Since we have just harvested a few plants, I shot this short video on how to divide a Vetiver clump for planting out.
The DIY is straightforward and since I've divided thousands of clumps I kinda have the knack of it sorted.
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As it warms further I always do a check list of the property outdoors for cooling elements. I've already noted that as I return from walkabout and enter through the front gate I am wrapped in an air con effect as my planted ecology kicks in to cool
Read more…FYI: I alighted on this site in my search for recipes.SALADS WITH ANASTASIA
I reckon it is a must-visit and search through as the archive is various and seemingly delicious.
Just the thing for when you harvest outback and want to combine the comestible
Read more…Well, did we get some rain yesterday. Our rain gauge, here in Zillmere, had 90ml in it. So we have 4 full tanks and the gound is soaking it in. How did you go in your suburb,?
Everything is growing well, I suppose the mozzies will increase as well.
Read more…Thanks to a donation from Doug, I'm not so keen on quail meat...and besides, the missus won't eat it.
However, by coincidence I came upon the fact that pigeon is one of the most popular meats in Cairo. So I got thinking and Googling.
Those quail wrangl
Read more…Given the opportunity of the weather, what are people planting in November and December?
Read more…I have lots of galangal (rhizomes and attached leaves) if anyone would like some, please let me know. I can bring it to the GV on Sunday.
Read more…I just received this note from Lance Hill.
I found an old blog post of yours on chokos that mentioned Mirliton.Org. I wanted to tell you that we changed the name from plural to singular (no ‘s’ in the url) and that we have added a tremendous amount
Read more…As some of you will know, I have had all sorts of trouble getting my Jumbo Quails to lay. I had them in my bush house, where I thought they they would be safe and comfortable in the cool, sheltered environment. Yes, they were uber comfortable, but t
Read more…Hi everyone, I have some small pawpaw seedlings available. They have come up from from my compost and are from my own tree. It is a red bisexual pawpaw that produces large (2kg+) fruit with a good sweet flavor, and is less than 2 meters tall. I am g
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My dwaft nectarine tree is looking a bit sick, just wondering if it goes like this during winter or if it has something wrong with it, it receives plenty of fertilizer and I spray it for bugs, just wondering if it has had to must water from
Read more…I noticed yesterday that there are four similar looking holes in front yard lawn. They are about 0.5 inches in diameter and 6 inches deep, I measured with a stick. The surface is very smooth, as shown in the photo. They are randomly about .5 meters
Read more…A tortilla is a flat bread, or egg dish and -- despite the Spanish name -- i\s a culinary phenomenon across many cuisines: roti, naan, pizza, pancakes, etc.
The Tortilla Channel is chock full of recipes primarily around that theme and comes at you fr
Read more…This is about a video that I found quite intriguing. It is about a lost garden, which was run down since the 2nd World War. It was once one of the most spectacular gardens in England, consisting of a jungle, a walled garden, a sundial garden, a valle
Read more…One off my bucket list, we visited the Narangba Nursery which is run by a young couple and they are doing a good job. They have their own tissue culture bananas and quite a few exotic and native plants on hand. This Syzygium is known as the rose app
Read more…To my disgust, Ian made the decision to have a registered catcher come and remove the pythons from our yard. We had 5 of them moving around in our shed.
Maybe it is mating season, he managed to bag 2 large females and 2 smaller males and could not
Read more…I do make a lot of salsa to go with whatever else fills a tortilla. Basically you check out what you may have on hand and convert that into a sauce like topping. 'Salsas' can be made from almost anything.
But I always yearn for that next level -- ano
Read more…If you have a passing acquaintance with food plants to our immediate north that also survive here, this is the site for you.
Also on hand are the food plants of the Pacific Islands that are eaten by Pacifika peoples traditionally.
START HERE with a d
Read more…Hi Everyone
First time poster here.
Just wondering about when we should be pruning our fruit trees and how much should we be taking off them? They've been in the ground for just over a year and some have fruited, some haven't. There has been a fair b
Read more…The idea behind ShareWaste is that it helps you find someone in your neighbourhood who's willing to accept extra scraps and compost it or feed it to their worms or animals or you can sign up as a host.
