishes. It smells [...]
Drunk Flowers
I saw this today on Cyber Rain. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Quite amusing. Share with your friends.
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 [...]
Lettuce experiment
I planted out a tray of Green Mignonette lettuce about 2 weeks ago, I tried to do the right thing and separate them all out and plant them in rows. Having run out of room to spread them out, with the left over plants I simply slid them out of their tray into a spot [...]
Veggie Garden Update
I’m not sure if I’ve spoken about my veggie patch before? If not, then here is a quick rundown for you all. It’s about 3m x 10m and is fenced off from the rest of the yard by a 4ft fence. When we moved in it was overgrown with weeds (thistles in particular), so after [...]
How to feed your citrus tree (lemon, lime orange)
After planting my new lemon tree last week, I set out to find how to fertilise it and get it to grow to it’s best potential. There is plenty of info out there for lemon & citrus trees, but nothing as complete or concise as that at Aussie Organic Gardening. The blog post is so [...]
About Me
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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