37°C In The Air, 21°C At 20cm: Reading Three Soil Sensors On A Fence
Three little screens zip tied to a fence, and what they actually tell me about the ground underneath. Includes the reading I do not…
Category: Soil and Beds
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Horse Manure for the Vegetable Garden: The Complete Guide
Horse manure is a free, reliable soil builder for home gardens, but only if you get it right. This guide covers the complete lifecycle,…
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One Head of Garlic Makes Two Litres of Slug Spray, No Poison Required
I’ve stopped buying snail pellets. Two years running now, and my seedlings still make it past the four leaf stage. The trick isn’t one…
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One Bucket of Comfrey Leaves Makes 20 Litres of Free Liquid Feed
I get about three batches a season out of a single comfrey plant, and I’ve never bought a bottle of liquid tomato feed since…
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Toilet rolls, river sand and a garden that looks dead: how I start spring in the last week of winter
My veggie patch looks finished. It is not, it is loaded. Here is the seed raising mix I use, the free pots I have…
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Banana Peels and Eggshells Turn Into Fertiliser in 2 Weeks, for Free
A banana peel is loaded with potassium. An eggshell is mostly calcium carbonate. Neither one does much sitting in landfill, but steeped in water…
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Aphid Spray That Actually Works: One Teaspoon of Soap Per Litre, Reapplied Every Three Days
A simple homemade aphid spray using one teaspoon of pure liquid soap per litre of water. Learn the right mix ratio, application timing, and…
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One Garlic Bulb and Three Chillies Makes Enough Spray for About 20 Plants
One bulb of garlic, three fresh chillies and a litre of water gets me roughly a litre of spray, enough for a proper going…
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How I cut my seedling costs to almost nothing with a three ingredient mix
A bag of commercial seed raising mix runs about $8 to $12 at the garden centre. I make roughly the same volume for the…
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Worm Castings Tea: A Two-Dollar Brew That Feeds a Whole Bed
A handful of worm castings and a bucket of water turn into enough liquid feed for a 10-metre row of veggies. I make mine…