…quoise blue. This attractive and compact plant bears loose clusters of sweet berries, and grows well in containers. Sunshine Blue Self Pollinating. Early season fruiting. (December to early January) Co…
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Dragon Fruit (Pitaya)
…destrian fruit platter. Fruit is commonly 350g but can weigh up to 1kg. They can be served simply chilled and cut in half, with the flesh just scooped out with a spoon. Alternatively they can be used f…
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…r Birch, produced as a standard, commonly a 1.5m silver/white stem with a tight green ball in the top, eventually as much as 1m across in diameter. Green foliage changes to yellow in autumn. Prune in s…
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Straw Bale Gardening
…your root crops. They will love it! You may find your bales have totally collapsed into a rich mound of compost. This is perfect for adding to containers, mulching your garden beds or tossing in the co…
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…skin is where the bitter flavour comes from, and flesh is generally sweet, particularly if you have a yellow skinned variety. When it comes to uses, the tamarillo is endless: desserts, jams, sauces and…
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…s and is achieved over time with compost, manure and mulch. Capture, store and use energy within your garden. Turn food scraps into compost, leaves into mulch, manure into fertilizer and direct water i…
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…of the renewed understanding of complex natural ecosystems. If we want our cities to sustain a wide variety of native wildlife, then we need to provide an environment in which they can move from place…
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Wicking Beds
…e salt concentration gradually becomes highest at the top of the soil, where shallow rooted seedlings will be planted. This phenomenon is commonly seen in self-watering pots where white salt deposits f…
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Paving & Retaining Walls
…bowing. Concrete sleepers are becoming increasingly popular. Obvious advantages with strength and durability are seeing them used in structural walls. With a variety of colours and textures becoming a…
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…e fifth of the water compared to commercial growers per $ value of produce. 2) Eliminates food miles. This means our fruit and vegetables don’t use excess energies: they aren’t being machine harvested,…
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…good garden soil has these three components plus manure, compost and humus. Then over time, the action of the living elements in the soil combine all these ingredients into the rich productive garden s…
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…e leaves which contain soap-like compounds called saponins, and then die. ‘Land Cress’ is a common name used to describe both Barbarea vulgaris and Barbarea verna. Even though Barbarea vulgaris does co…
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