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Green (mung) manure

I scattered some mung bean (from the pantry) and mustard seeds in the WTP as a green manure.

rainwater tank is empty again

So, a full tank only lasts two weeks...

dog vomit slime mold

A couple of blobs of dog vomit slime mold turned up in the garden bed today. Thick and foamy, and a bit like scrambled…

nut grass, like a string of pearls

This is a plant that grows relentlessly in the Northey St beds. They propagate via underground rhizomes, so each of the…

swarming for a new queen

Today I learnt that bees "swarm" when the colony has reached capacity and a new queen bee is born. Half the c…

first snake beans of the season

Snake beans are so much yummier than normal green beans, I'm not even sure whether I should bother growing other b…