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How do I start a beehive in St Kilda?
May 16, 2010
Zainil wants to start a beehive at his block of flats in St Kilda, Melbourne. and writes seeking advice…
Can anyone identify this mystery fruit?
May 7, 2010
Here’s a challenge for the vegetably-minded. Can you identify this fruit?
Advice: bugs on citrus
May 2, 2010
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. [...]
It’s roll-your-own compost at city farm
January 10, 2010
At Brisbane’s Northey Street City Farm, they make compost the rolling way…
Edible roots for the community garden
January 10, 2010
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…
Fast fruits
January 10, 2010
Here’s some fast fruits to plant for a fast crop in your community garden…
Creating a population explosion with worms
October 3, 2009
Your plastic worm farms too small to produce the quantities of vermicompost your community garden needs? Why not scale up?
Small urban livestock offers protein in small spaces
October 3, 2009
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…
Cooking with cobb
October 12, 2005
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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