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Mushroom Compost
Yesterday I had my first experience with mushroom compost. At the moment, I hope it will be my last. I purchased a 25 litre bag from a store that shall remain nameless. The pallet must have been sitting in the rain at some stage, an the water had got through the air holes in the [...]
Youngest Garden Blog Author
How’s this for cool, there is a 6 year old named Megan who has her own garden blog. She has been posting recently about strawberries and peas. She doesn’t use a spell checker, but if you read it phonetically you will get the gist of it. If you’ve got 5 minutes, make sure you drop [...]
I’m on Twitter
I’ve just been put onto the web app Twitter by a friend of mine. You can keep track of what’s going on in the widget on the right hand side, or you can follow me on Twitter.com You’ll also notice that I’ve put the About Me bar on the side, along with some Site Stat’s. [...]
More home vegetable gardens as food costs soar
With the rising cost of fuel and food, many Australians are going back to growing a vegetable garden in their back yard to help reduce their household expenditure. Horticulturalist and Assistant Retail Manager of Eden Gardens has recorded that over the past year the sales of fruit and vegetable seedlings has risen 50% on the [...]
My New Camera…
Today I lashed out and purchased a new camera! It’s a nice Canon EOS 400D Digital SLR Twin lens kit with Image Stabilising. Tomorrow I’ll get out into the garden and take some photos for you all! Blogged with the Flock Browser
Creative uses for old wood
I just visited The Home Garden blog and found this great post about recycling old pieces of trees. They have created some very simple but attractive designs using nothing more than a tree branch and a chainsaw. Check it out at The Home Garden I would love to create some items like this in my [...]
Growing Passionfruit Followup
After having 13 comments, many of them questions, on the post How To Grow Passionfruit, I thought I would follow up with some answers. When is the passionfruit ready for picking? Do I wait until it turns from green to purple and wrinkled, or do I pick it green? thank you The fruit will quickly [...]
Bio Pots
While shopping at Kmart (Australian for Walmart) I found these great new pots made from bamboo stems, rice husks and straw. They come in a range of great colours and are 100% biodegradable. For a 100mm pot they only cost $3 each. Quite stylish for growing herbs in. While they are slightly more expensive than [...]
Who do I read?
At the moment I subscribe to around 15 RSS Feeds from other blogs. Reading these blogs gives me ideas for my own garden, as well as providing me with some ideas to post about. Here they are in no particular order… Tiny Farm Blog My Tiny Plot Scarecrow’s Garden Fluffius Muppetus Veggie Gardening Tips Garden [...]
Oztion – A great range of plants and seeds
I’ve recently found a new Auction website for Australian’s. Under normal circumstances I don’t refer sites like this to my readers, but I can’t help but show you the great selection of seeds that are on offer in the Home and Garden section. At the time of writing there are over 4000 items in the [...]
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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