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Backyard Veggie Patch Workshop in Jamberoo

June 15, 2010 by Darren

A few weeks ago I attended another Sustainable Illawarra workshop – “Starting a Backyard Veggie Patch” at Jamberoo Primary School. Megan then attended the repeat of the workshop a week later. It was great that we were both able to do effectively the same workshop without need to organise child care! The workshop was delivered … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food, Permaculture Tagged: chicken manure, chooks, compost, ducks, garden beds, gardening, home gardening, jamberoo, lucerne, organic gardening, Permaculture, seedlings, Sustainable Illawarra, vegetable garden, vegies, workshops

Wicking Beds – Water Efficient Gardening

May 1, 2009 by Darren

In our never-ending quest for more gardening space, I’m thinking of building some raised beds on top of the concrete in our backyard. A 2-foot-deep bed around the edge of the area wouldn’t impact our usable space much (we already have pots etc all around the edges), but would give us a fair bit of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food, Water Tagged: Australia, garden beds, garden watering, saving water, watering gardens, waterright, wicking beds, wicking boxes, winter project

Potato Harvest

April 28, 2009 by Darren

Back in late January, I planted potatoes across the front of our yard. We had recently built the terraced garden beds and filled them with dirt (clay lumps) and stable sweepings. Potatoes are a great way to break up lumpy dirt, rot down manures, and generally improve the soil. Last Friday, Megan and I dug … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food Tagged: garden beds, potato harvest, potato plants, potato storage, potatoes, soil preparation

Planting Out Fruit Trees

January 22, 2009 by Darren

On Sunday I drove up to the Wollongong Wholesale Nursery at Albion Park Rail to buy some fruit trees with my Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge vouchers. The staff there were really helpful, and gave me some good ideas for the types of trees that would suit our needs for the front yard. I pretty much … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food, Super Challenge Tagged: avocado tree, citrus trees, compost, feijoas, fig tree, fruit trees, garden beds, lime tree, mandarin tree, mulch, mushroom compost, orange tree, straw mulch, strawberry patch, Super Challenge, Sustainable Illawarra, white mulberry tree, Wollongong Wholesale Nursery, zucchini
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