See why straw bale gardening is a unique way to make growing vegetables much easier, making the backbreaking, insect-fighting, weed-pulling process a thing of the past. Continue reading
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Aquaponics – Growing Plants from Seed
I had heard about aquaponics from some gardening friends and the idea stayed with me long enough to do something about. This long cold Melbourne Winter has been an opportune time to assemble a wonderful collection of posts about my experiences with an aquaponics method for food production. These will be published in an almost sequential order … Continue reading
Coffee Grounds for Plants
I’m often asked about coffee grounds for plants, as in applied directly to the soil and not first into the compost. It is pleasing to report that these photos from plot 2 show nice healthy plants with a total of approx 50 kilos of coffee grounds added directly into the soil over Winter (Southern Hemisphere … Continue reading
Ground to Ground 