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Friday photo – Carrot seedlings in sweet potato bed
Posted in Friday photos
Tagged carrots, clustering, companion planting, low water use, sweet potato, vegetables, vegie gardening, vegies
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Friday photo – 2013’s “also rans” part 2
I know it’s Saturday, but today instead of a link post I’m doing part two of the photos I almost displayed as a Friday photo. Each of these photos was good enough and interesting enough to go in, but got … Continue reading
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Tagged asteraceae, blossom, chickpeas, corymbia, dandelion, featherflower, firstsummer, flies, grasshopper, hanging baskets, harvest, insects, kalanchoe, lime, low water use, mating, orange morrison, peanuts, pelargonium, pot plants, predation, red flowering gum, secondspring, seedhead, seedpods, shadow, verticordia, verticordia nitens, west indian lime, zone 4
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Secret soil tanks
When we first talked about moving over here, my then-two-year-old daughter was very clear that she wanted us to plant an orange tree. I thought that sounded just fine. I highly approve of kids eating oranges straight from the tree. … Continue reading
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Tagged citrus, companion planting, droughtproofing, legumes, lemon, lemonade lemon, lime, liquorice, long term strategy, low water use, peanuts, secret soil tanks, self-watering, soil conditioning, soil protection, soil rehabilitation, soil structures, unirrigated, west indian lime, zone 4
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How to: Raingardens, and vegetables under the downpipe
A raingarden is a (usually small) planter or mini-garden watered only by rain when it falls. They’re a lovely way of creating a garden feature, should you have the right kind of climate for them. The right kind of climate … Continue reading
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Tagged low maintenance, low water use, raingarden, rainwater, self-watering, stormwater, water-saving
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How to: Wicking beds
A wicking garden bed is basically one that works much like a self-watering pot. There is a water reservoir underneath the bed, and water wicks up from it through the soil to reach the plant roots. They can be any … Continue reading
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Tagged garden beds, irrigation, low water use, self-watering, sub-surface irrigation, urban farming, water banking, water-saving, wicking beds
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