Create a Frog-Friendly Oasis in Your Garden with an Old Bathtub Have you ever considered that an old bathtub can play a pivotal role in enhancing the biodiversity of your garden? It can, indeed, be transformed into a habitat for frogs! The process is simple and sustainable and adds charm to your green space. Here’s
At the Edible Forest, we’re always seeking innovative approaches to combine sustainable practices with efficient gardening. One of our most recent initiatives is the implementation of a chicken tractor. It’s an ingenious way of making the most of our chicken runs and vegetable plots. Here’s an overview of our process and the benefits we’re reaping
Keeping the good bugs in and the bad bugs out As we are an organic garden we have a few ways to keep the good bugs in and the bad bugs out! One of those ways is by planting plants that attract beneficial insects. The main purpose of beneficial insects is to aid in pollination
At the tail end of autumn work in the Edible Forest starts to die down and we get into preparing the garden for winter. Our first focus is on cutting down any perennials in the garden and adding these to our compost heap, in time this compost will be returned to the garden as a
Within the Edible Forest we practice seed collection from both our vegetable patch and forest for several reasons. Seed collection helps us keep a diverse range of plants. We provide a lot of vegetables for our events kitchen. Being able to collect the seeds ensures costs are reduced and we can do succession planting which
Firstly our thoughts are with all the communities that have been devastated through the recent bushfires and drought that our beautiful country has endured. Thankfully the recent rain bought some much-needed relief it also bought fierce winds and flash flooding, sending debris into our precious waterways and hampering vital back burning efforts. The Yarra Valley
An Edible Forest is something that is spoken about in Permaculture and I felt it was something I wanted to explore more, allowing me to show people what can be achieved and sharing the knowledge. The soil of the original site had a clay base with very little top soil. Using Permaculture principles, we were
Louise was born in Hong Kong, returning to her family home in Holland at the aged of 8 where she completed her high school education. Like many teenagers, she had no idea what she wanted to do with the rest of her life but did know she wanted an adventure, so she went to Germany
Becoming a successful worm farmer is actually quite easy to do! Worms are dynamic little creatures that can dramatically improve the ecology of your garden. Not only will you be able to use your organic waste, you will also be improving the wellbeing of your plants by producing powerful plant food for your plants (worm