Tag Archives: soil rehabilitation

Fermented brown gold (the story of my weed bins)

Posted on December 18, 2013 by tikiwanderer

During the heatwaves I still have garden work to do, but it all gets done by 7 am or maybe 8 am at the very latest. The rest of the day will be a writeoff! Many of the jobs are … Continue reading →

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Secret soil tanks

Posted on December 15, 2013 by tikiwanderer

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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Saturday links

Posted on December 14, 2013 by tikiwanderer

Normally every Saturday’s post on AgriTapestry is a collection of agriculture, agritecture, urban farming and gardening related links, often stories that have come up during the week. This week the discussion’s been very heavily dominated by the live export problem … Continue reading →

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Where a bandicoot has dug

Posted on October 22, 2013 by tikiwanderer

There’s a corner up the back of my zone 4 garden with soil like the rest of our area, but worse. Sandy, rainshadowed in winter, heat-burned in summer, hydrophobic off the scale. No sign of any previous soil conditioning, though … Continue reading →

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