Tag: guide
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Build Your Own Shadehouse with Poly Pipe and Battens
A shade house protects against excessive sun, wind, and pests such as insects and possums. A simple structure can be made using materials that can be purchased at any good hardware store. This design minimises waste and time, with an estimated material cost of $500 as of March 2025. Use 30% shade cloth as 50%…
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Building Wicking Beds for Schools
Wicking beds are amazing for schools and are a brilliant way to help get your students gardening. The tips in this guide can also be used for home gardens, but we will be referring to specific materials needed to ensure compliance with school regulations. Choosing and Preparing the Site Find a position that gets at…
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Making a Styrofoam Wicking Box
Building a Styrofoam box is a cheap and simple way to get started with growing healthy crops at home. Take care while building and you will soon be up and growing in no time! Remember, a lot of guides on the internet about making wicking beds are flawed, you can learn more about that by…
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A Guide to Making Your Own Healthy Soil
Soils along the Queensland coast are often composed of silt and fine sand, with little clay and low mineral content. These sandy, low-fertility soils are sometimes sold as “topsoil” at garden supply stores, but the term refers only to their origin at the surface, not their quality or fertility. When using commercially sourced topsoil, screen…
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Nature’s Way – DIY Compost Tea – Brewing for Gardeners
If you haven’t already, please read DIY Compost Tea – Making starters before continuing. This guide goes over how to brew your own compost tea at home with only simple equipment you can buy at your local hardware store and a home made starter you made earlier. What is Aerated Brewing? Good natural soil biology…
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Nature’s Way – DIY Compost Tea – Application of Starter for Gardeners
Once your starter has been made it should be used as soon as possible for maximum benefit or stored carefully for up to a few days. It can also be used to brew compost tea as shown in DIY Compost Tea – Brewing for Gardeners. Applying Starter for Immediate Use Soak the completed starter in…
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Nature’s Way – DIY Compost Tea – Growing starters
A starter is a brilliant and essential tool for gardeners who want to treat large gardens to control diseases and improve overall plant health. The starter combines local soil biology with a growing medium and foods to multiply the biology within. Gardeners may then apply this starter directly to the garden with a watering can…