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Wychwood casts its spell
When visiting gardens it’s easy to slip into “critic” mode, evaluating the place like someone might review a movie, a bottle of wine, or a new model of car. This kind of approach completely misses the...
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Tassie Gardens: some take home messages
G’day Radishers, Here’s the last article in my series on Tasmania. Being a reprint of my Toowoomba Chroonicle column, this one is a bit specific to my part of the world, but I’m hoping it will get you...
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Glyphosate Blues
I’ll bet that I could open the door to nearly every garden shed in Toowoomba, and find sitting on a shelf, the herbicide glyphosate (also known as roundup, zero). No chemical is as ubiquitous. In fact...
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New Plants From Old
My neighbours Jamie and Kate are among the most enthusiastic gardeners I’ve met. They moved from Brisbane to Hampton three years ago and have dived headlong into gardening with a passion, establishing...
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“Do we have the courage to face the realities of our time?” So asks filmaker Chris Jordan in the trailer to his exquisitely filmed documentary, Midway: Message from the Gyre. It’s not a film about...
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Char Char Char
For the last couple of years I’ve been improving the soil in my vegie garden with biochar. A neighbour gave two different types to try out, so every time I prepare a bed for a new crop, in goes a...
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Gardening on the Box
With autumn’s arrival comes a change in habit. Cooler weather means more time spent indoors, so it’s just as well that two of my favourite TV shows are back after their summer hiatus. ABC Gardening...
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Away With the Birds
Eight years ago when I was designing gardens for a living, I had an interesting exchange with some friends. I was at their Middle Ridge home consulting with them on the type of plants they were keen...
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Swap and Share
Among the great myths of home food production is the notion of scarcity. Non-gardeners see a vegie patch or a backyard orchard as a hardscrabble way to put food on the table, but as every experienced...
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100 Percent Organic
A US Army helicopter sprays Agent Orange over farmland duriing the Vietnam War. As of today, I’m vowing to cease the use of glyphosate herbicide in my garden. Completely. This might sound drastic to...
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