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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
Egg shells in your veggie patch
For years we used to just throw full egg shells into our compost bin and when distributing the compost to our garden they’d pretty much be fully in tact. I’d still distribute them to the garden but then I heard
How to start your first veggie patch
If you’re a self confessed black thumb or have trouble keeping indoor plants alive (don’t worry I do too) then the idea of growing your own food may feel a little too ambitious. However growing your own food is pretty
How to make home made liquid fertiliser (compost tea)
If you’re wanting to keep your garden happy and you’re on a budget like we are, the best thing you can do is make some liquid fertiliser yourself, or otherwise known as weed or compost tea. We used to purchase
Help! My compost stinks
A lot of people don’t compost because they think it is stinky. But the thing is, if your compost stinks, you’re doing it wrong. Here are 3 things to check if you’ve got a stinky compost bin: Too much kitchen
How I compost in the City
So living inner city space is pretty limited, we also rent so setting up the structure of a traditional three section compost garden doesn’t really work for us, plus there is the beagle who loves smelly stuff (we learn’t that