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I blog at http://africanaussie.blogspot.com
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- Where do you live and garden?
- Tropcial North Queensland, Australia
- How long have you been growing food?
- 4-10 years
- Dream garden travel destination:
- Tasmania
- Favorite foods:
- Spicy Indian food
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I did it - I ate some sweet potato leaves!
It is very hot and humid at… Continue
Posted on December 1, 2009 at 6:23pm — 10 Comments
Recycling to make a beautiful garden feature
We do however have mosquitoes, and at this time of the year always have mosquito coils burning....... along with a couple of citronella candles,....... along with personal insect repellent on really bad evenings.
So.. I was eying these palm fronds that just lie around the bases of palm trees and end up in the landfill. I nabbed this one from a friend and voila - a trop… Continue
Posted on November 26, 2009 at 5:34pm — 7 Comments
Honeyeaters
Posted on November 25, 2009 at 10:39pm — 3 Comments
Tropical fruits
There are so many mangoes everywhere - the road to work is bumpy with fallen mangoes. Most locals do not like the mangoes that grow wild and so they just fall to the ground and rot. The trees are also huge, so it is very hard to pick them, but everytime I see some within reac… Continue
Posted on November 9, 2009 at 5:26pm — 4 Comments
Permaculture and feeding my soul
Posted on October 15, 2009 at 10:32pm — 4 Comments
Comment Wall (70 comments)
- At 7:36pm on December 17, 2009,
Maggie said…
- Me again, his allotment is not covered in snow, I was looking at some of the gardening videos he has made and in the video it was about his snow garden some other time.
It was a funny video anyway.
Well I had best to some work I think.
Red alert there is not snow in the UK!
- At 7:31pm on December 17, 2009,
Maggie said…
- Hi Gillian
We had 1 day 39 c the next day 20 C and it rained all night and day, fantastic.
At present we have another lovely 23C day and twenties this week.
I hope you enjoy your break, no doubt we shall all still be online and chatting.
I love this forum and following everyones gardens.
Their is an English blog called" Soilman" his garden is covered in snow!
- At 6:14pm on December 17, 2009,
Maggie said…
- Hi Gillian and Kathryn it is great to see you both online, have a great day
- At 4:51pm on December 17, 2009,
Kathryn said…
- Sorry.I.cant.comment.past.one.line.and.the.fullstops.are.annoying.sorry
- At 4:50pm on December 17, 2009,
Kathryn said…
- They.take.a.full.season.to.harvest.then.you.have.to.wait.for.them.to.dry...
- At 4:49pm on December 17, 2009,
Kathryn said…
- Check.your.water.levels.wet.or.dry.for.the.flowers..
- At 10:18am on December 12, 2009,
Kathryn said…
- http://www.aquasapone.com.au/soapmaking/index.html
Hi.Gillian.I.used.to.make.and.sell.handmade. soaps.This.is.a.good.site.search.around.though.for.recipes.on.the.net.I.didnt.use.fancy.moulds.I.used.to.use.empty.milk.cartons.cardboard.kind..Milk.Honey.Coffee.Luffah.etc.......You.can.make.all.kinds.of. soap....I.also.grew.luffahs.and.made.luffah. soaps.
- At 6:56pm on November 26, 2009,
Maggie said…
- Hi Gillian I did not save, we have just found a link that says you can grow both types of passionfruit from seed. They say fresh seed is best so when some of ours ripen I shall send you the seed.
Here is the link
http://www.tropicalpermaculture.com/growing-passionfruit.html
Cheers
Maggie
- At 11:12pm on November 17, 2009,
Steph Webb said… - ha ha Gillian..Gemsquash it is! LOL! I have always loved gems.....and had some last year for the first time in 9 + years! Bought it at the international delli.....well i am determined to try grow it here next year...i believe there is a SAFFA growing a crop of them up in Queensland and selling them to some supermarkets.....
Gosh you have had a fantastic life...a sail boat nog al! :) My dad was a keen fisherman and always out on the boats and down at the sea,,,,so I have sea water running through my veins! So love the sea and beach ...sigh!!! Yeah i heard about the fires danger down in South Australia and I guess that makes us rather vulnreable....I live near the Dandenongs and there is a huge fire danger there this year...so summer is going to be a nightmare season for us all...I live more in an open suburban area but last year we had fires there too!
- At 6:41pm on November 17, 2009,
Maggie said…
- Hi Gillian,
The brown drip hose is just from the local mitre ten store.
We have not had to replace any.
It is under mulch and the shade cloth is up for summer.
You can view it at number 5 photo on my page.
Have a great day
Maggie
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I used to have a tumbler that we made from a wine-barrel but
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