YOUR Gardening Stories, Tips and Yarns
If you're enjoying the heck out of growing something, c'mon let's touch base, as the saying goes. Make it a win-win and share your best gardening advice, stories and successes (and oops-a-daisy moments)!
I bet a wheelbarrow full of chocolate coated strawberries that all you avid gardeners reading this have at least one good story about your garden. Or even about someone else's garden?
I'll wager a watermelon that there is some little anecdote or great tip about gardening that you know of.
The sun will shine and the rains will rain gently when needed, if you tell us here your best gardening advice... what works for you and what doesn't.
We're here and waiting, so fire away and let us all know your trials and tribulations from your garden.
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Real “ No Dig “ garden
Years ago when I lived in the city I lived for awhile next to an old lady who years earlier would plant huge gardens over her whole property. Now in her …
Divined vegetable gardens
Most people have a fascination for divining, which is simply a way of tuning into our intuition. It can be employed in a multitude of ways and I will try …
An African Hospital Garden
Hello Gardeners, Most of what I have to say won't be relevant for your gardens, but I hope you'll find what I have to say interesting anyway. For the …
convincing ants to move house to elsewhere
Ants hate peppermint. Take boiling water, add some form of peppermint (tea bags, plant cuttings, etc.). Let steep till lukewarm. Pour into ant holes. Garanteed …
Growing Tomatoes through Indoor Container Gardening
Growing tomatoes through indoor container gardening is a great way to keep fresh, juicy tomatoes on your table all year long. But there are a few common …
Cheap reliable air pump
Many sites about Compost Tea recommend aquarium pumps, etc. for aeration. I find that the inexpensive air compressor (about 100psi with storage tank)I …
VINEGAR FOR MOSS ON CONCRETE
BUY A 2 LITRE GENERIC BRAND OF VINEGAR,,SMALL SPRAY BOTTLE,,FILL WITH STRAIGHT VINEGAR SPRAY CONCRETE, LEAVE OVERNIGHT,OR WHEN IT DECIDES TO RAIN,LEFT …
Automatic Drip Irrigation System
Did you know that a drip irrigation system can save between 15 to 55 percent in water usage? I didn't. I built a drip irrigation system recently for my …
organic, no-till gardening
GARDENS/MINI-FARMS NETWORK USA: TX, MS, FL, CA, AR, WA; México, Rep. Dominicana, Côté d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Honduras, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, …
regrowing spring onions over and over
Some may already know this one. For those who dont, here goes. Ever bought a bunch of spring onions only to find you use some and discard or compost whats …
Italian Garden from the beginning
Megan here ~ This is Silvio's garden. He sends me updates and I look through the sideshow on Picassa. I can't read Italian unfortunately, but I do enjoy …
Handy tip for weeding container plants
I live on the Gold Coast in Australia where weeds grow rampant because of the sub-tropical climate. A handy tip is this: For weeding the tops of the …
Recycled Raised Planter Bed
If you know someone that works on a pipe crew, road construction crew or a construction materials testing company, you are in luck! I asked one of my technicians …
Early planting using old shelves
I've got everything outlined in a post on my blog. Let me know what you think! http://cowboyjunkey.blogspot.ca/2012/03/early-garden-planting.html …
Malaysia No Dig Gardener
No pun intended but here "no dig" means no idea, lol. I have been reading a lot on Mulching, manure, straw hay etc and am wondering if I could use sawdust …
Using Kitchen Utensils in the Garden
Like you mentioned in your Newsletter, I get utensils from the Recycle Centre and my favourite is the meat fork, or 2 or 3 tyned long handled fork useful …
Making mini green houses to start tomatoes early
Milking Spring, Little Green Houses Here in North Carolina the 2011/2012 winter has been very mild. The temperatures and general weather conditions …
Pickled Carrots
Hi guys, I live in Victoria in Australia. I think it might be climatically like LA. We plant in November which is the end of spring here. I get to have …
Serious composting - making good compost
Get a 25 foot roll of wire fencing with 2 X 4 inch spacing and 2 foot tall, unroll it and cut into two pcs. 12 and a half ft each. When you cut it go …
Story of the Yellow Pear Tomatoes
Tomatoes I love to hate..... First you must know I now live in Washington State and have lived in both Western WA and Eastern WA. and moved back to …
Experimental Straw Bale Gardening
Hi. Like your site and the message. This is a recent interview about our experimental strawbale garden up here in NorCal. Willitstv.org Episode …
Vertical Garden Ideas using fabrics and grid wire
Here's a tip on how to convert basic jute and coconut strips into an amazing vertical garden design. Convert recycled coffee bags or burlap cloth from …
cooking and eating asparagus
Some tips about asparagus: Firstly, they are best eaten as soon as picked, or at least in a few days. They seem to loose some sweetness and the tips …
Yarrow Fertiliser
With the verges of the highways and byways around my patch in Wellington showing plenty of Yarrow in flower and the WWW listing hundreds of comments on …
Latest produce from the garden
Have a look at the latest produce from the garden. My wife made the mango chutney and the tangelo and lemon marmalade on the weekend. The mangoes are …
Home grown pickled onions
Pickled onions are coming along. Just made these pickled onions. Used a few of my own spices and herbs in the mix. I have a good crop of pepper and …
Eliminate weeds and ants with boiling water
We used to use poisons to remove the little weeds in-between the bricks on our patio, and also the ants that enjoyed the sand foundation the bricks were …
Being water wise was killing my plant. - How to drain a water logged garden
A few months back I built a new raised garden bed to take a couple of Dwarf apple trees (one Pink Lady and a Granny Smith)as both are required for cross …
Its a Whopper - huge potato
First we had knobby potatoes from infrequent watering, now after regular rains we have this!
Straw Bale Carrots - Growing carrots in straw bales
Try Carrots in your straw bales...they are awesome...they even seem to grow well to a good size when a little over-crowded. They are great! I have about …
Safe to use Tyres in Gardens?
G'day Folks, For more years than I care to remember I have been advocating the use of old tyres for use in gardens. At the same time …
Green Manure crops and Nematodes.
G‘Day Folks, I just thought, that I would add to a subject that Megan touched on in an earlier answer on no dig gardens and that …
What to do with that spare tire...
I moved into my home a little over a year ago. The previous owners were so generous that they decided to leave a bunch of their old junk for us. (Gee thanks.)Well, …
Building Biodiversity in the Soil
In an organic or chemical free garden, the soil is the most important component. In fact healthy soil, water and air, are the most important resources …
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