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9 Lazy Steps to Create a Crappy Garden Centre.

“Dear Customer Service: First of all, you should know that I’m typing this with my middle finger.” ~ Anon

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My Urban Farming Investment

“It takes a lot of skill to be able to grow food sustainably. Its an art form. We need to raise agriculture up to another different level like they do in Europe where farmers are on the same level as engineers and doctors… because the food that we eat is the most important thing in [...]

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My Great Bee (mis)Adventure…

“If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.” ~ Catherine Aird

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Aphids ATTACK!

“Aphids are…they’re just awful little creatures!” ~Howard Hughes

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The Veggie Bed of Doom

  There is no gardening without humility.  Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.  ~ Alfred Austin

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Putting the “Fun” into Fungus.

“Falling in love is like eating mushrooms. You never know if it is the real thing until it is too late.” ~ Bill Balance   I once bought a fantastic oyster mushroom kit from the Mystery Mushroom Man (I didn’t ask his name) at the Kalamumda markets.  It was a small strawbale infused with spores that [...]

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Perfect Little Garden Pests.

 ”When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he’s doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911.” ~ Erma Bombeck Ahh, this week looked so promising on Monday. Sunshine predicted all week, I had most of my errands out of the way.  I was primed for a weeks [...]

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