Gardening Experiences That Worked and Some That Didn't

These are all real life gardening experiences.

Calcium Part 2

I have been doing some reading on the net about Calcium. Always an enjoyable past-time for me as it leads me all over the place. As I read an article, I see a reference, look it up and find something else of interest to sidetrack me. At the moment I am reading a pdf...

Science Fiction

My Idea Of The Perfect Job I am an avid reader of science fiction. Anything from Aasimove to Vinge will get my attention and keep me entertained for hours. All I need is a good sf read and a garden to work in while contemplating the author's ideas. At the moment I am...

Potatoes Update

Potatoes These were planted a month ago and I have just started to add compost to hill them up. The white stuff around them is lime. I am curious to see how much better these potatoes do than the ones grown in the cardboard cylinders in a previous post. Update 27 July...

Minerals and a Pot Test

New Rule For Blog Posts The new rule is that if I start a blog post I have to finish it. That means I can't save it as a draft and come back to it later. It has to be published at the first sitting. It's 1:40 pm, let's see how long it takes. I am a keen fan of natural...

Who Said I Can’t Grow Bok Choy

Who Said I Can’t Grow Bok Choy

  I have been struggling for years to grow Bok Choy. I would see it in the supermarkets, these perfect little bunches and every time I saw it, I would ask myself, what am I doing wrong? I know that the Bok Choy in supermarkets is usually grown hydroponically and...

Calcium

This is my understanding from a number of papers from rebels in the agricultural science industry. Probably the most well known is William A. Albrecht PhD, Chairman of the Department of Soils at the University of Missouri. He lived from 1888 - 1974 and spent most of...

Soy Beans and Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria

Growing Soy Beans Soy Beans are always worth growing in your garden. Like any bean, they are a legume and have that wonderful ability to attract a bacteria to live in nodules in its root system. It doesn't just attract any old bacteria, but a specific bacteria that...

New Composting Technique

New Composting Technique

So far I have tried a couple of different composting ideas. They all involve an amount of work. Seeing that I am a lazy gardener, the less work I have to do and the more time I get to daydream and just enjoy the weather, the more I like it. That doesn't mean that I...

Home Made Fish Fertiliser

Home Made Fish Fertiliser

Fish fertilizer works in a number of ways. It feeds the plants and also feeds the soil microbes. Plenty of gardeners swear by it. Thing is it costs a bit in the store to buy. I have used it on plenty of occasions but have never made it myself.  Your own Home Made Fish...

Sharpening Chipper Blade

Sharpening Chipper Blade

As mentioned on the Chipper/Mulcher review page it is easy to remove the chipper blade from the chipper/mulcher. It is not as easy to sharpen it though, as it is made from HSS (high speed steel) which is hardened for the purpose it is used for. Removing the blade I...

Hugulculture

Hugulculture

After mentioning hugulculture in the worm post, I thought that I should see how and if it works. When I started the gardens, I didn't realize that I was starting in the lowest part of the yard. I have since been enlightened as it has rained consistently since February...

Worms and Worm Farms

Worms and Worm Farms

Have you noticed that worms will always be found after the rain? Have you also noticed that if you have some organic matter lying around in the backyard that after a while, if you decide to move it, there is always worm activity at ground level? And if you go and dig...

You can’t trust bastards with no Ethics

They Have NO Ethics I'm not talking about politicians, I'm talking about food manufacturers. They use marketing to entice you to buy their products and try to find waste products from manufacturing and chemical production to replace natural products in their...

Potato Experiment

I was at a grower's co-operative store about a month ago and they had some seed potatoes for sale. They were at the ridiculously cheap price of $2.00 per kg. I became the big spender, let the moths out and bought a kilo. I think they are Sebagoes but am not really...

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