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Disaster in the bee hives
It gives me no great pleasure to share this clip. I'm cleaning up the damage on our Australian nati… Andrew Cumberland on Monday 11 views
Aquaponics, possums and native bees
The aquaponics was hammered by possums. This is how I avoid that problem. I also acquired what I ho… Andrew Cumberland Jul 25 12 views
Asian salad garden harvest
My wombok was ready, so what to do with it? The wombok is ready and I take it all back! She had a… Susan Jul 2 40 views
End of June at city girl farm
After accidentally deleting my video from 2 weeks ago And being incredibly frustrated at the whole… Susan Jun 28 26 views
Jena Experiment : Changing your perspective on soil
Many plants mixed for diversity leading to scientifically studied results that are worth adopting. Dave Riley Jun 19 42 views
Garden tour in our sub-tropical winter
I haven't done a look around the patch for a while, so I thought I'd show you what was happening. W… Andrew Cumberland Jun 10 14 views
Living Mulch : Scurvy Weed
Growing living mulches instead of using dead or dry material to cover the garden soil. The living m… Dave Riley Jun 7 8 views
Redesigning the aquaponics grow beds
What started was a bit of a refresh of the beds turned into a significant redesign. Andrew Cumberland May 27
Regenerating Sandy Soils with Mulch
A brief outline of converting sand into loam using grass clippings. Dave Riley May 23 2 views
Pumpkins in the long grass
FINALLY, we braved going to the farm. Have not been there since Novemberish and knew the grass woul… Susan May 17 48 views
Aerial Lines Supporting Ladder Trellises in the Kitchen Garden
Quick introduction to supporting trellises from above so that annual climbers can be grown in any s… Dave Riley May 14 20 views
9 ways I preserve my food
This is a discussion about the many ways you can preserve your food and excess produce. It is not i… Andrew Cumberland May 14 29 views
Umami Flavour Powder Made from Dried Anchovies. Make your own.
Here's a very quick DIY outline for making a very flavoursome stock powder using anchovies, mushroo… Dave Riley May 13 6 views
Milk Crate Herb Garden with Terracotta Wine Cooler Irrigation
A quick show and tell about growing herbs in milk crates covered with weed mat and watered using un… Dave Riley May 8 11 views
Spineless Prickly Pear: growing and eating the paddles/nopales.
This video celebrates a spineless variety of Prickly Pear [a variation of Opuntia ficus-indica]. Th… Dave Riley Apr 30 23 views
Birds, baking and all things in the making
A lot of things happened this week on the tiny farm. Big changes happened with the birds, there's b… Andrew Cumberland Apr 21 15 views
What’s growing at city girl farm
Hi guys, thought I’d have a go at a virtual garden tour. What did you think? Susan Apr 16 89 views
The tiny farm critters are very happy right now! Bored Corona virus update Ep06
The birds will be really sad to see the end of the Corona virus outbreak. LOL. A little update on w… Andrew Cumberland Apr 15 35 views
Weeding Around Vetiver Grass Using a Sickle
To weed around young Vetiver clumps we rely on the same sickle we use to cut them. Instead of a hor… Dave Riley Apr 2 27 views
Quail and chicken update
Episode 5 of our Corona virus lockdown is all about the birds here at the tiny farm. Japanese quail… Andrew Cumberland Mar 29 118 views
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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.
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