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What to grow in Spring
Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt podcast where we explore topics around growing food, fair food
Closing the Loop in the backyard veggie patch and becoming more self sufficient
Closing the loop on your veggie patch is basically being able to self sustain it without having to bring in extra resources to keep it going. You may hear some farmers talk about this as strategies but as a backyard
Lessons from an entomologist
Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt podcast where we explore topics around growing food, fair food
How to fill a raised bed for under $10
Listen to the podcast Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt podcast where we explore topics around
Our Journey into Aquaponics
Did you know you can grow food and fish in your own backyard? We’ve been doing it now for over 5 years with our own Aquaponics system. Listen to this podcast where I talk about how we got started with
Favourite things to grow in winter
Here in the subtropics, our cool season growing is super short. We only have a short window to grow some of the things that other climate zones can grow right into spring. On the other hand, if we’re in an
4 ways with Rosellas
This is the first year we’ve grown rosellas, and they will definitely be a firm favourite in our growing list for the future. Not only are they stunning plants, they are prolific producers without a great deal of input from
Food you can grow in pots
As a long term renter I am quite familiar with learning to grow things in temporary container so I thought I’d put together a list of plants that I’ve successfully grown in pots. Keys to successful harvests Two key considerations
Perennial Edible Plants
Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt podcast where we explore topics around growing food, fair food
Common Pests in the Subtropical Garden
Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt podcast where we explore topics around growing food, fair food
Growing Garlic in South East Queensland
If you watch certain garden shows, they will tell you that you shouldn’t even try growing garlic in our climate. ‘Stick to garlic chives they say’, but seriously it’s not the same thing at all. Well I am the kind