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First ube ( purple yam ) dug up this winter.
What is an ube , how it grows and how to eat it Doug Hanning 19 minutes ago
Prepper bread (simple and home grown)
I'm continuing to explore home made bread that you can create from home grown pulses. In this recip… Andrew Cumberland Jul 19
Growing Vetiver Grass inside the kitchen garden to enhance vegetable growth
Growing Vetiver Grass inside the kitchen garden to enhance vegetable growth This video explains h… Dave Riley Jul 17
Scalping behaviour amongst Japanese quail
This is something I haven't seen many people talk about in quail videos. I thought it was important… Andrew Cumberland Jul 17
Things happening on the tiny farm
Quick update of the building site renewal, the natives bees being perplexing and more kumquats. Andrew Cumberland Jul 10
Kitchen Garden Walk Through [Green mulching, Vetiver grass, Milk Crate Gardening]
A quick circuit of the kitchen garden showing how I integrate milk crates, weed mat, green mulch, a… Dave Riley Jul 5
Pigeon pea soup (best lentil soup recipe)
Pigeon pea is a really good nitrogen setter in your patch. It stores well dried and I knew that Ind… Andrew Cumberland Jul 4
Progress on renewing the front garden
The transformation of the building site garden continues. We realised that we are beginning to intr… Andrew Cumberland Jun 23
Aquaponics disaster on the tiny farm
This is a complete mystery. Perfect water and dead fish. Andrew Cumberland Jun 21
Steamed quail with garlic and ginger.
This is a fantastic recipe for steamed quail that I found on Dan Seto's channel. This was a trial r… Andrew Cumberland Jun 12
Make kumquat chutney
Doing a series on how we use kumquats. You could substitute any bitter fruit really. Links: Origina… Andrew Cumberland May 31
Planting out Vetiver slips in our Plantation
A quick overview of how we are now planting out Vetiver slips: *Note the mulched beds *Note the lin… Dave Riley May 22
GrowVetiver: Growing Vetiver from division
This is a very rough introduction to GrowVetiver's preferred method of bringing on Vetiver slips af… Dave Riley May 21
Making your own flour in the city
I finally managed to make my own flour that I think will work a treat. I used ground beans and prep… Andrew Cumberland May 6
Zucchini meals: a three course feast
We have a LOT of tromboncino at the moment so I set about challenging myself to make a three course… Andrew Cumberland Apr 7
A fruit called Feijoa
A very quick video to describe and show a fruit which is less common. It's called Feijoa. Andrew Cumberland Mar 26
New rare fruit tree arrivals
Some trees arrived today.Purrchased from Steve Trennery in Cairns.Contact via messenger or at stren… Doug Hanning Mar 23
Spanish Tamarind Fruit Tree from Madagascar
Just purchased these beauties, please comment if you know anything about them. Doug Hanning Mar 23
New growth on Achachas
Over 200mm of rain in the last week has seen the achachas push tons of new growth. Doug Hanning Mar 22
Jackfruit Update
Our 4th jackfruit is ripe. Time to pick and eat more of this delicious fruit. Doug Hanning Mar 18
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GrowVetiver
Vetiver grass helps to stabilise soil and protects it against erosion. It can protect against pests and weeds. Vetiver is also used as animal feed. (Wiki.)
GrowVetiver is a plant nursery run by Dave & Keir Riley that harvests and grows Vetiver grass for local community applications and use. It is based in Beachmere, just north of Brisbane, Australia.
Place your business add here! ($5 per month or $25 for 9 months)
Talk to Andy on 0422 022 961. You can Pay on this link
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