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Wollongong PCYC Permaculture Community Garden Tour

October 11, 2014 by Darren

A tour of the Wollongong PCYC permaculture community garden – very heavy on photos and detailed explanations.

Posted in: Featured, Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Permaculture Tagged: chickens, comfrey, compost, food forest, fruit trees, garden beds, herbs, mulch, Permaculture, permaculture principles, seedlings, sustainability, vegetable garden, wollongong

Digging Up Potatoes

December 12, 2011 by Darren

Whenever we have potatoes sprout in the cupboard, we plant them out in a spare garden bed. It costs nothing, and you typically get back about 5-10 times as many potatoes as you plant! Potatoes are also amazing for establishing new garden beds. They break up the ground, attract lots of worms, and leave a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Frugality, Growing Food Tagged: garden beds, gardening, mulch, potatoes, seed potatoes

Mulch Delivery

June 17, 2011 by Darren

We had 9 cubic metres (4.6 tons) of mulch delivered – and I have to move it all by wheelbarrow!

Posted in: Frugality, Growing Food, Permaculture, Waste, Water Tagged: compost, garden beds, gardening, mulch, swales

Podcast Interview With Gavin From “The Greening of Gavin”

May 25, 2011 by Darren

I was interviewed by Gavin Webber from The Greening Of Gavin as part of a series of podcasts he’s done with sustainable bloggers from around Australia. Let me know what you think!

Posted in: Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Media Coverage, Super Challenge Tagged: Australia, chicken tractor, chooks, David Holmgren, fox, garden beds, illawarra, interview, jamberoo, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, land, meat, pigs, podcast, pork, Shellharbour, sustainability, Sustainable Illawarra, wollongong

Rotary Hoe Advice?

March 27, 2011 by Darren

I just missed out on a second-hand rotary hoe on eBay, and am taking the opportunity to seek more information while I wait for another one to come up. Please send me your advice!

Posted in: Frugality, Growing Food Tagged: food gardens, garden beds, mulch, rotary hoe

Pig Tractors For Clearing Land

February 5, 2011 by Darren

If you want to clear a large area of land with little effort, you can’t beat a pig tractor!

Posted in: Growing Food, Keeping Animals Tagged: chicken tractor, chickens, garden beds, Permaculture, pig tractor, pigs, vegetable garden, weeds

Water In The Garden

December 30, 2010 by Darren

Some ideas from Permaculture Visions for incorporating water into your garden design to add an extra dimension in both aesthetics and practicality.

Posted in: Permaculture, Water Tagged: birds, garden beds, garden watering, gardening, lizards, Permaculture, ponds, rainwater collection, saving water, water gardens

Weekly Roundup – Mulch Paths, Tinyhouses, and More Pigs

November 29, 2010 by Darren

Items of note I read this week: mulched garden paths, sub-acre agriculture, tiny houses, a DIY first aid kit, and lots of backyard pig-raising.

Posted in: Weekly Roundup Tagged: garden beds, gardening, mulch, pigs, sustainability

Bird Nets For Garden Beds

August 10, 2010 by Darren

We have a real problem here with wild birds eating our seedlings. They love broccoli, lettuce, beans, beetroot, silverbeet, corn – they even pulled out some of our onions and garlic! Don’t get me wrong, I love the birds – satin bowerbirds and purple swamphens are the main offenders – I just wish they’d leave our … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food Tagged: beetroot, birds, broccoli, carrots, chooks, corn, garden beds, pests, seedlings, tomato

Chicken Tractor Lifting Handles

July 24, 2010 by Darren

The chicken tractor I built with my father a couple of years ago is still going strong. Since moving to Jamberoo we’ve been using it to build garden beds – we place it where we want the bed, leave it there for a few weeks until the grass has been cleared, then move it along … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: chicken ark, chicken coops, chicken tractor, chickens, garden beds, jamberoo
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