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Grow Together: What It Does and What It Costs
A few growers near each other, each growing something different, swapping what they have spare. That’s the whole idea behind Grow Together at gardenbuddy.au/grow-together/.…
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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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Harvest window: NZ Spinach, GardenBuddy.au’s Cairns plot
Six and a half weeks in, and I’ve been out checking leaf size every second morning. The NZ Spinach in GardenBuddy.au’s Cairns plot went…
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The Free Plant Check: What It Does and Where Its Limits Are
Photograph a plant, a pest, or a leaf that has gone the wrong colour, and the Free Plant Check tells you what it is…
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One Bag of Seed Potatoes Beats a Winter of Shop-Bought Spuds
Gardening Australia’s latest guide backs something I already tell every grower who asks me about winter crops. Potatoes are one of the best value…
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72.6mm of rain in a week. Why I wait four days before planting into wet clay.
Southeast Queensland tracked 72.6mm over seven days in mid-July, with rain probability sitting at 37% most days. That’s not a top up on already…
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The Frost Risk Tool: What It Shows and How to Use It
Type your postcode into gardenbuddy.au/frost-risk/ and you get the next seven overnight minimums for your area, each one flagged for frost. No sign up,…
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Live Pest Pressure: How the 0 to 100 Score Actually Works
Live Pest Pressure at gardenbuddy.au/guide/live-pest-pressure/ tells you which pests have the weather on their side this week, at your own postcode, before you see…
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Scarlet Runner Beans: An Ornamental Bred for Flowers That Ended Up Outyielding My Whole Bean Patch
I put scarlet runner beans in a trial bed two seasons back expecting a novelty vine with red flowers. I got 4kg of beans…
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A Snath Long Enough at Last, and the Animals That Close the Circle
Our new scythe snath is finally long enough, so the grass gets cut by hand and goes straight to the animals. A few words…
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Water Smart: work out exactly how much to water each vegetable
Working out how much to water a vegetable bed usually comes down to a guess, and most of us guess wet. The Water Smart…
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Food Prices Could Double This Year. Here’s What To Plant Before That Lands.
Schroders, the global investment firm, has modelled a specific number: food prices in advanced economies could double within about a year if this El…
