"Good article. Just imagine all the grass clippings in Brisbane that make it to the tip.
Your solution to the matting probelm is a good one, I have not used grass as mulch (only light sprinkle) because the grass, when thick enough, makes a…"
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David Blake commented on Dave Riley's blog post Mulching with lawn clippings: Oh the joy of dessicated grasses!
Elaine coolowl commented on Dave Riley's blog post Mulching with lawn clippings: Oh the joy of dessicated grasses!"Good observation about the undulating mulch. Hadn't thought about that one, it makes sense. I like a thick mulch but the soil underneath must be good n damp first, especially in this dry weather. Mulch's downside is in light rain/showers,…"
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Dave Riley commented on Dave Riley's blog post Trench Mulching, Pit Composting, Anaerobic Composting...Honey Holing: call it what you will -- it works"I've found that a limiting factor with my other experiments is that of lack of moisture. Anything thrown atop the soil or buried in a sheet mulch -- cardboard, manures or logs of wood for instance -- exists often enough in a dryish milieu. By…"
Elaine coolowl commented on Dave Riley's blog post Trench Mulching, Pit Composting, Anaerobic Composting...Honey Holing: call it what you will -- it works"The indefatigable experimenter! :-) All of this makes a great deal of sense.
I see the pic at the top - a beach crab hole. One day I was lucky enough to see the crab. Asking my companion what made the hole, a tiny white crab popped up and tapped me…"
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Mulching with lawn clippings: Oh the joy of dessicated grasses!
Posted on April 19, 2014 at 17:03 2 Comments 1 Like
I love grass clippings! Can't get enough of 'em.
That's not just me being rhetorical but a statement of fact: I can never get enough grass clippings. Grass chopped up by mowers maketh up my garden. Year in year out in all weathers I've collected and distributed cut grasses atop my garden beds.
This…
Continue Trench Mulching, Pit Composting, Anaerobic Composting...Honey Holing: call it what you will -- it works
Posted on April 19, 2014 at 1:45 2 Comments 2 Likes
Trench Mulching, Pit Composting, Anaerobic Composting...Honey Holing: call it what you will -- it works.
Burying rubbish may be a crude way to garden…
Continue Warrigal greens and other preferences
Posted on April 12, 2014 at 23:30 4 Comments 3 Likes
I'm really taken with growing and consuming Kale in the cooler months and Sweet Leaf ( AKA: katuk, star gooseberry:-- small SE Asian tree which is deciduous south of the Tropics) in Summer, but I sometimes run out of green eats -- in part because I use these leaves in everything.
So I'm exploring Kangkong (AKA:water spinach, water convolvulus) which regrettably does…
The Garden in March 2014
Posted on March 29, 2014 at 15:51 4 Comments 6 Likes
After the rain + >3 years of effort making soil out of beach sand...Getting there.
If you can garden in beach sand you can garden anywhere.
Posted on March 20, 2014 at 23:54 12 Comments 2 Likes
After three and a half years of seriously collecting mulch materials I suspect that I now have the beginnings of a garden.
This change has kicked in because I now have dirt where once sand ruled.
At some time over the past 6-8 months this qualitative…
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- At 10:32 on January 14, 2009,
christopher zane hart said… - Hi Dave , have you seen the discussion on garden visits ? . Would you be interested ?.
- At 12:52 on January 14, 2009, christopher zane hart said…
- thanks for the reply . I have no water tanks myself , very hard in this climate to do any thing without water , but feel free to come along whether you intend to host a visit or not .
- At 16:18 on February 4, 2009, christopher zane hart said…
- Hi Dave , just a reminder that the GARDEN VISITS are starting at the end of the month (22nd) .Everyone is welcome .
- At 20:50 on March 14, 2009, christopher zane hart said…
- Hi Dave , just a reminder that the 2nd Garden Visit is on the 29th at Vanessa place .
- At 21:10 on June 15, 2009,
Scarlett said… - hello
hey i want to delete the backyarders group and i'm copying the discussions across, but i can't copy your little cuba photos - what to do?
- At 17:12 on January 11, 2012,
Jane said… Hi Dave, did you manage to get the Snake Beans. If not you may contact me on borgia@tpg.com.au with your address & I will send some.
Jane
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