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Community composting Port Phillip bound

July 10, 2011

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Community composting Port Phillip bound

Community composting is a spreading practice and now Melbournians are adopting it….

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How do I start a beehive in St Kilda?

May 16, 2010

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Zainil wants to start a beehive at his block of flats in St Kilda, Melbourne. and writes seeking advice…

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Can anyone identify this mystery fruit?

May 7, 2010

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Can anyone identify this mystery fruit?

Here’s a challenge for the vegetably-minded. Can you identify this fruit?

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Advice: bugs on citrus

May 2, 2010

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Dear All, Qur local new community garden in Ashburton (inner Melbourne) had decided to not use chemicals.  Now, there are some bugs on the citrus and things like that do happen. While at home I just wait for preditors to develop, some gardeners of our group are not as patient and want some quicker help. [...]

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It’s roll-your-own compost at city farm

January 10, 2010

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It’s roll-your-own compost at city farm

At Brisbane’s Northey Street City Farm, they make compost the rolling way…

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Edible roots for the community garden

January 10, 2010

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Edible roots for the community garden

Root crops are carbohydrate staples that deserve space in the community garden. The variety of edible roots makes them a fascinating crop type to cultivate. Plant them in large clumps as a shared crop…

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Fast fruits

January 10, 2010

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Fast fruits

Here’s some fast fruits to plant for a fast crop in your community garden…

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Creating a population explosion with worms

October 3, 2009

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Creating a population explosion with worms

Your plastic worm farms too small to produce the quantities of vermicompost your community garden needs? Why not scale up?

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Small urban livestock offers protein in small spaces

October 3, 2009

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Small urban livestock offers protein in small spaces

Small urban livestock offer productivity in a small area and a supply of fresh meat. A city farm demonstrates how rabbits can be kept humanely for food…

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Cooking with cobb

October 12, 2005

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Cooking with cobb

Hot food straight from the oven in a community garden? But aren’t ovens found inside buildings? Not in community gardens that have taken up cooking with cobb.

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