…useful nutrients. Using finished compost Your compost is ready to use when none of its original contents are recognizable. Finished compost should look like a potting soil, with uniformly sized pieces…
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Protecting the Yarra – how you can get involved
…Park Nursery 0408 317 327 http://www.fowsp.org.au friendsofwsp@gmail.com Warringal Conservation Society https://www.warringal.org.au/ Burke Rd Billabong Committee of Management Stanley Barker 0403 419…
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…uilding on our established local community ties and become widely recognised as an important meeting place and resource for the community into the future. The BAAG Team The current ownership has been i…
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…rectly used instead of the term ‘compost’. Compost is able to be broken down in the soil releasing nutrients for plants, unlike humus. All types of soil benefit from the addition of compost, as the pre…
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…dlings, mulch, advice… Great for communities A community food garden is a great step towards combating food insecurity and inequality in your local area. These gardens are almost always based on organi…
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…se would end up in landfill. Our Compost contains composted plant matter that is rich in nutrients and helps improve impoverished soils, as well as helping to retain moisture. Our organic compost is ma…
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…a result a number of Neem based commercial products have come on to the market. The oil is made from many components, with at least 3 compounds known to have insecticidal properties: azadirachtin, mel…
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…Check our classes page at http://www.baag.com.au/sustainable-gardening-living-classes/. If there is not an Espalier class listed there, send an email to classes@baag.com.au and let them know you would…
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…Plants Symptoms: Drooping plants combined with leaf margins and tips browning (burning). Often accompanied by white speckles or even a white crusty build up on soil surface, visible when the potting mi…
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…Transition Banyule · Cultivating Community (Community Gardens) · Local Food Connect · SLF Sustainable living Foundation · Planet Ark · Northern Regional Waste Management · Neami and the Austin adolesce…
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…rops planted in the garden. Some companionable plants Basil helps repel flies and mosquitoes. Birch dead leaves encourage compost fermentation. Borage in the strawberry patch may increase the yield. Ca…
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…o has a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/baagvegieswap/. Well cooked and preserved If you’re handy in the kitchen, making batches of treats is a good way to use up your excess. Some of my favo…
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…shly turned healthy soil. They decompose a wide array of material but are especially important in degrading the hard to decompose organic matter to forms other soil micro-organisms can use. They are mo…
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