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Hi All,
I'm sooooooooo excited, I just had to share this moment that I've waited so long for! I've ordered a greenhouse to try and grow my vegies throughout the long and cold winter. The excitement is still there although I'm overwhelmed by the "what ifs and I don't know what to dos". Surfing the net to answer these questions has caused more confusion and conflicting stories. Do I grow hydroponics? How do you grow organic vegies hydroponically? Or can you? Where do I get benches that won't rot i… Continue

What a beautiful way to wake up, hearing the sound of thunder and hoping rain will come from the rumbling. It was 5.30am, my usual time to greet the day on workdays and weekends (you can't train the body clock after 40).

Opening the curtains, I saw the wonderful glow of sunrise tinged with the threatening greyness of the storm. I grabbed the camera and took a few shots to share with you all as its unusual to experience morning storms this time of year (everything weatherwise is unusual this yea… Continue

Hi Everyone - I look forward to chatting with you all!

We experienced our first frost the other morning so I madly rushed into my organic vegie garden after work to save as much ripe produce as possible.

This resulted in my work colleagues enjoying over 3kg of various tomato types, some good sized eggplants and my favourite hot chillies. The temperature was -0.2 which is much colder than we'd anticipate until Anzac Day or so.

I'd like to share learnings with other producers about various meth… Continue