This is the time to plant those wonderful winter root vegetables. Carrots, Parsnips, Swedes and Turnips can be planted now as seeds directly where you want them to grow. put down plenty of fresh seed and keep that seed wet … Continued
Garlic is one of those markedly unforgiving crops. It doesn’t matter whether you want to be a home grower or have ambitions to be a small or micro commercial grower, if you want to grow garlic with some degree of … Continued
The summer in our Australian cool/cold climate zones is usually warm and dry. Well. not this year. The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting lots of rain and cooler days for the summer months in the south east of Australia. This … Continued
Caring for Chickens with Fowl Pox: Supportive measures and Nursing It seems the unusual weather is seeing an increase in a range of poultry health problems. Fowl pox is one such disease that has raised its ugly head, literally. Fowl … Continued
There is a great deal of interest in regenerating soils and in regenerative agriculture. Regenerative agriculture is about applying ecological principles to food production; taking care of the natural resource, and valuing biodiversity. It is a conservation and rehabilitation approach … Continued