Chickens have more taste buds than we thought! It is pretty clear that chickens love their food and now we can really understand why! No matter what I’ve put on their plate I have never seen a chicken turn it’s … Continued
In 2020 Australia imported 1.18 million tonnes of soya bean with 85% of this processed into soybean meal for livestock, primarily from GMO crops in USA, Brazil and Argentina. It is important to remember that the primary purpose of this … Continued
It’s mid April already and in cold and cool climate Australia we are finally getting to have some sunny weather. Its been a long time coming! In the meantime many of us will have pumpkins that haven’t yet ripened and … Continued
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
This question is one that often causes much discussion amongst gardeners and foodies alike and is a regular topic of discussion at our stall. Technically there is no difference between silverbeet and chard with both having the Latin sub family … Continued
What an unusual time it is in covid-19 world. We are busy in our market garden enjoying the beautiful Autumn and from all accounts on social media it is how many people are occupying their time. The lovely rain through February and March along with this warmer April weather has provided wonderful growing conditions. I’m sure many of you have been planting lots of vegie seeds and should be seeing good germination and growth. While it is likely that this milder weather sh […]
So what is a hot bed? A hot bed is a warmed, protected environment, created by heat generated from decomposing organic matter. It is used for producing early crops in cold climates, when soil temperatures during winter are too low for seed germination. Using hot beds to increase soil temperature through the cold winter months is a traditional technique and one of the practices used by French market gardens in their intensive polyculture. In our col […]