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How much I saved by growing my own – January 2018
Each month I report on how much money we’re saving by growing our own organic produce. You can read about our previous months here. Why am I doing this? Well as a young family currently on a single income we are
Upgrading our Aquaponics System
With our Barramundi growing really well it has meant that the output (aka poo) has been quite high and our DIY chop and flip aquaponic system was not keeping up with the nutrients. This meant the poor fish were not getting
Summer Garden Update – December 2017
The first day of Summer we welcomed a new family member to the Love of Dirt family. Little Isaac was welcomed to the world on the 1st of December. So as you can probably assume, not much really got done
How much I saved by growing my own – December 2017
Each month I report on how much money we’re saving by growing our own organic produce. You can read about our previous months here. Why am I doing this? Well as a young family currently on a single income we are
How much I saved by growing my own – November 2017
Each month I report on how much money we’re saving by growing our own organic produce. You can read about our previous months here. Why am I doing this? Well as a young family currently on a single income we
Spring Garden Update – November 17
Even though it’s still spring here, summer has well and truly arrived. We’re already seeing the bugs and the damage from the heat if you’re keeping on top of watering. This month I am also heavily pregnant with our little
How much I saved by growing my own – October 2017
Each month I report on how much money we’re saving by growing our own organic produce. You can read about our previous months here. Why am I doing this? Well as a young family currently on a single income we
Spring Garden Update – October 17
Finally we’ve seen some rain this month (I think we’ve caught up for the entire year). Everything is thriving since the rain and finally our dust bowl backyard has grass again. In the Aquaponics We’ve harvested the last of our
Spring Garden Update : September 17
Well Spring has arrived in our Sub-tropical Garden, but some days it really feels like summer though! The weather is so messed up right now. In the Aquaponics We got an infestation of black aphids in our aquaponics on our
Winter Garden Update: August 17
I am starting up a monthly post about the progress of our gardens so I can look back and see how far we’ve come. I haven’t done this since we’ve moved to our new house but you can check out
April in my sub-tropical City Farm
March was not overly kind, we’ve still experienced cracker 30+ days and drenching rain (5 inches over night in one instance), but the slightly cooler nights has definitely meant a big change in the amount of bugs we’ve been experiencing.