Backyard Farming
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Grow Vegetables in Vertical Planters for Small Spaces Like an Expert
Vertical planters are all the rage overseas at the moment, so I’m going to give it a try in my Australian urban farm/homestead/backyard. Vegetable gardening is great for saving money, but if you aren’t making the most of the sunshine you have, growing delicious food may be harder than it needs to be. Vertical planters…
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Seeds for Winter Garden Success: What You Need to Plant Now
It might feel strange sowing seeds in winter, but if you want to be eating from your garden all year round, you need to be planting seeds throughout the year. It’s the middle of winter here in my backyard garden, and you might be surprised at what’s still going in the ground this July! If…
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What’s Growing in My New Temperate Winter Vegetable Garden
Here in Australia June is the time to enjoy you winter vegetable garden. It’s also a good time to give the garden a good tidy up and take stock of what did and didn’t work last month. For me that was taking a gamble on planting old seeds. They simply didn’t germinate, more than likely…
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Autumn Gardening-Success and Failures in a Temperate Zone, Australia
It’s time for a long overdue vegetable gardening tour! The video below shows you everything I’ve got growing at the moment, the successes, the failures, and my plans for autumn. If you’re wondering what you should plant in your New South Wales, temperate zone vegetable garden in the month of March then you’re in the…
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It’s a Strange Thing to Expect Something From Nothing
For some strange reason I thought I could create a new vegetable garden bed, buy in some good quality soil and grow food. Honestly, I know better. I just had a brain fart since I spent years making compost and developing such healthy soil in the vegetable garden at our old home.