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Found a better recipe from an organic gardening website
Garlic fire spray is the stuff of legend. There are many recipes, but they consist of some or all of the following: garlic, chilli peppers, soap, vegetable oil, kerosene and water.
* 2-3 garl…
Make up a spray using chilli, garlic and pyrethrum. Boil up heaps of garlic and chilli, strain and add pyrethrum. You will need to buy the pyrethrum from hardware shop. This works a wonder, especially if you add a few drops of oil or natural soap/de…
Donna it sounds as though you may have picked the paw paw too early. The colour should be a rich, golden yellow on the outside and a deep pink, almost red on the inside. You should have plenty of seeds in a ripe paw paw.
Thanks for info on ventilation mat. At the mome, I'm just using an old tea towel. Hope it works :)
Paw paw trees LOVE lime. If you have any chunks of concrete, dig in around the root system. The best paw paw's grow near concrete paths, as they feed off the lime. Your red paw paw will be bi-sexual. When tree gets to height you want, sever the root…
It's looking great Lyn! Where did you source the banana plants from, I have been trying to locate some for awhile now without success?
Well done for being proud to show your gardening talent to the street. I am still thinking of what to do in our front yard. Decisions decisions...
The secret is to check every few days and remove any that are wriggling around in worm farm. I managed to save my worms, but was really disgusting!! There are a few good comments on the 'new' worm farm blog. Cheers,
BTW, I couldn't work out how to reply to your discussion about maggots in the worm farm, but I got the exact same ones in mine. Not sure if any worms had survived, so I threw the whole lot out this week (into the compost tumbler).
I hadn't fed any…
Excellent front yard - doesn't look like much like the other places in Forest Lake!
I plant any nitrogen fixing plants at base of sweetcorn to replace what sweetcorn robs the soil of. Once corn harvested, I dig the legume greens back into soil then plant radish. Root vege's fix nitrogen in soil.
thats looking realy healthy and productive .
Inspiring! Will try radish around the sweet corn, never thought of that! Snowpeas? not too hot for them? Some have self seeded in my garden, and I thought to pick the tips for stir-frying.
Do you have flowers to encourage insects? If not, try marigolds, chrysanthemums and packet flower mixes for vege gdns. I agree that partial shade works well too.
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Front yard vege garden update..........
Posted on October 24, 2009 at 9:30am — 9 Comments
Buying bulk organic manures - take 2
Lots of discussion about bulk buys with no luck.
Does anyone have a yard big enough to stock bulk buy? Perhaps members could then buy a bag or trailer load, depending on individual needs. As I don't have a tow bar and trailer anymore, my buying power is limited to 2 bags in my car or paying for a delivery that is generally too big for my garden ( I have a mini house and even minnier garden! ).
To simplify matters, I imagine this to be an honesty system.
Does anyone have a yard big enough to stock bulk buy? Perhaps members could then buy a bag or trailer load, depending on individual needs. As I don't have a tow bar and trailer anymore, my buying power is limited to 2 bags in my car or paying for a delivery that is generally too big for my garden ( I have a mini house and even minnier garden! ).
To simplify matters, I imagine this to be an honesty system.
Posted on July 12, 2009 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment
Buying local........
I'm in the process of setting up a new vege garden at the front of my house, hence many purchases and expense!!
In view of my thoughts on sustainability, I decided to give Bunnings a big miss and try my local hardware shop at Forest Lake. The owner gave me great advice and service, along with a discount :)
The original price was still cheaper than Bunnings AND his delivery fee (on the way home from work) will be about $5 - $10.00!! Normal delivery is about $20.00. The last quote I received from… Continue
In view of my thoughts on sustainability, I decided to give Bunnings a big miss and try my local hardware shop at Forest Lake. The owner gave me great advice and service, along with a discount :)
The original price was still cheaper than Bunnings AND his delivery fee (on the way home from work) will be about $5 - $10.00!! Normal delivery is about $20.00. The last quote I received from… Continue
Posted on July 11, 2009 at 5:22pm — 5 Comments
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- At 9:40am on October 27, 2009,
Pree said…
- Hi Lyn
Thanks very much for your tips on companion planting. I didn't realise that some insect repelling plants can actually inhibit the growth of other plants. I'll look further into this..Have a great day.
Pree :)
- At 9:25am on September 18, 2009,
Mick Porter said…
- Wow, cool looking front yard!
I just got the first edible planted out front (a grape vine) but it may be a while before we do anything like you've done.
- At 11:14pm on September 17, 2009,
Vanessa Thompson (pomare) said… - wow lyn, the front yard looks grand, very nice garden. That will get the neighbours and people passing, thinking about gardening. :-)
(For the past year, Ive always been looking at a neighbours yard up the road and seeing what he is growing now in his front yard and I always see others stareing at the yard....and ive had too peep the horn at them, the lights have turned green GO people. heehee.)
- At 8:24am on August 7, 2009,
Donna said…
- Hi Lyn
I have the Galangal Red at home, pls let me know your address if you want me to drop it off. Otherwise we will be around most of the weekend, just give me a call and I will make sure we are home.
Thanks
- At 9:16pm on July 12, 2009,
Scarlett Patrick said… - about copying to word- i don't know why it's not working for you. i can highlight anything, hit CTRL C, and then CTRL V in word and it comes out - thumbnails and everything. mine is word 2003 i think
- At 9:10pm on July 12, 2009,
Scarlett Patrick said…
- it would be fantastic if forest lake did a TT. I've been keeping in contact with the transitoin hub, but am not really doing anything with it although am very supportive - this is like my contribution i suppose
- At 8:43pm on July 7, 2009,
Vanessa said… - Hi Lyn, welcome to the site. It's great to see so many people getting involved. Looking forward to meeting you at Donna's garden visit.
- At 11:55am on July 6, 2009,
Donna said…
- Link to the Rhubarb forum question:
http://brisbanelocalfood.ning.com/forum/topics/growing-rhubarb-in-brisbane
- At 8:19am on July 6, 2009,
Donna said…
- Hi Lyn
Welcome to the site, look forward to meeting you at the Garden Visit!
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