Gardening is an act of hope – Casino Forest Garden will be bulldozed in the next few weeks
Casino RSM is selling the land where the forest garden is
GARDENING
Act of kindness times 50 restores flooded prize winning garden
It’s been a long road but the McCormacks are home
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What the hill? Hugelkultur makes a mound of sense for vegie gardeners
Story and some photos by Bernice Shepherd Above: Step 5 is the finished hugelkultur (hill culture) garden bed. In recent years there has been bit of a buzz around hugelkultur and how it can benefit your soil – so what is it? The term originated in Germany and means hill culture. Hugelkultur is the practice
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Let your garden blossom with food and medicine
Bernice Shepherd Summer is nearly here and flowers are blooming everywhere. But not only do flowers fill our streets with beauty and fragrance, some are edible. Whether it is chocolates infused with lavender, rose or native ingredients such as lemon myrtle, violets crystallised on a cake or an assortment of petals in a salad, flowers
What are you doing in your garden this spring?
Four gardeners share their gardens
Grow your garden’s fertility organically and cheaply
Most of us use compost, but the average household can never produce enough
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Can community gardens increase our food security?
Inflation is sending food prices into the stratosphere. The need for greater food security has never been more evident
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Managing ‘pests’ without pesticides
Flowers will bring in a wide array of beneficial and predatory insects
Why not turn your lawn into food?
Bernice talks about no dig beds and double digging
SAVE MONEY: Lettuce grow our own
Lettuce needs a well-drained soil