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The Serious Health Dangers of Potting & Seed Raising Mix
Important Life Saving Information IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR GARDENERS Your health may be at risk from bagged products like seed raising mix, compost, potting mix and animal manures. These products contain LIVE bacterias which if inhaled can cause serious conditions like Legionnaires’ disease. The bags of potting mix, seed raising mix, compost and animal manures create [...]
What is Happening With Our Weather??
It’s very nearly officially ‘Summer’ and I don’t think we have started ‘spring’ yet, some nights it has been SO cold I have lit our wood burner, and I am still attached to my icebreakers!! For the last three days we have had non stop rain showers, some so heavy the rain drops sound like [...]
How The Law Of Attraction Works For Me
I am a fairly new student of The Law of Attraction and NLP techniques, I have been reading, researching and practicing for almost 6 months now. I have had quite a few stumbles, times of disbelief and bouts of inner turmoil as things I thought I had dealt with resurfaced as if they had never [...]
Just Shear Madness!!
Is it shear madness or a case of gritty determination that has had me down in my knees cutting the spring grass in the orchard with my hand shears and a push mower?? Since the neighbour has obviously decided we don’t need our orchard grass cutting anymore, I asked before it grew too long if [...]
Unwanted Spray Drift: Don’t Suffer In Silence
I have ummmed and rrrrred about writing this post, but , I realise what is happening to us here on the block is also happening to others on their piece of paradise through no fault on their part. I am talking about damage from unwanted spray drift and the repercussions when you ask nicely for [...]
Growing Sunflowers
Growing sunflowers is easy, just remember, their roots secrete a substance which inhibits the growth of any plants around them, so find a separate place for these majestic centennials.
How To Make Preserved Lemons
Preserved Lemons are common in Middle Eastern cuisine, it is also known as “country lemon” or leems. The rind of the preserved lemon can be used in stews and sauces, and are the key ingredient to many Moroccan dishes like stews and tagines, the flavor is mildly tart but intensely lemony. If you have never [...]
Can You Farm on 2 Acres
I often get asked ‘Can you farm on 2 acres?’ and the answer I give is ‘it depends upon the lay of your land’ because I cannot ‘see’ the land in question I can’t say one way or another We are extremely lucky, every inch of our 2 acres is ‘farmable’ in one way or [...]
What to do with a Glut of Zucchini
Ok here’s the deal.. EVERYONE and his dog has had the MOST enormous harvest of zucchini on record this year, you can’t GIVE them away. When you go to say ‘Would you like…’ people run a mile, so what DO you do with several kg’s of zucchini? Our harvest this year was also enormous, in [...]
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009
Happy New Year to all the avid readers out there, I hope 2009 is as good for you as it is going to be for us!! I have been slaving away in the kitchen garden and I am very proud of my efforts so far, we have pea’s, zucchini’s, herbs, a variety of unusual salad [...]
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