Composting on the inside
Apart from inmates, their families or staff, not many people see the inside of a prison and most would not wish to. Yet the...
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Soil Searching Diaries
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A garden for chickens
Chooks are a joy to live with. Their unique personalities are wonderful to get to know and their antics are really entertaining....
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Queensland Arrowroot - a potato substitute and much more
Originating in South America it is often commonly called Queensland Arrowroot because it was once grown in commercial qualities in...
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Sweet potato
Sweet potatoes are well know for the delicious and healthy tuber but their stems and leaves are also a nutritious and tasty green...
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Choko - an international favourite
Chokos have a bad reputation in Australia. People remember them from their childhood being served up boiled to within an inch of their...
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Ceylon Spinach
Ceylon or Malabar Spinach, Basella rubra or alba, is much easier to grow than English Spinach in warmer climates. It grows as a vine and...
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Comfrey - broken bones, bees, chooks and compost
Comfrey has broad prickly leaves and occasional pink, white or purple flowers which bees and other beneficial insects love. It prefers to...
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Nasturtium - spicy and beautiful
Nasturtium is an easy to grow flowering ground cover. Both its leaves and flowers make a spicy addition to salads, used as a garnish,...
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Pigeon Pea - dried and green peas
Pigeon Pea, or cajanus cajan, also known as arhar dal or split toor (tuvar) dal and Congo Pea, grows in Africa, Asia and Latin America....
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