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Propagation - free plants! |
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I am propagating long stemmed cuttings into my washed recycled milk carton pots
The long stem method, with a rooting hormone (Indole Butyric Acid) to encourage fast root growth produces good results. Honey is also meant to be a way of encouraging root growth (see this comparison experiment by Stanley Barker).
Plants that are very easy to proagate are lavendars, wormwood, buddleia (butterfly bush) and salvia, and I have even put in some cuttings from my grafted olives to see how they go.
More adventerous is my "hedge in a box" - 24 Westringia cuttings.
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Make a beer trap for snails and slugs |
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 My purple cabbages, brocolli, radish and peas are struggling to survive winter while being nibbled by slugs and small snails!
I am sure I have seen Jackie French make these traps a long time ago on TV, or perhaps I read it in Earth Garden.
I had one trap set up - with just holes cut in the side (no drawbridge) and had tried a yeasty spread in water as the bait, but my dog was attracted to it!
I tried beer and the results were impressive - about 15 slugs in one night!
Luckily the DH had some beer he did not like the taste of, but now you must remember to collect all the beer dregs up from your party or BBQ and put them to work.
Beer works really well - the little blighters seem to love it, and unfortunately for them, they drown.
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Get your blueberries from the Buninyong Blueberry Farm!  Eating berries and cooking berries are available to buy now.
Berry season starts in December and finishes some time in January.
Pick your own won't start until mid January - phone 0409 316 724 to find out what is happening on the berry front.
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Use Natural Weed Killers? |
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 An experiment to kill Cape Weed in the graden, using various methods, some with "natural" ingredients.
But as Dr Karl says "All things are poisons, what matters is the dose".
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A recipe for green tomato pickle - I have tasted this - very nice!
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Winter 2009
My tomatoes went in a bit late this year, and so they had not ripened when the first cold weather of Autumn arrrived.
Two things to do - either get them to ripen up, or find a good recipe for Green Tomato Pickle!
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First grow some mint - this recipe uses common mint.
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