22 May
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This is a quick little post to complement any Dichondra repens and/or gotu kola listings on this site. What is the point in saying (in those listings) how similar the two are at first glance, without actually helping people tell the difference..
15 Mar
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(This article was originally posted here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 15th March 2023.
Have you ever repotted a plant and wondered why the bottom of the potting mix is so incredibly saturated compared to the rest, de..
06 Mar
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First published 6th March 2023
Hello everyone, how we are already in March…?!
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Item 1: New Site
This one is first as it is the least important. But around the turn of the new year I was really getting fed up with the previous tw..
03 Mar
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Backstory
I first heard of biochar maybe back in the early 2000s. It sounded really, really interesting, but I was somewhat put off by the $120 (or thereabo..
28 Feb
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(This article was originally posted here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 28th February 2023.
Please note that this post is somewhat technical, and assumes some of the writing done on photosyn..
17 Feb
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(This article was originally posted here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 17th February 2023.
The Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Molecule
CO2 is a simple molecule of two oxygen atoms each double-bonded to one carbon a..
02 Feb
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First reproduced here 2nd February 2023
When the tap root reaches the base, increased air in the growing medium dehydrates the tip, pruning it and stimulating lateral root b..
13 Jan
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(This article was originally posted here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 13th July 2022.
I noticed random jujube trees looking a bit ‘not right’ one day in November 2022. And then almost overnight they looked even more ..
05 Nov
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First published 5th November 2022
NOTE: this newsletter went out to subscribers of two previous sites mentioned herein: Urban Heirlooms and Garden Clippings, which have since been combined into this single site Wollongong Nursery.
Hello every..
04 Nov
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First published 4th November 2022
Introduction
People new to the growing of tomatoes may see one variety described as determinate and another as indeterminate, but are none the wiser, as these terms are not always defined at the time. Going f..
07 Jul
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First published 7th July 2022
Part One covered how I was inspired by three composting concepts to fill a raised bed which would always be self-fertile. The end result was essentially a hybridisation of Esther Deans’ no-dig garden and sheet mu..
06 Jul
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First published 6th July 2022
My go-to method for filling a raised vegetable or garden bed was inspired by three composting concepts that weren’t quite the hot composting method per se, but which came close for the purposes I needed — that of..