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zucchini

Dehydrating Zucchini

January 25, 2012 by Darren

The waves of zucchinis just keep coming from our garden! This year, we’re dehydrating them to preserve them for use throughout the year.

Posted in: Growing Food, Preparing Food Tagged: fridge, preserving food, zucchini

Hand-Pollinating Pumpkin and Squash

June 4, 2009 by Darren

My article on [hand pollinating zucchini flowers](http://green-change.com/2009/05/20/hand-pollinating-zucchini-flowers/) proved very popular, so I figured I’d post another on hand pollinating pumpkin and squash. It’s pretty much the same principle, but I had the photos so I thought it worth posting. As for the zucchinis, if pumpkin and squash flowers don’t get pollinated they’ll just rot and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food Tagged: bees, butternut, female flowers, flowers, male flower, pollination, pumpkin, squash, zucchini, zucchini flowers

Hand-Pollinating Zucchini Flowers

May 20, 2009 by Darren

Hand-pollinating zucchini flowers helps to ensure the maximum possible harvest – this photo tutorial shows you how to do it.

Posted in: Growing Food Tagged: bees, flowers, pollination, zucchini

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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